How do I do a clean install of Firefox Portable to my USB Drive? Every time I try to install it, it automatically seems to install the extensions that are on the version of Firefox on the hard disk of the computer I'm using. I don't want any extensions at the start...I want to add them to my portable version as I see fit. Suggestions?
I'd just uninstall the extensions I don't want (AVG and AVG Safe Search most notably) but they don't even have an Uninstall button..I think because they're so dated.
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There is a setting in about:config to accomplish this called plugin.scan.plid.all. Set it to false and it won't pull any local plugins from the registry. It'll still pick up ones in certain local folders, though. There are some additional plugin* settings to disable them.
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I guess I'm not as literate at these things as I thought. Is this something I'd do after installation? /confused
It's an advanced setting within about:config (that's an address you type in) that can be changed. It may have unintended side effects.
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Am I supposed to do about:config on the local hard disk version of Firefox, or my portable version after I install it? It doesn't work either way I do it..it still automatically uses the extensions that are installed on the local copy of ff
Follow these steps:
1. Open Firefox Portable
2. Type about:config in the addressbar
3. Click the button
4. Type plugin.scan.plid.all
5. Double-click on the value "true", and it will change to "false"
Now you shouldn't have the local plugins getting picked up
I did that, closed FFPortable, unplugged my USB drive (after properly unmounting), plugged it in and reopened FFPortable, went to Firefox>Add-ons>Extensions, and they all still showed up. Thanks for the help, though..I guess there's no way to make them not show up :/
For extensions try setting the scopes:
1. go to about:config in Firefox Portable
2. right-click any value, and then create New > Integer
3. enter it's name as: extensions.enabledScopes
4. set it's value to: 5
That should do away with those pesky, self-important printer / AV / downloader addons... Note that it might not work on all Firefox versions
My posts are old and likely no longer relevant.
The scopes thing worked great, thank you very much
I just want to see the extensions I've actually installed on my PortableFirefox, and it looks like I now can
You're welcome, I'm glad it helped
For the interested, some info on scopes: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Addons/Add-on_Manager/AddonManager#Inst...
My posts are old and likely no longer relevant.
Entering extensions.enabledScopes with it's value set to 5 failed to work in Firefox 11. However, it was successfully done in FF version 10.2.
I'm not sure it's worth the effort in using portable FF anymore as I don't like the idea where it uses the local plugins.
You can disable the plugin detection in about:config so it will only use plugins already installed on your thumbdrive
set plugin.scan.plid.all
to false.
I also disable Adobe reader from the plugins menu and replace it with pdf viewer.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/pdfjs
This is a self contained extension using html5 and javascript to view pdfs, and should work in most pdf files. It also gives you the option to download the file if it doesn't render.
interesting thread, didn't know about his issue. I haven't encountered it running portable FF10 in parallel with installed FF3.6 on same computer (both on the hard drive rather than portable one being on USB).