[tor-bugs] #9173 [Firefox Patch Issues]: Relocate RelativeLink functionality to Firefox patch

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#9173: Relocate RelativeLink functionality to Firefox patch
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 Reporter:  mikeperry             |          Owner:  mikeperry
     Type:  defect                |         Status:  new      
 Priority:  critical              |      Milestone:           
Component:  Firefox Patch Issues  |        Version:           
 Keywords:  tbb-usability         |         Parent:           
   Points:                        |   Actualpoints:           
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 We need to hardcode our home and profile settings from RelativeLink into a
 Firefox patch so that users still get expected behavior on Mac and Windows
 if they dock Firefox instead of the RelativeLink exe/containing app.

 This will also prevent situations where TBB ends up set as the default
 browser or link handler, and gets launched to handle a url without
 RelativeLink.

 This is a pretty bad usability bug, because Firefox will end up using the
 wrong profile if you launch it without RelativeLink right now.

 In most cases, this will cause it to fail closed (because the socks proxy
 won't be listening), but not if the user already has proxy settings
 overrides for their default profile.

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