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robertjvan
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Yahoo toolbar 1.3.1

Their newest release I have it installed on the local version Firefox at home, but it won't install on Portable Firefox. I got version 1.2.1 from a attachment in another thread, but can't DL the xpi file from yahoo so I can install it to the portable.

John T. Haller
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Grab it

Download it directly from Yahoo. Right-click that, save it locally, then do a File - Open from Firefox.

I still can't believe that Yahoo's install setup is so poor.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

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Thanks I got it now!

Thanks I got it now! Installed and restarted, looking good. Yes "Yahoo" is good in some ways but not in others.

Patrick Patience
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I.

Despise Yahoo and their toolbar ESPECIALLY.

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Save It Locally?

It loads it as an extension and doesn't seem to allow the option of saving it locally. Moreover, I have searched for the filename unsuccessfully in the Mozilla directory and the entire C drive. I wonder if someone could walk me through how to save it locally or at least find where it is located so that I can copy it.

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bruc33ef

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Basic...

It's pretty basic.

1. *Right*-click on that link to the XPI and save it to your desktop
2. Click File - Open in Firefox and open it up (which will prompt you to install the extension)

If you're unfamiliar with saving and opening files, then you may wish to ask a techie friend to assist you.

Sometimes, the impossible can become possible, if you're awesome!

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Yup, Got It!

I tried to right click on the wrong link -- Duh! -- the one on the Yahoo page, which didn't work. I have it now. Many thanks for the super quick help, John.

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I was trying to get it to install as well

and I came to this conclusion: Why bother? Firefox includes a Yahoo! search bar in the browser, and by using the Firefox bookmark toolbar, you can duplicate anything the Yahoo! toolbar does except-maybe-signing in. You can also add other non-Yahoo sites to it, and build a folder hierarchy, just like with Yahoo!. Throw in the Foxmarks for synchronization or web access, and I'm not sure why I care anymore about the Yahoo toolbar...other than it will take a while to set up. That's fine...I need to clean my bookmarks out anyway!

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