I just can't find a way of doing this - in Safari for Windows (5.1.7) I would like to disable certain plug-ins, but I can only see how to disable them all (from Preferences/Security-> Enable Plugins) - can I not switch them on and off individually?
I have read about physically deleting files from a Safari folder within Windows Explorer but I'm not convinced about this (and there are no files in there that match what I am trying to disable anyway).
Thanks in advance.
The only way to get rid of individual plugins in Safari is to physically delete (or move them to another folder) from the C:\Program Files (x86)\Safari\Plugins folder.
If you say you've already checked and what you're looking for is not in that folder, are you it's a plugin and not an extension? You should be able to manage extensions individually in the preferences option within Safari.
If your plug-in doesn't appear in the folder, it shouldn't load anyways. If you can't find it there and it does load, I think your best option would be to uninstall and re-install Safari.
Sorry if this doesn't help.
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I had been using an old version of Firefox, because I have a legacy add-on which is incompatible with new versions. Now many websites have stopped working in the old version of Firefox, and this forces me to update to Firefox 56 and change the code of the legacy add-on to make it workable.
In general, the legacy add-on works in Firefox 56 but there are some problems that I have to solve.
My current problem: I change the add-on files in a text editor, save them, restart Firefox, but instead of using the new add-on files, the browser keeps using the old versions of these files. I have no idea where it keeps them.
I have disabled checking for add-on signing in the browser. The add-on code resides in a folder on a local disk (not compressed). In the Firefox profile, in the folder "extensions" there is a text file that contains the path to that folder. The browser loads add-on, the add-on works, but uses the old versions of the add-on files, even after I change the original files. I tried to disable and then enable the add-on, this did not help at all.
How can I force Firefox 56 to reload this legacy add-on after I change the add-on files?
Copy to a path the package (xpi) for installed and disabled/incompatible addon.
(...\Profiles\xxxxxxx.default\extensions)
Note that files can have names like {b9db16a4-6edc-47ec-a1f4-b86292ed211d}.xpi but using about:support you can find the name associated to this addon.
Uninstall the disabled/incompatible addon
Extract the xpi file (it is a zip file)
Edit install.rdf
(contains extension identification and compatibility checks)
to include a different version
modify max version 56.*
Edit chrome.manifest
(contains technical configuration which can be common for all browser and version or can be customized per each different web browser or version)
Modify appversion to apply to your browser version
Add all files to a file.zip
rename the file.zip to file.xpi
Install the addon file on your firefox
You have more details in:
best-practices-with-firefox-palemoon.html
I would like to force the compatibility of FastDial for the new Firefox 4.5.0.1, and other extensions.
I did this in the past for a lot of addons, I know the procediment... the xpi is just a zip file, that when extracted their contents, you will find a file with name Install.rdf, containing this line:
<em:maxVersion>X.0</em:maxVersion>
Then the desired version is set, and recompress the Zip, and change the .zip extension to .xpi.
However, that methodology is not working for Firefox 45.0.1 (x86).
This is what always happens when trying to install a rebuilt xpi using the known methodology:
The Spanish error-message of the image above says:
This addon cannot be installed because seems damaged.
So... what changed in this damn Firefox 4.5.0.1 that does not accept our rebuilt addons?.
UPDATE
I noted that the problem is with the Install.rdf file, If I do not change the <em:maxVersion>...</em:maxVersion>, then I can recompress properlly the package and it is recognized by this new Firefox.
Then how I need to edit the Install.rdf file to avoid "corrupting" the xpi package for this new Firefox?.
I tried using Wordpard to edit the rdf file, I also tried Sublime Text, saving the file with and without BOM (UTF-8), and for re-compressing the package I used WinRar (I always used WinRar to do it), saving it as Zip, not RAR, of course.
All extensions distributed by Mozilla for Firefox are signed by Mozilla. The files containing the signatures are in the META-INF directory within the extension's top level directory. These signature files are what are used to verify that the extension has not been modified from what has been reviewed and distributed by Mozilla.
To get past the error you are seeing, you will need to remove that directory and its contents.
You will then have an issue that the extension is not signed. Firefox will then refuse to load it for that reason. The quick solution to that is to set xpinstall.signatures.required to false in about:config. However, that will only be effective in release and beta versions of Firefox until the next version update, or so. When exactly changing that option will no longer work is not clear. Turning off the availability of that option in the release and beta versions of Firefox has been a moving target, but the change is coming very soon. The option should continue to work in the Developer Edition of Firefox.
