Ticket #384 (new defect)

Opened 4 months ago

Faulty default path to tor.exe/difficultty reporting bugs

Reported by: vidalia Owned by: developer
Priority: normal Milestone:
Component: Vidalia Version:
Keywords: tor path installer vidalia setup Cc:

Description

Running on: Win98SE (fully updated), Firefox 2.0.0.15, full vidalia-bundle-0.1.2.19-0.0.16.exe installer used (downloaded 1 hour ago from this ticket).

After disabling tor on startup for awhile, the registry entry was deleted by registry cleanup tools. Upon attempting to restart, Tor did not function. Entire Vidalia bundle was wiped and reinstalled with the same result before I noticed the obvious error:

Default installation path for Tor in the vidalia bundle is:

c:/program files/vidalia/tor/tor.exe

Vidalia could not find tor because it was looking for the path:

C://program files/vidalia/tor/tor.exe

Removing the excess slash cures the issue, and the installer is incorrectly writing the configuration to show the root directory as "c://..." This small typo goes a long way if someone doesn't notice it, and Tor will not function unless this is corrected. Please correct this issue by proofing the installer again.

Secondly, submitting this bug report was difficult enough just to find how and where to submit it. Please forward to the webmaster to improve visibility and access for those wishing to submit a bug report, or add a feature to submit a short bug report via a context-menu drop-down. This may improve user experience.

I can be contacted at nosolicitor99@… if there is any need to clarify the issue. Thank you for your time.

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