[ot] firefox 1.5.0.5 install loses all my extensions and plugins

[Sweet Andy]

Grrr. Wish these guys would get things right for a change. I'm turning
off auto installs.

 

[John]

Grrr. Wish these guys would get things right for a change. I'm turning
off auto installs.

No problem here. I'd say your Firefox install is stuffed, or you have a virus.

 

[Andy Cap]

No problem here. I'd say your Firefox install is stuffed, or you have a virus.

Mine were OK too. The only one that did fail was 'talk back' is it called.

Andy

 

[Steve H]

No problem here. I'd say your Firefox install is stuffed, or you have a virus.

Fine here too...Updated two machines over the last few days, no
problem at all.

Regards,

 

[SueDoeCyAnts]

Grrr. Wish these guys would get things right for a change. I'm
turning off auto installs.

Use MozBackup at least a few times a month
<http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/>
it's quick and painless

and/or

The FF extension:
MR Tech's Local Install
home page:
<http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/local_install/>
official FF extension page:
<https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/421/>

saves your extensions and config local.
a bit of a learning curve for custom settings,
but should work fine on defaults.
make sure the save folder is separate
from your FF profile folder and FF program folder,
just in case.

 

[canetoad]

Use MozBackup at least a few times a month
<http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/>
it's quick and painless

Agree that Moz backup is a terrific little program and has saved my
emails etc on several occasions, however....

After a recent reload, I updated firefox from 1.0.7 to 1.5, ran Moz
backup to restore profile. All bookmarks and saved passwords were OK,
extensions were not. No problems I thought, as I only use two or three
extensions, easy enough to re-install.

I kept getting message that software installation and java script were
turned off and needed to be activated before extensions could be
installed for 1.5. Problem was, they were ON. I suspect the backup saved
the state of my options at time of backup and I could find no way to
change them.

Someone may have a solution to this, and I'd be more than grateful to
hear it.

 

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I kept getting message that software installation and java script
were turned off and needed to be activated before extensions could
be installed for 1.5. Problem was, they were ON. I suspect the
backup saved the state of my options at time of backup and I could
find no way to change them.

<http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to...ions_-_Firefox#Software_installation_disabled>

or <http://tinyurl.com/og5p7>

 

[Eugene Esterly III]

Grrr. Wish these guys would get things right for a change. I'm turning
off auto installs.

Well, I have Firefox set to auto-install & I haven't lost any of my
extensions. Your copy of Firefox might have become corrupted so you
might re-download Firefox.

Also your extensions might not be compatiable with the Firefox 1.5.0.5,
this happens with some extensions.