[tor-bugs] #21445 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Launching Tor Browser from the .dmg should obviously fail or install correclty, not neither

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#21445: Launching Tor Browser from the .dmg should obviously fail or install
correclty, not neither
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     Reporter:  pastly                    |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect                    |     Status:  new
     Priority:  Medium                    |  Milestone:
    Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |    Version:
     Severity:  Normal                    |   Keywords:
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 Launching Tor Browser from the mounted .dmg (instead of dragging it to the
 application folder link) causes Tor Browser to seemingly install
 correctly, especially if you're unfamiliar with it.

 Doing this will open "Tor Browser" to the default Firefox homepage.
 There's no onion button in the top left, and the browser can't go to any
 websites because "The proxy server is refusing connections."

 The ~/Library/Application Support/TorBrowser-Data directory is created
 with the files found in the attached file (missing the entire Tor
 subdirectory).

 Perhaps interestingly, closing "Tor Browser" and reopening it again from
 the .dmg causes it to actually get installed correctly, but with an
 additional window asking if I'd like to install Tor Browser's 3 plugins.

 Either Tor Browser should fail miserably when opened in this way or it
 should silently correct the user's mistake and install itself as it
 normally would before opening.

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