Re: [tor-bugs] #13982 [TorBirdy]: TorBirdy crashes if tor process not running in Windows 8

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#13982: TorBirdy crashes if tor process not running in Windows 8
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     Reporter:  saint     |      Owner:  ioerror
         Type:  defect    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal    |  Milestone:
    Component:  TorBirdy  |    Version:
   Resolution:            |   Keywords:
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Comment (by sukhbir):

 Replying to [ticket:13982 saint]:
 > (report of a friend's issue - most recent Thunderbird and TorBirdy on
 Windows 8)
 >
 > So in Windows 8, if one starts Thunderbird when the tor process is not
 already running, it will crash.
 >
 > Possible solutions:
 > - add a note in the top line of the extension description stating that
 TorBirdy requires tor browser to be running before starting Thunderbird.
 (This is in the documentation, but was overlooked in this case).
 > - fail gracefully with a popup that says that messages will not be sent
 over the Tor network until starting the tor process and restarting
 thunderbird.

 Jake has already commented -- this looks like some other issue. If you
 start Thunderbird (with TorBirdy) and Tor is not running, Thunderbird will
 just complain about the proxy and that's it. There is no crash or anything
 of that sort.

 Can you ask your friend to try it after uninstalling TorBirdy? :)

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