312204 - Can not turn off software installation blocking

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 310737

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Joe Java]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b5) Gecko/20051006 Firefox/1.4.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b5) Gecko/20051006 Firefox/1.4.1

I am trying to install the Flashgot extension but everytime I try it brings up the 
message "Software Installation is currently disabled.  Click Edit options...to
enable it and try again".  I have the "Warn me when web sites try to install
extension or themes" checked and clicked on the "Exceptions" button and added 
ftp.mozilla.org, addons.mozilla.org, and even flashgot.net but nothing works.  I
am VERY frustrated that the application does not automatically fill in the
address it needs to have permission to get to OR that there is no way to turn
off the installation blocker.  Even if I remove the check on the "Warn me ..."
it STILL does not work.  I use to be able to easily add extensions now it does
not work and nothing I try will get it to work.  YES, I tried another extension
"FasterFox" and it will not load either.  The "security" feature must be beyond
my puny intellect.  Please tewll me what I am doing wrong.
 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. I am blocked from adding extensions
2.
3.

Actual Results:  
Normal behavior

Expected Results:  
I want to be able to add extensions.

I hope that this is a simple matter to fix.

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 310737 ***

Comment 2

[Joe Java]

(In reply to comment #1)
> 
> *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 310737 ***

Great!, so what do I do to enable the extensions to be added??

 I DID read other duplicate and did not see where it was explained how to allow
an extension to be downloaded.

Comment 3

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Set the xpintall.enabled pref yourself using about:config, or wait for bug
310737 to be fixed.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 310737 ***

Comment 4

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Steps:
1) Type "about:config" in the location bar, press enter.
2) In the "filter" text box, type in "xpinstall.enabled"
3) Right click the "xpinstall.enabled" pref and select "reset".

Comment 5

[Joe Java]

(In reply to comment #4)
> Steps:
> 1) Type "about:config" in the location bar, press enter.
> 2) In the "filter" text box, type in "xpinstall.enabled"
> 3) Right click the "xpinstall.enabled" pref and select "reset".
> 

Thank you that worked.

Comment 6

[Phil Ringnalda (:philor)]

*** Bug 312209 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***