Comments on: Mozilla Extensions Help

Question: Mozilla Extensions Help

jbelkin — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:21:37 -0800

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?

By: orthogonality

orthogonality — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 17:10:07 -0800

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.

By: Steven C. Den Beste

Steven C. Den Beste — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 18:45:40 -0800

You might need to be logged in as root/administrator.

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:35:30 -0800

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.

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:36:48 -0800

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.