[Bug 14771] New: Firefox 3 complains it is not the default browser on every startup

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14771

Summary: Firefox 3 complains it is not the default browser on
                    every startup
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.2
          Platform: PC
               URL: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: download
          Severity: trivial
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

Everytime I start Firefox 3, it complains it's not the default browser. I hit
Yes when it asks me to set is as the default browser, but on the next start up,
it complains again.

[Bug 14771] Firefox 3 complains it is not the default browser on every startup

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14771

Austin English  changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Austin English   2008-08-05 17:17:00 ---
Confirming.

[Bug 14771] Firefox 3 complains it is not the default browser on every startup

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--- Comment #2 from Austin English   2008-08-05 17:21:39 ---
trace:reg:NtOpenKey
(0x30,L"Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\DefaultIcon",20019,0x33f9b4)
trace:reg:NtOpenKey <- 0x3c
trace:reg:RegQueryValueExA (0x3c,"",(nil),0x33fb70,0x430000,0x33fb34=1023)
trace:reg:NtQueryValueKey (0x3c,L"",2,0x33f888,256)
trace:reg:NtOpenKey
(0x30,L"Software\Classes\FirefoxHTML\ShellEx\IconHandler",20019,0x33f9b4)
trace:reg:NtOpenKey <- (nil)

Seems to open the key fine...

trace:reg:NtCreateKey
(0x20,L"Software\Clients\StartMenuInternet",L"",0,2,0x33fb70)
trace:reg:NtCreateKey <- 0x3c
trace:reg:NtSetValueKey (0x3c,L"",1,0x12cd50,24)

Now that look suspicious...

[Bug 14771] Firefox 3 complains it is not the default browser on every startup

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--- Comment #3 from Austin English   2008-08-05 17:22:08 ---
Created an attachment (id=15305)
 --> (http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=15305)
-all,+reg

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--- Comment #4 from quasi-anonymous user from bugmenot.com   2008-12-21 16:59:21 ---
Found a workaround! try closing completely firefox and run:
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Mozilla\ Firefox/firefox.exe -silent
-setDefaultBrowser
worked for me... running Ubuntu Intrepid with wine 1.1.10

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--- Comment #5 from Austin English   2009-01-22 13:48:37 ---
FWIW, with Vista on my university's computers, the first time I run Firefox on
each login, I get this message. Subsequent launches after that work fine (not
sure if it is actually set as default browser though).

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--- Comment #6 from Ken Sharp   2009-04-10 21:29:41 ---
I get exactly the same behaviour under Windows XP with Firefox 3.08.

Now a Wine bug!

[Bug 14771] Firefox 3 complains it is not the default browser on every startup

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--- Comment #7 from Austin English   2009-04-10 21:35:32 ---
(In reply to comment #6)
> I get exactly the same behaviour under Windows XP with Firefox 3.08.
>
> Now a Wine bug!

Are you an administrator on Windows XP?

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--- Comment #8 from Ken Sharp   2009-04-10 22:20:24 ---
Yup.  Is that the cause?

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--- Comment #9 from Austin English   2009-04-11 00:47:42 ---
(In reply to comment #8)
> Yup.  Is that the cause?

Well, that's the behavior I see on Windows. However, wine reports the user is
an administrator, so while there may be a firefox bug, there's also a wine bug.

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--- Comment #10 from Ken Sharp   2009-04-11 14:20:16 ---
That's still not the reported bug though is it?

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--- Comment #11 from Austin English   2009-04-11 14:23:53 ---
(In reply to comment #10)
> That's still not the reported bug though is it?

What you're seeing on Windows is a Firefox bug.

What you see on Wine is a Wine bug.

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--- Comment #12 from P Macko   2009-04-19 01:24:54 ---
I've encountered this problem with Internet Explorer 6 as well as the Windows
version of Firefox 3.0.5 on Wine 1.1.18. Setting either browser to be the
default doesn't work for me. So I get "Internet Explorer is not currently your
default browser. Would you like to make it your default browser?" or "Firefox
is not currently set as your default browser Would you like to make it your
default browser?" pop up boxes depending on which browser I'm starting up for
the first time. Running "wine winebrowser http://bugs.winehq.org" followed by a
"ps x" shows that Wine ignored the attempts to change the default browser and
instead continually attempts to use the linux version of Firefox instead which
inexplicably fails to open up a browser window on my system (although it works
fine outside of wine).

