Date: 05/16/05 (Mozilla)    Keywords: virus, spyware

I'm happily using FireFox, but I need the composer functions from the full Mozilla suite.

I went and downloaded the newest Suite package from mozilla.org, but when I try to run the executable, it gets past extracting the XPI files and simply disappears - no error messages or anything! I also tried downloading the installer stub, but it flashes on the screen and disappears instantly...

I am running FireFox with absolutely no problems, and have had no other problems with my system. I'm running XP Pro SP2 on an Athlon64 3500+ with 1gig of ram. Spyware/Virus FREE.

Anybody know where I might look to solve this problem? I really need composer!

EDIT

Bugzilla to the rescue! I was bitten by a "long-standing bug": Installer exits with no error after unpacking files - problem with TMP environment var

I thought at first "But I don't have a space in my tmp environment var" (which is how the example works..).. But then I realized that the default tmp is under the "Documents and Settings\Username\Local Settings\tmp\" directory. So I looked there, and sure enough, there was a file left over from an installer months ago under "Documents and Settings\Username\" and the file's name was "local"... fits the bug exactly.

Deleting the file allowed the Mozilla suite installer to function. YAY!...

Anyway, I just edited this post to include this info in case anyone else runs across it.
/EDIT

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/mozilla/283957.html