Unable to install script (FF 20.0.1, Greasemonkey 1.8)

[chococta96]

Hello,

I'm trying to install a user script from http://hupotronic.github.io/ExLinks/ however, it shows me an error message saying that it has an "invalid character" (as shown in the screenshot).

Is there any ways to fix this?

Thank you.

[Anthony Lieuallen]

The message says "Microsoft JScript" which implies you're using IE, and thus you can't be using Greasemonkey.

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[chococta96]

That doesn't make any sense... my main browser is FF and I have successfully installed greasemonkey and other scripts without any problems.

Only for this script, which whenever I double click the file, the error message pops up.

How do I make it so that it will recognize as FF and not IE? Do I delete IE or something?

On Monday, May 6, 2013 12:37:47 AM UTC+10, Anthony Lieuallen wrote:

The message says "Microsoft JScript" which implies you're using IE, and thus you can't be using Greasemonkey.

On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 2:36 AM, chococta96 <choco...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello,

I'm trying to install a user script from http://hupotronic.github.io/ExLinks/ however, it shows me an error message saying that it has an "invalid character" (as shown in the screenshot).

Is there any ways to fix this?

Thank you.

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[LWChris@LyricWiki]

Am 05.05.2013 22:26, schrieb chococta96:
> That doesn't make any sense... my main browser is FF and I have
> successfully installed greasemonkey and other scripts without any problems.
>
> Only for this script, which whenever I double click the file, the error
> message pops up.
>
> How do I make it so that it will recognize as FF and not IE? Do I delete IE
> or something?

Please take no offense, but it seems to me you're maybe not so well
versed in computer stuff, so whatever you did, here's a step-by-step
solution how installing should work:

- From the linked page, select the "ZIP File" download and save that
file to your disk.
- Open the folder you saved it to and unzip the file completely. (Do not
just open the zip file, this will not work, you have to unzip it first.)
- Open the unzipped folder and select the "ExLinks.user.js" file.
- Rightclick on it, open the submenu "Open with" and select "Mozilla
Firefox".
- If it's not in the list, click on "Select default
application..." (or whatever the last item is titled in English).
- At first, you should uncheck the checkbox at the bottom, so
the .js-file will be opened with Firefox only this time.
- Search for Mozilla Firefox amongst the icons and select it.
- If it's not present there, click on "Browse...", select the
Mozilla Firefox folder, and choose the firefox.exe.
- Click OK in the dialog windows.
- The script is now opened with Firefox and should be installed as usual.

This is not tested because I don't want to install a porn-script on my PC.

Chris

[chococta96]

Thank you, opening with FF solved the problem.

[Anthony Lieuallen]

On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 4:26 PM, chococta96 <choco...@gmail.com> wrote:

Only for this script, which whenever I double click the file, the error message pops up.

Emphasis mine.  Assuming you've downloaded it locally, double clicking the file will open it with whatever the default handler is.  For files named something ".js" by default on Windows, that's IE.

The actual right thing to do here is just click the giant orange "click here to install" link at the top of the originally linked page.  (In Firefox with GM installed.)