Nice! That does work. Now another question is can I do this without installing Firebug into the users profile. I need to be able to install this extension the way you have described but not into the users profile???
On Apr 30, 10:34 am, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 30, 6:35 am, LandonV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How do I do this manually WITHOUT downloading it from the website or > > saving the xpi and doing a File>Open? Here is what I have done thus > > far: > > > 1. Extracted contents of xpi > > 2. Placed contents in a folder with the same em id name > > 3. Placed folder in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\Extensions > > I've never put Firebug in this directory. > > > 4. Navigated to C:\Users\<current user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla > > \Firefox\profiles\ > > If you put the folder in to the extensions subdirectory of the profile > subdirectory you are running in, it will work. Eg > ....\Firefox\profiles\blahblah.default\extensions > \[email protected] > > > 5. Modified extensions.ini file and added the appropriate em id for > > Firebug > > 6. Cleared the extensions.cache file > > 7. Restarted the computer > > You don't need to restart the computer for Firebug. > > > > > > > 8. Launched Firefox > > > Now this is the part with the trouble, The Firebug icon is in the > > lower right corner, the right-click menu context handlers appear but > > are NOT functional. Also if I go to Tools, Firebug displays but the > > sub menus will not appear. Also under Tools>Addons, Firebug does not > > appear in the list of extensions. > > > Can someone help me out and let me know what I am missing PLEASE! > > > **ADDITIONAL NOTE** I have done this EXACT procedure for IE View, > > Greasemonkey and Organize Statusbar and everything is 100% functional. > > > -- > > 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 > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en. > > -- > 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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en. -- 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.
