Firefox incompatible plugins/add-on not working, Little Hack

December 24, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Firefox, Hacks, Software hacks 

firefox-plugin-issue-save-as-zip

  • Goto the Extension download Page, Right click on the extension. then ” save link as” save it on desktop.
  • Extensions in firefox have .xpi extension, change the extension from .xpi to .zip via renaming it.
  • Now extract “install.rdf ” file from this zip file and open it in notepad.
  • Search for following
    <em:targetApplication>
    <Description>
    <em:id>{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}</em:id>
    <em:minVersion>1.5</em:minVersion>
    <em:maxVersion>3.7.*</em:maxVersion>
    </Description>

    </em:targetApplication>

  • Now change value after  <em:maxVersion>
    new string  would be
    <em:maxVersion>3.6.*</em:maxVersion>
    as you can see in the image its saying not compatible with 3.6. thats why i changed the value to the my current firefox version
  • Now save the file and add it back to the zip file.
  • rename it to .xpi.
  • after this either drag it to the firefox or open this with from file->open file menu.
  • it will install it and it will run successfully.

if any doubt please comment below

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