Mozilla Extensions Help

July 12, 2006 4:21 PM

I'm stumped by Mozilla extensions. I cannot load any new ones. I get a notification that my settings are "locked," and to EDIT options. I've tried all the obvious things. I've turned on JAVA and everything on or off that I can think of - anything else I'm missing? I remember I once loaded something that allowed me to change some settings in Mozilla by accessing settings in a browser window as text - was it some setting I changed there?

I'm on a Mac running 10.4

And yes, I have tried updating to the laest MOzilla. Still the same.

Is there a way to manually load extensions?

posted by jbelkin to technology (4 comments total)

Tools|Options|Content|Warn me when web sites try to install extensions or themes

is checked? See what's listed in the associated "exceptions" dialog.

The text screen is accessed by "going" to the url "about:config"; you may have changed something there.

Yes, there's a way to manually load extensions, but it's a complete PITA. If it comes to that, just create a new profile.
posted by orthogonality at 5:10 PM on July 12, 2006

You might need to be logged in as root/administrator.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 6:45 PM on July 12, 2006

Enter about:config in the address bar. When you get the screen full of settings, type xpi into the Filter: box. Make sure that the setting xpinstall.enabled is set to its default value of true.

There may be some related settings that could benefit from being restored to their default values. Anything that shows up in bold type has been changed from its default; you can restore the default by right-clicking (or whatever the Mac equivalent of right-clicking is - cmd-click, maybe?) the setting concerned and choosing Reset from the context menu.
posted by flabdablet at 5:35 AM on July 13, 2006

And you shouldn't need to be logged in as an admin. All these settings are part of your Mozilla profile, which is stored inside your home folder.
posted by flabdablet at 5:36 AM on July 13, 2006