If I change systems and my USB key gets assigned a different drive letter, or if I move a Firefox portable install to a different location, some of my add-ons become disabled and show as being incompatible with Firefox 3.0. It is always the same few add-ons that do this, and I have verified that they are all updated versions for use with Firefox 3.0. Additionally, they work fine as long as the absolute path to Firefox does not change. Once the add-ons have been disabled, the only way to fix it is to manually uninstall and reinstall them each time the path changes. Users may not be able to change the drive letter of their device as they may not have admin access to the systems they are using Firefox portable on, so those users must reinstall their add-ins each time they change systems.
Add-ons I have noted that become disabled as described above:
- Add to Search Bar 1.7
- Tab Clicking Options 0.6.9
- Uppity 1.5
I'm sure there are more add-ons that have this issue, as I have only tested a few.
If this is not a Firefox portable side issue, please post the appropriate information so that I may pass it onto the add-on developers so that they may fix the issue on their side.