0.3RC1 feedback

[Hannes Mayer]

Hi all!

I've installed 0.3RC1 on HD. Besides that it didn't overwrite
the MBR, the install went fine.

* FireFox 1.5.0.4 doesn't install correctly - XUL error window
   pops up at startup.
* when dragging and dropping a file in explorer from CD to the
   desktop, it immediately shut down the box, just like pulling
   the plug. Later drag/drop in explorer didn't work at all.
* when trying to install other progs (clicking on the install
   EXE) nothing happens - not even an error dialog
* tried to install the Java Runtime - installation went fine,
   but there are no java related files anywhere, except
   Program Files\Java\jre1.5.....\COPYRIGHT

Let me know if you want some details and how I can provide them.
I'm primarily a linux geek ;-)

Best regards,
Hannes.

[Klemens Friedl]

2006/6/20, Hannes Mayer [e-mail]:
> FireFox 1.5.0.4 doesn't install correctly - XUL error window
> pops up at startup.

I haven't tried FF 1.5.0.4 but 1.5.0.0 and that version does work
fine. FF 1.0 should work fine too.
> when dragging and dropping a file in explorer from CD to the
> desktop, it immediately shut down the box, just like pulling
> the plug. Later drag/drop in explorer didn't work at all.

Neither Drag&Drop nor GUI Copy&Paste (only partial working) is
currently not available in ReactOS. If you want to copy files you have
to use the command line (cmd.exe) and use the "copy" command. Or start
a setup file on an external media (CD, etc.).
> when trying to install other progs (clicking on the install
> EXE) nothing happens - not even an error dialog

If it is an 16-bit app setup app it won't run in ReactOS. Some more
information would be useful (which app).
> tried to install the Java Runtime - installation went fine,
> but there are no java related files anywhere, except
> Program Files\Java\jre1.5.....\COPYRIGHT

Check the "temp" directories if the missing files are in one of them.
Some installer extract everything there first.

Klemens Friedl

[Hannes Mayer]

Hi Klemens!

Klemens Friedl wrote:
> > FireFox 1.5.0.4 doesn't install correctly - XUL error window
> > pops up at startup.
>
> I haven't tried FF 1.5.0.4 but 1.5.0.0 and that version does work
> fine. FF 1.0 should work fine too.

1.5.0.0 completely freezes the machine here on startup. :-(
> > when trying to install other progs (clicking on the install
> > EXE) nothing happens - not even an error dialog
>
> If it is an 16-bit app setup app it won't run in ReactOS. Some more
> information would be useful (which app).

Proprietary 32-bit app written in VisualBasic.
> > tried to install the Java Runtime - installation went fine,
> > but there are no java related files anywhere, except
> > Program Files\Java\jre1.5.....\COPYRIGHT
>
> Check the "temp" directories if the missing files are in one of them.
> Some installer extract everything there first.

Nope, nothing. But Java shows up in "add/remove programs".

Thanks and best regards,
Hannes.