[tor-bugs] #8378 [Tor bundles/installation]: Windows TBB Firefox breaks when Valida calls Tor *not* as ./tor.exe

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#8378: Windows TBB Firefox breaks when Valida calls Tor *not* as ./tor.exe
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 Reporter:  cypherpunks               |          Owner:  erinn
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  new  
 Priority:  major                     |      Milestone:       
Component:  Tor bundles/installation  |        Version:       
 Keywords:                            |         Parent:       
   Points:                            |   Actualpoints:       
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 RE: TBB v2.3.25-4 on Windows 7

 I just configured Vidalia to use the Tor within TBB dir as
 C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\Tor Browser\App\tor.exe, but when I start TBB
 Firefox can't connect to Internet. Then I tried the default .\tor.exe
 (which is the same exact location as C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\Tor
 Browser\App\tor.exe) and TBB can access Internet no problem.

 So, it seems like there are some bugs with using a Tor located anywhere
 other than .\tor.exe, *and* using C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\Tor
 Browser\App\tor.exe instead of .\tor.exe prevents Firefox from getting
 online.

 This ticket is related to #8367
 https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/8376

 I made this ticket major priority because as is I can no longer use Tor
 alpha with TBB. The Tor team doesn't build alpha versions of TBB for
 Windows users, unlike they do for their more favorite OSes :( So, if this
 isn't fixed it appears Windows users are placed further back into the
 closest, being we can't even use (nor test for bugs with TBB) a Tor alpha
 build.

 Please fix this, and please don't take many months to do so. I understand
 you're all overworked, and you all are doing you best, however, it does
 seem Windows problems are normally lower priority than problems with other
 OSes.

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