763455 - Startup check for default browser not working in Windows 8

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Brian R. Bondy [:bbondy]]

The startup check for default browser is not working on Windows 8.  The checkbox in preferences is on for check on startup, but no prompt is given.  

We should be giving the same prompt, but when the user selects yes to set Firefox as their default browser we should prompt the new windows 8 "select your browser dialog".

Comment 1

[Brian R. Bondy [:bbondy]]

So I thought this was a win8 specific issue but it's not, here's why I wasn't getting the default dialog on startup with my debug build:

nsBrowserGlue.js:417

> #ifdef DEBUG
> let shouldCheck = false;
> #else
> let shouldCheck = shell.shouldCheckDefaultBrowser;
> #endif