On 1/2/2016 4:32 PM, Ray_Net wrote: > Jonathan N. Little wrote on 02/01/2016 21:14: >> David E. Ross wrote: >>> On 1/2/2016 8:04 AM, David E. Ross wrote: >>>> On 1/2/2016 4:08 AM, Tom Pamin wrote: >>>>> When I try to open SM using a shortcut to this URL >>>>> (https://www.radarbox24.com/@26.61809,-81.4724,z10), I get this error: >>>>> "There was a problem sending the command to the program." The page >>>>> then >>>>> opens. How do I fix this error? >>>>> >>>>> I don't get the error if SM is already open to another page. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I tried this both from the link in your message (SeaMonkey already >>>> running) and from a URL shortcut (SeaMonkey not running, launched by >>>> selecting the shortcut). It worked for me in both cases. >>>> >>>> Something in your preferences or extensions might be causing this. Do >>>> you have scripts or cookies blocked, even if only partially? Have you >>>> tried this in Safe Mode? >>>> >>> >>> Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) >>> SeaMonkey 2.39 >>> Cookies for the originating Web site only >>> >>> I just tried this again, and it works for me. >>> >>> I also looked at bug #495988, cited elsewhere in this thread. Comments >>> #10 and #11 in that bug report cite a problem caused by NoActiveHandler >>> in the Windows registry entry >>> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SeamonkeyURL\shel\open\ddeexec\ >>> I do not see NoActiveHandler in that registry key on my PC. >>> >> >> Okay now I remember how I fixed it >> >> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SeamonkeyURL\shell\open\ddeexec\ >> has some legacy default value "\"%1\",,0,0,,,," which I cleared and >> subkey "NoActivateHandler" >> >> I fixed it with this reg file I created >> >> Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 >> >> ;; Fix the DDE error 'There was a Problem Sending the Command to the >> Program' >> ;; >> >> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SeaMonkeyURL\shell\open\ddeexec] >> ;; This is garbage some earlier version put in that causes >> ;; error so delete default value >> ;; @="\"%1\",,0,0,,,," >> @="" >> ;; And remove this this subkey >> ;; "NoActivateHandler"="" >> "NoActivateHandler"=- >> >> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SeaMonkeyURL\shell\open\ddeexec\Application] >> @="SeaMonkey" >> >> [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\SeaMonkeyURL\shell\open\ddeexec\Topic] >> @="WWW_OpenURL" >> >> >> > Why when I install a new version released that the SM install did not > change those entries ? > I first take a backup. > Then I remove the current SM version. > Then I install from scratch(except the profiles) the new SM version. > SM install .exe should position correctly the registry entries .... If > this is not the case - then I can say that this is another SM BUG !!! >
It has been a long-time problem that installing new versions of Mozilla-based applications over prior versions in some version of Windows often leaves obsolete entries in the Windows registry. In my registry, I now see keys for Firefox (which I have never installed); Thunderbird versions 31.3, 31.4, 31.6, 31.7, 38.1, and 38.5; and Mozilla Maintenace Service 38.2 but not for Mozilla Maintenace Service 38.5 (my current version). -- David E. Ross The Crimea is Putin's Sudetenland. The Ukraine will be Putin's Czechoslovakia. See <http://www.rossde.com/editorials/edtl_PutinUkraine.html>. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
