751898 - Reinstalling an Application while its running removes desktop shortcuts and start menu references

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Firefox Graveyard :: Web Apps, defect, P2)

Description

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Steps:

1. Install an application (https://apps.mozillalabs.com/appdir/)
2. Launch an application
3. Reinstall that same application while the app is running

Expected:

I would expect an error to be thrown (which an error is thrown, although its a bit ambiguous on what the error message means) indicating that the app cannot be installed, as the app is installed and running.

Actual:

An error is thrown (even if its a bit ambiguous - "App installed not allowed" on marketplace), but the desktop shortcut and start menu items disappear as a result. The executable for the app still remains in %APPDATA%. This is incorrect - We should fail gracefully without removing desktop shortcuts and start menu items.

Additional Notes:

The correct behavior as a result of this bug generally needs to make sure to handle this case gracefully, not end up in a case where there some app data left behind.

Comment 1

[Jason Smith [:jsmith]]

Open question - Marketplace reinstall flow?

Comment 3

[Marco Castelluccio [:marco]]

This was fixed by bug 749826.