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Thanks for the guide but I must admit (no offense!) that the updated guide was still a bit confusing to me, although I'm tweaking my portable firefox for a couple of years now. !!! %MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH% only accepts single path so it's not possible to keep FirefoxPortable loading plugins from \Data\plugins any longer !!!Īnother quite-so convenient location to drop plugins for FirefoxPortabe to load is in it's own /App/Firefox/plugins subdir.Īny suggestions (especially on how-to-load-the-plugin-step), guide criticism, etc are more then welcome! This can be controlled by PluginsDirectory= line in FirefoxPortable.ini, and by default it's set to it's \Data\plugins subdir. There are several ways how Firefox scans for plugins.įirefoxPortable in particular is using the environmental path %MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH% for it's purpose. If there is no FirefoxPortable.ini create one or grab a copy from: In FirefoxPortable directory (where launcher is located) edit FirefoxPortable.ini and change PluginsDirectory= line:
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Those file names change with each java update so I won't list them here. In JavaPortable installers there is a copy of this file in \new_plugin (doesn't matter witch one You keep). In Java 6 Update 20 it's called npdeployJava1.dll

In Java 6 Update 19 it was called npdeploytk.dll I don't think I need it at all and it caused some troubles in the past so You might want to disable or remove it.

JavaPortable -> X:\PortableApps\CommonFiles\Java. Example:įirefoxPortable -> X:\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable. Should be installed on the same device and same root ( \PortableApp) folder. (obvious step) FirefoxPortable & JavaPortable.haven't gave it much of a testing, but currently I'm on vacation and using portableapps only on single home PC. Or Firefox app location in X:\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable\App\Firefox\plugins\ New location now set in X:\PortableApps\CommonFiles\Java\bin\ If You want to use different plugins (like Flash) You'll have to drop it to either: Keep in mind that changing default plugins directory is not an "elegant" solution. (Unless You already use one - then change only "PluginsDirectory" line) (the second one is Java Deployment Toolkit plugin, so it's probably not really a must)ĭ) Now is the dirty part - changing FirefoxPortable plugin location.Ĭreate new text file in X:\PortableApps\FirefoxPortable called "FirefoxPortable.ini" with following content: Let's say it's X:\PortableApps for this exampleī) From X:\PortableApps\CommonFiles\Java\bin\ĭelete (or move to some temporary folder) following files:Ĭ) Move from X:\PortableApps\CommonFiles\Java\bin\new_plugin\ ]Ī) Obvious step: have Firefox Portable & Java Portable installed on the same location (device). [ If on some step You won't know what Your doing then stop.ĭon't call me responsible if something breaks, goes wrong or explodes.
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If you use the procedure 1, you must logoff Windows and logon Windows again in order to let Windows load the new environment variable. "Java Deployment Toolkit" and "Java Platform SE".

To check if one of the above-mentioned procedure has gone well, open Firefox and you should have two new items inside Plugins page: If you still have problem, search for file "npjp2.dll", and take note of the related folder where it is placed. It is placed in "Java\bin\new_plugin" folder (Java is the root folder where Portable Java has been installed). The is the current folder of plugins used by portable java.
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If you don't know where it is, open firefox, go to Plugins page, search for "default plugin", you can read the full path where the default firefox plugin is placed. The is the current folder of Firefox Plugins. INI file of the portable firefox version to include the plugins folder of Portable Java. Set moz_plugin_path= Īnd then insert a new line to run Firefox.ģ) using the. Firefox (both installed version and portable version) may use the environment variable "MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH" to search for plugins, so you can:ġ) create a new environment variable in your OS using the above-mentioned name and put as value Ģ) simply create a batch file (.BAT file), using the "set" DOS command to set the above-mentioned environment variable in the same format:
