Mozilla Extensions Problem

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BOOGIEMAN

I have two partitions with same OS installed (winXP) on my PC.
On my primary, working partition I have problem with mozilla firefox 0.93
I can't get any new extension (from: http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/)
When I click on install nothing happens.
On my test partition, everything is working fine ... I don't have a clue
what's the problem ... help !
 
BOOGIEMAN said:
I have two partitions with same OS installed (winXP) on my PC.
On my primary, working partition I have problem with mozilla firefox
0.93 I can't get any new extension (from:
http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/) When I click on install
nothing happens.
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Do you have "Allow web sites to install software" checked in
Tools>Options>Advanced?
 
Do you have "Allow web sites to install software" checked in
Tools>Options>Advanced?
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:))) no ! I can't believe it was only that, I thought it was a bigger
problem because I overwrited old version of firefox with new ones.
I started cleaning registry ... etc and I intended to reinstall
whole windows today, LOL ... THANK YOU !!!
 
I have two partitions with same OS installed (winXP) on my PC.
On my primary, working partition I have problem with mozilla firefox 0.93
I can't get any new extension (from: http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/)
When I click on install nothing happens.
On my test partition, everything is working fine ... I don't have a clue
what's the problem ... help !
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What I usually do is instead of just clicking on the install link, I actually right-click & save
the file (link target) to another folder. All I then need to do is just use the File dropdown
menu in Firefox to open each one. That way I've always got a copy of that installation file in
case I ever need to reinstall it.

It did come in handy for me yesterday - there was an extension where the developer's site has
been closed due to excessive traffic. Fortunately I still had a copy of the installation file
on my hard drive.
 
How do you do that, I downloaded *.xpi file and now what ?
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At the top left corner of FireFox you have the "File" menu. Click on that & the 3rd option down
is "Open File". Select that, then locate the directory you downloaded the .xpi files to. When
you've got them listed, just highlight the file you want, & either double-left-click or select
open to install it. You will then be given the installation dialogue & you're there.
 
Hi _starwars_,
At the top left corner of FireFox you have the "File" menu. Click on that & the 3rd option down
is "Open File". Select that, then locate the directory you downloaded the .xpi files to. When
you've got them listed, just highlight the file you want, & either double-left-click or select
open to install it. You will then be given the installation dialogue & you're there.
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....or simply drag the .xpi file into your Firefox window :)
 
Hi _starwars_,


...or simply drag the .xpi file into your Firefox window :)
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OK, thanks. Just to say that even I did this offline I had to check
"Allow web sites to install software" in Tools>Options>Advanced
It doesn't work if that option is unchecked
 
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