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May 24, 2013, 5:15:17 PM5/24/13
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Using FF 20.0 in both W7 and W8 on the same machine I note this oddity...
In Win 7, it sees all the plugins that are in the Program Files/Mozilla
Profile folder.
In Win 8 - same plugins, same Program Director folder - it's seeing only
some of those plugins, if any. (FF might be fetching them from other
locations.)
However, if the Win 8 plugins folder is moved to the FF USER'S folder,
all plugins appear as they should.
Why the difference?
In Win 7, it sees all the plugins that are in the Program Files/Mozilla
Profile folder.
In Win 8 - same plugins, same Program Director folder - it's seeing only
some of those plugins, if any. (FF might be fetching them from other
locations.)
However, if the Win 8 plugins folder is moved to the FF USER'S folder,
all plugins appear as they should.
Why the difference?
Ron K.
May 24, 2013, 9:26:47 PM5/24/13
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dev on 5/24/2013 5:15 PM, keyboarded a reply:
This link has some explantion. See also the Search engine plugins thread.
http://www.ghacks.net/2013/05/15/why-you-may-have-lost-access-to-plugins-or-extensions-in-firefox-21/
--
Ron K.
Who is General Failure, and why is he searching my HDD?
Kernel Restore reported Major Error used BSOD to msg the enemy!
http://www.ghacks.net/2013/05/15/why-you-may-have-lost-access-to-plugins-or-extensions-in-firefox-21/
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Ron K.
Who is General Failure, and why is he searching my HDD?
Kernel Restore reported Major Error used BSOD to msg the enemy!
dev
May 25, 2013, 12:05:06 AM5/25/13
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/Ron K./ said:
> dev on 5/24/2013 5:15 PM, keyboarded a reply:
>> Using FF 20.0 in both W7 and W8 on the same machine I note this oddity...
>>
>> In Win 7, it sees all the plugins that are in the Program Files/Mozilla
>> Profile folder.
>>
>> In Win 8 - same plugins, same Program Director folder - it's seeing only
>> some of those plugins, if any. (FF might be fetching them from other
>> locations.)
>> However, if the Win 8 plugins folder is moved to the FF USER'S folder,
>> all plugins appear as they should.
>>
>> Why the difference?
>>
> This link has some explantion. See also the Search engine plugins thread.
>
> http://www.ghacks.net/2013/05/15/why-you-may-have-lost-access-to-plugins-or-extensions-in-firefox-21/
>
Very nice, Ron. Thanks for the spot-on info. Note that I
> dev on 5/24/2013 5:15 PM, keyboarded a reply:
>> Using FF 20.0 in both W7 and W8 on the same machine I note this oddity...
>>
>> In Win 7, it sees all the plugins that are in the Program Files/Mozilla
>> Profile folder.
>>
>> In Win 8 - same plugins, same Program Director folder - it's seeing only
>> some of those plugins, if any. (FF might be fetching them from other
>> locations.)
>> However, if the Win 8 plugins folder is moved to the FF USER'S folder,
>> all plugins appear as they should.
>>
>> Why the difference?
>>
> This link has some explantion. See also the Search engine plugins thread.
>
> http://www.ghacks.net/2013/05/15/why-you-may-have-lost-access-to-plugins-or-extensions-in-firefox-21/
>
corrected version # to 21.0.
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