Fix Your Own Firefox Extensions

By Unbiased_Opinion from the slyck forums, thanks for this great guide.

Ever wanted to upgrade to the latest FireFox to see what's new and improved, but didn't because of compatibility issues with your precious firefox extensions? Well, instead of waiting on the author to update the extension, how about you get off your lazy ass and fix it yourself. Wink

First off, let me say that I have only tried this with about a dozen extensions, so I take no responsibility if you screw your FireFox to hell. Razz Every extension I have edited has worked though, so it should work for most, if not all, other extensions.

Ok, so here we go.

Step 1 Arrow Download your extension to your hard drive. You know like: Right Click>Save As.

Step 2 Arrow Once downloaded go to the folder in which you saved the .xpi extension and open it. Choose WinRAR to open the file. If you already have this (.xpi) filetype registered with another program then use "Open With".

Step 3 Arrow Now extract the install.rdf file to your computer. Leave WinRAR open for later use.

Step 4 Arrow Now open the install.rdf with NotePad. You should see something like this:



Step 5 Arrow If you look closely above you will see the value 0.10. So now all you need to do is change the 0.10 to whichever version you are using (or just put something like 1.9 Laughing ). After you changed the version number then save the file and close it.

Step 6 Arrow Go ahead and go back to the WinRAR window you left open and drag the newly modified install.rdf into WinRAR. You should now have an Archive Name and Parameters window pop up inside of WinRAR. Make sure Add & Replace Files is selected and hit ok. Exit WinRAR.

Step 7 Arrow Open that damn modified extension with FireFox and install.