[tor-bugs] #4925 [Tor bundles/installation]: Mac OS X and Windows can't run Vidalia Bundle and Tor Browser Bundle at the same time (was: Mac OS X can't run Vidalia Bundle and Tor Browser Bundle at the same time)

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#4925: Mac OS X and Windows can't run Vidalia Bundle and Tor Browser Bundle at the
same time
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    Reporter:  runa                      |       Owner:  erinn   
        Type:  defect                    |      Status:  reopened
    Priority:  normal                    |   Milestone:          
   Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |     Version:          
  Resolution:                            |    Keywords:          
      Parent:                            |      Points:          
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Changes (by mo):

  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  not a bug =>


Comment:

 I can confirm this bug at least on Windows: Vidalia is already running,
 say, configured as a bridge. The Tor Browser Bundle tries to launch a
 second instance of Vidalia, which fails to connect to the existing Tor
 (instead of launching a second instance of that as well?) and prompts for
 a password. It does not launch Aurora.

 On tor-talk, people have also discussed launching TBB-Firefox directly. I
 tried that by running "FirefoxPortable\App\Firefox\tbb-firefox.exe --no-
 remote -profile .\Data\profile" inside the extracted directory. A Firefox
 window appears, but closes again very quickly.

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