Beyond those options, you will need to have the new extension, which you created by making any changes, signed by Mozilla. You will have to treat it as a new extension (i.e. you will have to create a new ID for it). Some resources which will help in figuring extension signing out (it would be a different question) are:
Signing and distributing your add-on
Add-ons/Extension Signing
Is there a way to access the firefox directory where all the keyboard shortcuts are stored? I want to be able to delete all of them, and I don't want to rely on the keyconfig extension.
i think the file you are looking for is omni.ja that is a jar file in firfox installation directory.
inside that archive you can find at the path /chrome/toolkit/content/global/ a file named platformHTMLBindings.xml that should contain firefox key bindings, but recent firefox versions may have changed the binding system..
Update: So, this turns out to have nothing to do with Tortoise SVN. I use Mozy.com for off-site backups and their new version includes these icon overlays. They can be disabled via the config options...or see here http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?p=1385433. Thanks #OS for the answer.
Been using Tortoise SVN for some time on my Vista box. Within the last few days (and after recently upgrading to 1.5.4) the icon overlays are displaying on all files.
My exclude path is:
*
My include paths are:
C:\Users\jw\Documents\Visual Studio 2008\Projects\SVNProjects*
C:\Users\jw\Documents\VB Projects\SVNProjects*
I haven't touched those settings in months. Any ideas? Help. Thanks.
Something like that happened to me a few days ago and it turns out it's not related to Tortoise... I'm using Mozy to backup files automatically and their latest update includes icons very similar to Tortoise to mark backed-up files.
Icons usually appear for folders for files in a folder that have a hidden .svn subfolder. It sounds like your icon cache is corrupt though. You might also want to check the Icon Overlays section in the Settings dialog. If it's using the default icon cache, try killing the TSVNCache.exe process. If it's using the chell cache, kill explore.exe, in a cmd window go to %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local, type "attrib –h IconCache.db" and then "del IconCache.db" and re-start explorer.exe.
The icons can disappear because there is a limit to the number of overlays Windows will support.
See http://tortoisesvn.net/faq.html#ovlnotshowing
agree with marxidad,
you can also try to rebuild the tortoisesvn icon cache using
TortoiseProc.exe
/command:rebuildiconcache
from the command line.
Is there any way to change Firefox system icon (the one on the left top of the window)?
Precision : I want to change the icon of a bundled version of Firefox with apache/php and my application. So manual operation on each computer is not a solution.
I try Resource Hacker and it's the good solution. The add ons one is good too.
Resource hacker does the job of swapping application icons in Windows (up to XP, not tested with Vista yet).
Available at:
http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/
#phloopy's good suggestion to use http://iconpacks.mozdev.org/ unfortunately doesn't work with newer versions of Firefox (I think to the omni.jar change). You can still use their ICO files (or your own), but you now need to do the following manual steps...
Unzip omni.ja in your Firefox application directory.
Delete omni.ja or rename it (e.g. omni.ja.off).
Create directories icons/default in the Firefox chrome application directory.
Copy the icon file you want to chrome/icons/default/main-window.ico
Start Firefox and enjoy your new icon
Notes:
There are other ICO file names you can use for other windows. The ones I have personally seen work are:
main-window.ico for browser windows and Scratchpad
downloadManager.ico for Downloads
If you know others please comment so I can add them. I personally would love one for Firebug and the Error Console. One for Library (Bookmarks) would be nice also (bookmark-window.ico does not work).
Your start time will be a little slower (due to the unzipping of omni.ja). In theory you can jar it up again, but I am not 100% sure that will work once they get the omni.ja optimization working again (it's "broken" in Firefox 10 so omni.ja is actually normal JAR/ZIP file).
If you let Firefox update you will need to do this again
Note many zip tools cannot read Firefox’s variation on the JAR format (see https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605524).
More info is available at http://iconpacks.mozdev.org/docs/faq.html
There are icon packs available at http://iconpacks.mozdev.org/ that work by installing an extension. If you want to use your own icon, extensions are just zipped files so change the extension from xpi to zip and examine the source code and images it contains to customize it. If you do customize it, I suggest changing the GUID that so it doesn't auto-update and overwrite your customizations.
I think you mean the system icon, not the site icon as someone else thought. On a Mac, you can hold-Click -> Get Info on Firefox.app, then drag or paste an image on top of the icon.
I'm not sure about Windows, but I think you may need to compile from source to change it.
If you're talking about the application icon (which under Windows is typically located in the top-left corner of the application's window), then... no... and yes.
Like most windows apps, the icon you see there is probably a resource compiled into the application itself, so you can't change it.
There may be add-ins to Firefox that let you do this, but I doubt it - that icon is trademarked and "identifies" the Firefox "brand" (if you will). So it's unlikely that you could change it at run-time.
Firefox is open-source; you could always just download & compile your own version, replacing the icon resource with your own. A bit dramatic, but possible.