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TB portable apps
|I am getign on well with TB in Portable Apps..but the latest version 60 is not allowing me to run an add-on I REALLY LIKE (edit mail subject). Any clues how I can back date to a earlier version..if it (TB) had been on my hard drive I would have used a restore point, but sadly it resides on a thumb drive and has now been updated to this pesky version 60
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Re: TB portable apps
If you are referring to the "Header Tools Lite" extension, make sure you are using the latest version -- https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/th ... l-othersby
If that doesn't resolve your problem, get version 52.9.1 here -- https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/ ... d_portable
If that doesn't resolve your problem, get version 52.9.1 here -- https://portableapps.com/apps/internet/ ... d_portable
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Re: TB portable apps
Hello,
First, an answer to the question you asked.
All versions of PortableApps, including former ones, are at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/
More specifically, look into https://sourceforge.net/projects/portab ... d%2C%20P.E./
However, before you install an older version, I would suggest you do the following to TB version 60.
– Press on ALT to show full menus, then select Tools –> Options.
– Go to the Advanced tab, then click on "Configuration Editor" button (lower right).
– In the search bar, type "compat", then set the follwing: extensions.strictCompatibility = false
(right click on the line and select "inverse" to flip from true to false).
– Restart Thunderbird to reactivate the extension.
By doing that change, you basically allow Thunderbird to use (and install) extensions that are not officially available for Thunderbird 60. Not all extensions work (for instance, Account Colors doesn't), but many work, including "Edit Mail Subject".
First, an answer to the question you asked.
All versions of PortableApps, including former ones, are at: https://sourceforge.net/projects/portableapps/files/
More specifically, look into https://sourceforge.net/projects/portab ... d%2C%20P.E./
However, before you install an older version, I would suggest you do the following to TB version 60.
– Press on ALT to show full menus, then select Tools –> Options.
– Go to the Advanced tab, then click on "Configuration Editor" button (lower right).
– In the search bar, type "compat", then set the follwing: extensions.strictCompatibility = false
(right click on the line and select "inverse" to flip from true to false).
– Restart Thunderbird to reactivate the extension.
By doing that change, you basically allow Thunderbird to use (and install) extensions that are not officially available for Thunderbird 60. Not all extensions work (for instance, Account Colors doesn't), but many work, including "Edit Mail Subject".
Michel Gagnon
Montréal (Québec, Canada)
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Re: TB portable apps
I vaguely remember another post recommending that you also add a boolean extensions.checkCompatibility.60.0 false setting but I can't find it. That's the normal way to disable version checking for an add-on, similar to what https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/th ... src=search did, not the additional setting added due to the many changes in the Mozilla toolkit for version 60.
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Re: TB portable apps
this has been very helpful thank you!
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Re: TB portable apps
extensions.checkCompatibility.60.0 does not exist, as a search of the source code illustrates https://dxr.mozilla.org/comm-central/se ... irect=truetanstaafl wrote:I vaguely remember another post recommending that you also add a boolean extensions.checkCompatibility.60.0 false setting but I can't find it. That's the normal way to disable version checking for an add-on, similar to what https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/th ... src=search did, not the additional setting added due to the many changes in the Mozilla toolkit for version 60.
The only override is extensions.strictCompatibility
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Re: TB portable apps
PREF_CHECK_COMPATIBILITY = "extensions.checkCompatibility." + version;
I think you were looking for a exact match when you should be looking for a string concatenation in the source code.
var PREF_CHECK_COMPATIBILITY;
(function() {
var channel = Services.prefs.getCharPref("app.update.channel", "default");
if (channel != "aurora" &&
channel != "beta" &&
channel != "release" &&
channel != "esr") {
var version = "nightly";
} else {
version = Services.appinfo.version.replace(/^([^\.]+\.[0-9]+[a-z]*).*/gi, "$1");
}
PREF_CHECK_COMPATIBILITY = "extensions.checkCompatibility." + version;
})();
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Extensions.checkCompatibility
I think you were looking for a exact match when you should be looking for a string concatenation in the source code.
var PREF_CHECK_COMPATIBILITY;
(function() {
var channel = Services.prefs.getCharPref("app.update.channel", "default");
if (channel != "aurora" &&
channel != "beta" &&
channel != "release" &&
channel != "esr") {
var version = "nightly";
} else {
version = Services.appinfo.version.replace(/^([^\.]+\.[0-9]+[a-z]*).*/gi, "$1");
}
PREF_CHECK_COMPATIBILITY = "extensions.checkCompatibility." + version;
})();
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Extensions.checkCompatibility
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Re: TB portable apps
by the way, edit mail subject DOES now work with 60.3 release
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