Yes you can look up the firefox command line options to find one for a
completely new profile *directory*.
jjb

On May 2, 2:15 pm, LandonV <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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:
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> > 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.
>
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