Pieter Brinkman

Firefox disable plugin compatibility check

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To disable the plugin compatibility check for Firefox 3.6 follow these steps:

  1. Open Firefox
  2. In the address bar type “about:config”
  3. On the page click I’ll be careful, I promise! image
  4. Right click and select new –> Boolean
  5. Enter the preference name: extensions.checkCompatibility.3.6 and press OK
  6. Select False and press OK

Now you can install plugins that aren’t compatible anymore (but might still work).

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