849803 - On a guest account - UAC prompts twice when installing Firefox using the stub installer

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Installer, defect)

Description

[Simona Badau, Desktop QA]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:22.0) Gecko/20130310 Firefox/22.0
Build ID: 20130310030906

Prerequisites: 
Follow these steps on a Guest account (limited account).

Steps to reproduce:
1. Download the latest stub installer from:
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/
2. Run the installer.
3. When the UAC dialog prompts - click on the "Cancel" button and continue with the install.

Expected results:
The UAC dialog prompts just once.

Actual results:
After the build is downloaded through the installer, the UAC dialog prompts again right when the Installation phase is started.

Note:
Reproducible also with the Aurora stub installer.

Comment 1

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Does this also happen with the full installer.

Comment 2

[Simona Badau, Desktop QA]

(In reply to Robert Strong [:rstrong] (do not email) from comment #1)
> Does this also happen with the full installer.

The UAC dialog prompts only once when you start to run the installer (there is no other prompt).

Comment 3

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

Thanks!

Comment 4

[Molly Howell (she/her) (mostly inactive)]

I think this should have been fixed by bug 1350974; reopen or refile if this is still a problem.