Closed Bug 486834 Opened 16 years ago Closed 15 years ago

Deleting a profile in folder with other contents deletes the other contents as well

Categories

(Toolkit :: Startup and Profile System, defect)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Startup and Profile System
Platform:
x86
Windows Vista
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 302087

People

(Reporter: xerox91, Unassigned)

Details

(Keywords: dataloss)

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; pl; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032609 Firefox/3.0.8 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; pl; rv:1.9.0.8) Gecko/2009032609 Firefox/3.0.8 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729) If I create a new profile in Firefox and I select patch to my desktop Ex. C:\Users\MY-PROFILE-NAME\Desktop And later If I delte this profile Fireofx will delete all my files which are in my desktop!!! When I delete profile with delete files Firefox will delete all my desktop!!! Reproducible: Always
Component: General → Startup and Profile System
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
QA Contact: general → startup
The Enhancement suggested in bug 470927 would prevent this from happening.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Depends on: 470927
Ever confirmed: true
Creating a new profile in a non-empty folder should either produce an error, or a severely worded pop-up warning.
Keywords: dataloss
Summary: Delete Files → Deleting a profile in folder with other contents deletes the other contents as well
pretty sure this is a dupe
Whiteboard: dupeme
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
No longer depends on: 470927
Whiteboard: dupeme
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