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What about Linux and OSX users? I understand the bias towards windows users in writing articles, but if they can run into this problem too they shouldn't be totally ignored. The text could acknowledge that its a problem that could occur with any operating system while only giving instructions on how to fix it for windows users. [[User:Tanstaafl|Tanstaafl]] 19:21, 26 June 2007 (UTC) | What about Linux and OSX users? I understand the bias towards windows users in writing articles, but if they can run into this problem too they shouldn't be totally ignored. The text could acknowledge that its a problem that could occur with any operating system while only giving instructions on how to fix it for windows users. [[User:Tanstaafl|Tanstaafl]] 19:21, 26 June 2007 (UTC) | ||
: I basically wrote about what the guy reported in the forum thread. My guess as to what's going on is that choosing the action will store it in the mimeTypes.rdf rather than the registry. So in effect, doing what is suggested will bypass the registry entirely. | |||
: His description of the problem said that his account didn't have access to the Windows registry, which of course isn't an issue on other OSes. If similar problems can happen on other OSes, then they should be mentioned, but I don't know of any.--[[User:Np|Np]] 19:43, 26 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
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User permissions
If the users windows account doesn't have permission to write the registry, I don't see how removing the action and specifying the helper grants Firefox the necessary permission. That would seem to work only if those steps somehow granted Firefox rights the user was not entitled to.
The article should tell the user how to find out if they don't have the necessary permissions. As written it assumes they were able to figure that the reason the normal instructions failed was due to not having the necessary permissions.
What about Linux and OSX users? I understand the bias towards windows users in writing articles, but if they can run into this problem too they shouldn't be totally ignored. The text could acknowledge that its a problem that could occur with any operating system while only giving instructions on how to fix it for windows users. Tanstaafl 19:21, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
- I basically wrote about what the guy reported in the forum thread. My guess as to what's going on is that choosing the action will store it in the mimeTypes.rdf rather than the registry. So in effect, doing what is suggested will bypass the registry entirely.
- His description of the problem said that his account didn't have access to the Windows registry, which of course isn't an issue on other OSes. If similar problems can happen on other OSes, then they should be mentioned, but I don't know of any.--Np 19:43, 26 June 2007 (UTC)
