Just a small addition. I am usually removing compreg.dat from my FF profile, when facing similar problems with installing extension.
Honza On Sep 8, 1:46 pm, "alan.sandnet" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Hernan, > > Thanks for the suggestions. I tried them all (on Windows 7 RC with FF > 3.5.2) > > 1. 2. and 3. made no difference in the behaviour. Each one generated > the same errors in the installation log that I posted previously. > > However 4 worked! (Seeing what it does, I guess it had to work!) > > The hardest part was finding the xpi (Google'd firebug.xpi and poked > around in the directory lists to find firebug-1.4.2.xpi) and then > downloading it (I had to use IE because FF kept recognising the file > as an .xpi that it wanted to install). Now I have the Firebug icon in > the bottom right corner and can open some windows and can start > learning how to use it. > > I think there is some general problem with FF 3.5.2 I can't get any > extensions to install (same type of messages in the installation log). > I want to get my bookmarks etc back from XMarks and get my FF back to > where it used to be. It seems to me from the error msgs in the > installation log that FF is uable to unzip the xpi into the extensions > folder - it's getting some sort of permissions problem. But this is > puzzling because I am working in an Admin account on a standalone PC - > and I had no problems manually unzipping the xpi. > > Anyway, thanks for your suggestion - hope it helps Wendy as well! > > Alan Jacobs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
