Backup your Firefox extensions
Ever wanted to backup your Firefox extensions so that you can restore them later when you have to make a fresh installation of FF? Here’s a step-by-step guide on “How to restore your extensions again and again and again“. Its taken from the mozillazine forum. I hope this works for those who have lost all hope of restoring their favourite FF extensions.
Firstly,
Into your (to be constructed) new Profile you need to install this
Extension….Mass Installer 0.1.6….after you open Create a New
Profile in your Profile Manager.
You need a Web Host like….Ripway Web Hosting…(it’s FREE 30MB).
Here’s a step-by-step:
1) Create a new .txt file, name it “My Extensions” or something like that and save it to your Desktop (you’ll be clicking on the Icon frequently to add info).
2) (this is the hard part but, you’ll only have to do it one time OR as you modify the list)….
>go to each of your Extensions’ install point (e.g. The Extension Mirror, etc).
Right-click on where it says “install”, and on the right-click menu click on
“Copy Link Location”, open the new “My Extensions” file on your
Desktop and paste the location.
You see that it pasted the “http:// location.xpi” for that Extension.
Repeat for each Extension you want to load into your next Profile.
(There’s a way to use…Info Lister…but it didn’t work for me on my attempts…I need to get more familiar with how to use it for this application).
3) Now, once the list is completed and you are ready to make a new Profile using these same Extensions…go to your Web Host….upload the “My Extensions” file and copy the URL.
4) When you open your new Profile, before you do much else, you must have Mass Installer already installed.
5) Then, opening your new Profile, you should see a prompt for Mass Installer asking “Install all Extensions listed at this URL:” or, go to Extensions and click on Mass Installer Options.
6) Paste the URL from your Web Host.
7) That’s it! Your Extensions will install automatically.
(unless there is an incompatibility issue with an Extension, which
you will be warned via a message window).
Restart Firefox like you normally do after installing an Extension.
