On May 5, 9:00 am, LandonV <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay well I found out why it wouldnt work in my original directory; it > was the folder name. it actually has a name as the em id and not the > usual GUID i came across so that fixed that. In doing so I noticed > now though that when I go to Tool>Addons, that it list Firefbug there > but the Options button for it is greyed out. I know i can still > access options from the Tools>Firebug way but what is making the > options button greyed out?
We don't use the addon manager Options button. jjb > > On May 2, 9:58 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > 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: > > > > > 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 > > > 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 > 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.
