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"Get extensions" link no longer working
Posted by Kdicuori
on 2008-03-28 03:03
OS: Windows Vista
Hi everybody,
Due to a "mishap", I somewhat broke the "Get extensions" link available in the add-ons panel of Open Komodo 4.3.
Basically, every time I clicked on it, an alert came up asking me if it was ok to use an external program (the internet browser) to visit the addons page, with a "do not ask me again" checkbox and the usual ok / cancel options.
I flagged the checkbox and accidentally clicked on the cancel option, and now the "get extensions" link won't work anymore. I have been looking at the options in the Preferences menu and also at some of the configuration files (prefs.js, extensions.ini, prefs.xml) but I haven't found a way to reset the behavior.
Anyone has a pointer? :)
thank you,
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That particular method of launching the external browser is handled through the Mozilla code, so the prefs are stored there, rather than in our prefs. Grab the about:config macro (http://community.activestate.com/forum-topic/launch-komodos-about-conf) and edit the following pref:
network.protocol-handler.warn-external.http (change to true)
That will cause the dialog to reappear the next time you go through the addons manager.
[edited]
Hi shanec,
I got it partially working with your instructions, but I still have a weird behavior. After setting the value back, now Komodo opens up its welcome page in Mozilla and it opens up the komodo extensions page in Mozilla as soon as I click the Extensions manager item in the Tools menu. clicking on Get extensions opens a second tab with, again, the extensions list from the activestate website.
Maybe I need to reset some other pref too?
thanks,
KdC