I've followed the post on firefox3 installation and it worked perfectly.
However, I can't seem to get the flash plugin (or the shockwave) to install?
When I run it as an exe file, it installs to the firefox on the hard disk, but not to the the portable app. There doesn't seem to be a way of telling the installer where to find the portable firefox.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
GF.
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Tim
Things have got to get better, they can't get worse, or can they?
Thanks! I did first search, but I guess didn't look hard enough at the results! Is it possible to put this hint on the Firefox support link or FAQ? Then everyone would come to it directly?
Also, does this trick work for all plugins?
Thanks! Portable Apps are great!
Ciao,
GF.
No, This does not work for most plugins?
It only works with flash because flash is small and self contained.
Most plugins access the main program of the host machine.
Tim
Things have got to get better, they can't get worse, or can they?
I've copied NPSWF32.dll and flashplayer.xpt to FFP3\Data\plugins. Process Explorer shows that NPSWF32.dll are used by firefox.exe, but websites with flash don't work and require flash player installation.
Please, help
It has been suggested that things might be different with FF3
Could you try putting the 2 files in:
FirefoxPortable\App\firefox\plugins
See if that works.
If not try also putting
flashplayer.xpt
FirefoxPortable\App\firefox\components
instead.
The original method is working for me and the OP in FF3, so I'm not sure if this will help but it couldn't hurt to try. Let us know what happens.
Oh, and Welcome to PortableApps.com
Tim
Things have got to get better, they can't get worse, or can they?
Thank you, Tim
I've tried to copy 2 files in FirefoxPortable\App\firefox\plugins and flashplayer.xpt in FirefoxPortable\App\firefox\components. It gives nothing.
However, I've noticed that not all websites don't work. More truly, the majority except for the some websites (e.g. youtube.com) works.
So the problem basically is solved
I'll simply not use some sites.