a question about Firefox add-ons

[lazarus]

I had one that I really liked on my old computer. I have access to that hard drive via USB and a dock, but the old Firefox just locks my system up. Where do I look to see what add-ons I had?

Or if anyone knows add-ons well, it's a neat one that lets you set keyboard shortcuts for groups of text, handy for filling out forms or if you have to do a lot of repetitive typing.

[pokerfan]

1. sounds like this one

Text Complete 0.9.9.4

The text complete extension adds shortcuts and auto complete functionality to text fields within web forms, the thunderbird message composer, and various other fields within the firefox browser and thunderbird messagecomposer.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2320

[lazarus]

2. not it, thanks, though

That one's more for forms. I do a lot of posting on another site where half my posts are the same six or seven phrases.

Any idea how to find it on the old hard drive?

[charlie]

3. You just want a name?

The OS is Windows, right? If the version of Firefox isn't too old, say 3.0 or newer, do this:

On your OS drive, look in this folder:

Documents and Settings\USER_NAME\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

In the Profiles folder, you'll find one or more folders, each named with a string of gibberish dot whatever you named the profile -- example: sqt4gg93.lazarus

Open your profile folder and find this file:

extensions.rdf

It's an XML file. Open it in a text editor. Do a text search for this fragment:

":name="

(That's COLON NAME EQUALS)

Every name/value pair is the name of an installed extension -- example: "NS1:name="Unplug"

[lazarus]

4. thanks

that's what I was looking for.

For some reason, it only lists three add-ons, only one of which I remember having, and doesn't have the several I do remember having. Very weird.

I'll just look around.

[charlie]

5. Didn't find it there?

There's another way to look for it, but it's a little more trouble.

In the profile folder you were using above, there's an "extensions" folder. In there are more folders, one for each extension. Every folder will have a file called "install.rdf". Again, view it with a text editor. This time, you're looking for a tag set, "<em:name> </em:name>". Between those is the name of the extension -- example: <em:name>Nightly Tester Tools</em:name>

[lazarus]

6. I'm starting to think

I spent a few years doing crystal meth, because it's just not there. :shrug:

thanks so much for the help, charlie!

On edit:

D'oh! I just realized I have an even older hard drive in the dock, not the one I was using before my computer died. I'll switch 'em out, and I'll bet I find it.

D'oh!

[charlie]

7. Lol

That beats thinking you were hallucinating! Good luck, hope you find it :D

[lazarus]

8. this is weird

Apparently, I wiped that drive at some point. :shrug:

Now I have to figure out what that add on was. This makes me sad.

[pokerfan]

9. In the future

use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2109/?id=2109&application=firefox">FEBE to backup your profile. Set it to backup full profile at it backs up your extensions, themes, bookmarks, preferences, passwords, cookies, etc. I've been using it for years and it's helped me carry my profile from machine to machine, from Windows to Linux, etc.

[lazarus]

10. done

Thank you!

[charlie]

11. Maybe it was this extension?

Clippings

Also, are you sure it was a Firefox extension? There are plenty of clipboard utilities for Windows that do the same thing. Here's one:

http://agatasoft.com/clipboard_manager.html

Others, if you're interested:

http://www.snapfiles.com/Freeware/system/fwclipoard.html

[lazarus]

12. that's it!

I love you guys, every answer ever is available. :hi:

[unhappycamper]

13. FYI, NEVER USE COOL IRIS

It screwed up the hot tub a few years ago.

:hi:

[lazarus]

14. what is?

[unhappycamper]

15. With Cool Iris, links automatically open as you cursor over them.

That makes for bad juju in the hot tub. Really bad juju.

[lazarus]

16. yeah, can't imagine

why one would want that. I will avoid like the plague.