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Error Launching Browser (error 1) if Chrome not installed - not a helpful error message #5751

@dalcala

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@dalcala

Description:
On Win 8.1, when I try to run Live Preview before I've installed Chrome, I get Error Launching Browser (error 1). I would expect the error message to say Chrome is not installed. There is a link to "Troubleshooting Live Development connection errors": https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/Troubleshooting#wiki-livedev, but that page doesn't mention anything about "error 1". That page also doesn't clearly say that you need Chrome for Live Preview to work. The one-time Live Preview dialog does say you need Chrome, but that's only a one-time dialog and maybe some users need to see this again in the troubleshooting page.

Related to #5047

Repro using Brackets Sprint 33 10187 on Win 8.1.

Repro steps:

  1. I was testing on Win 8.1 (not sure if it repros on other OS's).
  2. Chrome was not installed yet.
  3. Open index.html from Getting Started and run Live Preview.

Actual results:
Error message appears: Error Launching Browser. "An error occurred when launching the browser. (error 1) For more information, see "Troubleshooting Live Development connection errors": https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/Troubleshooting#wiki-livedev, but that page doesn't mention anything about "error 1".

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Expected results:
Error message says Chrome is not installed.
If that's not possible, then https://github.com/adobe/brackets/wiki/Troubleshooting#wiki-livedev should mention "error 1" and say you need Chrome.
Also, the punctuation of the error message seems strange. I think it should be something like this:
"An error occurred when launching the browser (error 1). For more information..."

Workaround:
Figure out on your own that you need Chrome installed.

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