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--- Comment #13 from P Macko   2009-04-19 01:39:00 ---

I'd like to clarify my previous comment. When I said that I get the "not the
default browser" messages when I start up either browser the "first time", I
meant that the message appears whenever I open up a browser window when that
browser isn't already running.

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--- Comment #14 from [e-mail]  2010-05-01 19:49:24 ---
Still occurs in Wine 1.1.43 & Firefox 3.6.3

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André H.  changed:

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                   |not the default browser on  |the default browser on
                   |every startup               |every startup

--- Comment #15 from André H.   2010-07-08 14:56:20 ---
Also true for FF 4 Beta1

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--- Comment #16 from André H.   2010-07-30 15:00:47 ---
mmh at least firefox 4b2 checks something in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\AppEvents\Schemes\Apps.Default\SystemQuestion.Current

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--- Comment #17 from Austin English  2010-09-22 17:56:28 CDT ---
uTorrent has a similar problem, not sure if it's related or not. I'm hesitant
to file a bug though, until this one is fixed.

For uTorrent, it asks to be the default torrent handler on startup. Choose yes,
close, restart. Guess what happens next? :-p

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--- Comment #18 from André H.  2010-09-26 11:12:09 CDT ---
i got the problem here:
Firefox searches its prefs in hkcr.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes
should exist and be merged into HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT since NT, with prior to the
user classes(says msdn).
see also the function RegOpenUserClassesRoot, it should be tested, implemented
and used by the other regfunctions.
I'll write tests and start implementing the function when i get time to.

You can test that by manually copying the user classes to hkcr after installing
firefox

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                   |the default browser on      |complains it is not the
                   |every startup               |default browser on every
                   |                            |startup

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--- Comment #19 from André H.  2011-02-15 12:43:15 CST ---
*** Bug 17019 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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--- Comment #20 from André H.  2011-02-15 12:44:31 CST ---
btw: now we have much tests for that in
dlls/advapi32/tests/registry.c:test_classesroot

does someone wants to start the implementation? :)

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--- Comment #21 from Guo Jian  2013-05-11 16:04:28 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #20)
> btw: now we have much tests for that in
> dlls/advapi32/tests/registry.c:test_classesroot
>
> does someone wants to start the implementation? :)

I would like to start the work right now. While I tried to run the tests in
windows step by step, I found something that may be confusing.

advapi32/tests/registry.c:2173
    delete_key( hkey );
This did not delete the key without KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS access mask. But if
it did deleted the key, the tests following will not work as expected.

advapi32/tests/registry.c:2256
    /* check that the value is overwritten in hklm and user's classes */
But the following codes checks hkcr instead of hklm.

Would you mind if I'll have some ideas to improve these and extends some new
tests? Thank you.

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--- Comment #22 from André H.  2013-05-12 10:35:04 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #21)
> (In reply to comment #20)
> > btw: now we have much tests for that in
> > dlls/advapi32/tests/registry.c:test_classesroot
> >
> > does someone wants to start the implementation? :)
>
> I would like to start the work right now. While I tried to run the tests in
> windows step by step, I found something that may be confusing.
>
> advapi32/tests/registry.c:2173
>     delete_key( hkey );
> This did not delete the key without KEY_ENUMERATE_SUB_KEYS access mask. But if
> it did deleted the key, the tests following will not work as expected.

did you had a look at how delete_key works? i'm not sure if i understand you
correctly.
> advapi32/tests/registry.c:2256
>     /* check that the value is overwritten in hklm and user's classes */
> But the following codes checks hkcr instead of hklm.

Oh, true. this is a little fix if it still works then. be free to send a patch
for this.
> Would you mind if I'll have some ideas to improve these and extends some new
> tests? Thank you.

no problem.

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[Bug 14771] Firefox/Thunderbird complains it is not the default browser on every startup ('HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Classes' should be merged into 'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT')

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Anastasius Focht  changed:

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                   |complains it is not the     |complains it is not the
                   |default browser on every    |default browser on every
                   |startup                     |startup
                   |                            |('HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Softwa
                   |                            |re\Classes' should be
                   |                            |merged into
                   |                            |'HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT')

--- Comment #23 from Anastasius Focht  ---
Hello folks,

revisiting.

Obviously still present.

$ wine --version
wine-1.7.20-122-gd2d62cf

Regards

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--- Comment #24 from [e-mail] ---
I have seen this issue with wine-staging 1.9.12 and firefox recently.

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