775899 - Firefox 14.0.1 opens associated file twice in two windows on Win32 when file opened by Windows Explorer, WinXP

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 775427

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect)

Description

[Stan Hoeppner]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:14.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/14.0.1
Build ID: 20120713134347

Steps to reproduce:

Opened an associated file via Windows Explorer. 


Actual results:

Firefox creates two windows and displays two copies of the file, one per window.


Expected results:

Only one Firefox window with one copy of the file should display.

NOTE:  This behavior occurs ONLY if Firefox is not currently running.  If Firefox is running, opening such a file via the Windows shell (Explorer) results in Firefox creating one new tab displaing the file.  I've tested with both local files and those on CIFS/SMB shares with the same results.  Appears to be a shell integration bug introduced in 14.0.1.  I open graphics files from the desktop frequently and I'd have notced this issue immediately if previous versions had this bug.

Comment 1

[Stan Hoeppner]

I just upgraded to 14.0.1 yesterday, and noticed this problem immediately.

Comment 2

[j.j.]

Hmm, someting like this was also reported in bug 775427

Comment 3

[j.j.]

(can not reproduce, btw)

Comment 4

[Stan Hoeppner]

(In reply to j.j. (inactive in 2012) from comment #2)
> Hmm, someting like this was also reported in bug 775427

Gotta be the same root cause.  Fold this one into bug 775427.  Sorry for the dup.  My pre-filing searches didn't turn that one up.

Comment 5

[Stan Hoeppner]

(In reply to j.j. (inactive in 2012) from comment #3)
> (can not reproduce, btw)

What Windows rev u using?  The other reporter and I are both seeing this bug on 32 bit XP.

Comment 7

[Bennie]

I have the same problem.  Firefox opens a mht file twice on double click or using "open with", unless it is already open, then opens the file in a new tab.

Comment 8

[Bennie]

I am using WinXP, Firefox 14.0.1