"Netscape Portable Runtime has stopped working" error

This is on an XP computer.
I looked in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
and I have nspr4.dll in there.
Mine has a size of 168 - 172 kb. It is version 4.9.4.0 and was updated on March 8, 2013.
I updated FF then so I guess that came along with v 19.0.2

I just checked my Win 7 computer and it matches the XP one as far as location, size and version.

 

Hmm, so ensure that any Mozilla-based programs are fully updated, I guess.

Odd, I saw this error being asked about yesterday for the first time.

 

I just installed Firefox v25.01 and got the same message from Windows Action Center. Following the suggested link takes the user to an ultra-geeky Netscape Developers Forum where they discuss not how to download, but rather how to BUILD the Netscape Portable Runtime using a whole suite of complicated sounding programming tools that I've never heard of. Definitely not the site that Window meant to send us to... unless they think being sadistic is funny.

Has anyone yet found a valid link for downloading this runtime?

 

The tar.gz link is the latest download. Downloading it is easy, installing it will test your patience.

https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/nspr/releases/v4.10.2/src/

 

Thanks for the link Solaris! I finally have the file. But, are you warning me not to install it? What happened when you installed it?

 

Ah, if you're using Pale Moon, check that your security software hasn't blocked/'sandboxed' the plugin container for Pale Moon - it commonly happens 'silently' for any non-mainstream software.

 

OK, I think I know what you mean. The downloadable archive doesn't contain a runtime, it contains source code for compiling a runtime. Do you know what language it's written in? I've only dabbled in programming and one of languages I tried was python. It looks kind of like python script. You're right, this is going to be frustrating.

Why, over a 5 year period, couldn't someone on the Netscape team find 5 minutes to compile the damned runtime and post that instead? What's the average internet user going to do with a fistful of source code?

I don't know, maybe I'm missing something here. Perhaps the average computer user does have a suite of compilers on their system with which they regularly download and compile unidentifiable source code. If that's true then I have some serious catching up to do

 

OK, I just searched my system for all instances of the Netscape runtime and found six. The newest nspr4.dll was released on 09-16-13, size: 151 KB, v4.8.4.0, and I found it in my Apache OpenOffice folder system. I copied it to my %system root%\Windows\System32 directory and Windows Adviser dropped the message about needing to update the runtime. So if anyone gets desperate, they can download this free Microsoft Word alternative from:

http://sourceforge.net/

and then install all 200+ MBs in order to get the most current 151 KB Netscape Portable Runtime. At least Apache OO is a decent if not bloated suite of office apps.

 

If anyone needs the newest Netscape Portable Runtime but doesn't savor the idea of compiling it from source code or, alternatively, installing a 200 MB program just to get at the 150 KB runtime, leave me a note with your e-mail and I'll send it to you as an attachment.