Confirmed users
657
edits
Background Updates: Difference between revisions
m
→Windows
m (→Windows) |
|||
| Line 52: | Line 52: | ||
* The Firefox executable will launch a helper application copied to somewhere outside of the installation directory, most likely the system's temporary directory. | * The Firefox executable will launch a helper application copied to somewhere outside of the installation directory, most likely the system's temporary directory. | ||
* The helper application renames the existing installation directory to a new directory with ".tmp" appended to its path name. If the rename operation fails in the middle of the operation because of a | * The helper application renames the existing installation directory to a new directory with ".tmp" appended to its path name. If the rename operation fails in the middle of the operation because of a file being open by another application, it reverts the change. | ||
* If the first rename is successful, the helper app renames the <code>FIREFOX_NEW</code> directory to the name of the existing installation. If something goes wrong in this phase, the <code>FIREFOX_NEW</code> directory and the one created in this phase are both removed and the ".tmp" directory is restored back to the state it was before the helper application was launched. | * If the first rename is successful, the helper app renames the <code>FIREFOX_NEW</code> directory to the name of the existing installation. If something goes wrong in this phase, the <code>FIREFOX_NEW</code> directory and the one created in this phase are both removed and the ".tmp" directory is restored back to the state it was before the helper application was launched. | ||
* If the previous operation was successful, the helper app removes the ".tmp" diectory. | * If the previous operation was successful, the helper app removes the ".tmp" diectory. | ||