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Stop Addons window popping-up

Submitted by freDDy1 on April 11, 2010 - 10:50am

Hi everybody, I jumped from FirefoxPortable version 2.0.0.12 to fresh install of version 3.6.3. So far so good.

When starting FirefoxPortable, the addon’s windows is always popping up, indicating the installation of “global installs” such as ‘Java Quick Starter’, ‘.net Framework’.

I don’t want to stop the checking or installing, I just want to stop that “addon’s window” popping up for ANY install.

I couldn’t find anything appropriate in the .js file or this forum. Does anyone know the correct config to stop this window popping up after start/restart.

JAVA with Firefox (no administrator rights)

Submitted by Boulder257 on April 7, 2010 - 3:10pm

I am able to use the Firefox portable app and use the browser, but I am unable to view anything that is Java. I have downloaded and installed the portable java, but it does not seem to be recognized. How can I get java content through the portable browser if I do not have an administrator password to install?

Running second instance

Submitted by iantresman on April 5, 2010 - 8:13am

I have regular Firefox 3.6 running fine, but would like to launch Firefox Portable running as a second copy (ie. multiple instance) of Firefox. This allows me to keep separate bookmarks and histories.

I've checked other threads about "Question: run two firefox-portables simultaneously?", and other issues regarding running "Another instance", but I still get an error message that "another instance of firefox is already running".

IE security update killed Portable Firefox?

Submitted by KevinTMC on March 31, 2010 - 3:19pm

Microsoft Update just installed KB980182, a security update for IE. Upon reboot, my Portable Firefox could no longer connect to anything on the Internet. ("Firefox can't establish a connection to the server...") No Firefox settings were changed. Other browsers I have installed locally (IE, Opera) work fine.

Anyone else having this problem?

Bad Update!

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Submitted by Krof_Gninut on March 31, 2010 - 1:52pm

I updated to the new version, and now the damned thing won't even run.
It's either the firefox update itself, or the flash player update that I got before I restarted firefox (did not come back up). Both were gotten from legitimate sources.

Security Zone Settings with Portable Firefox

Submitted by n8 on March 30, 2010 - 3:28pm

Good afternoon,
I am using Firefox 3.6 Portable. It appears that it is not honoring my Internet Zone settings in the Restricted Sites zone. My understanding is that Firefox 3.0 and above leverage the OS settings.

Can someone shed some light into this matter? Is the portable version different in some way with respect to this issue?

Thank you,
n8

FireFox Portable = Firefox **Resolved**

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Submitted by vf2nsr on March 28, 2010 - 11:59pm

Just wondering if it is possible to copy my Firefox Portable settings for add-ons search plugins and such to my desktop version of Firefox. this way they would both look the same. Hard to remember what add ons I have installed into the Portable vs the Hard drive versions. Looks to me like if i copt the following from Portable FF to FF I should be ok?

PreserveDirectory1=App\Firefox\plugins
PreserveDirectory2=App\Firefox\searchplugins
PreserveDirectory3=App\Firefox\components

Installing Tor

Submitted by anon_private on March 28, 2010 - 7:37am

I have downloaded portable FF and have installed the Tor Button.

I now need to connect to the Tor network.

Can someone tell me what plugin I need, or any other method.

Is Tor, the best choice?

Thanks

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