Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by botsmack on June 9, 2010 ·

I just wanted to confirm that this extension does work in Firefox 3.6.3 *if* you follow the directions that have been mentioned below. Here they are in a manner that will hopefully help those who want it.

FYI...I'm using Copy Plain Text 0.3.4 that you can download here:
http://mozmonkey.com/packages/copyplaintext/

I mention that because that's the GUID used in step 1 below. I don't know what the GUID is for 0.3.3. Technically, though, this should work with either version. If I knew the 0.3.3 GUID, then I would have put that in the steps instead, to make it easier.

1) Locate the install.rdf file. It's usually located in your profile folder in the extensions (e.g., \Profiles\di4qybzg.default\extensions\{723AAF16-AF1F-4404-A5D7-0BFE39766605}). Keep in mind, the GUID folder will be different for version 0.3.3. Open it in your favorite text editor and change the maxVersion to 3.6.* or whatever you want, really. Just needs to be higher than 3.6.*. Save it--overwriting the original.

2) In the same folder, create a *new* file titled "chrome.manifest" (minus the quotes, of course). If you're in Windows, just create a new text file (*.txt) and rename the whole thing (including file extension) to "chrome.manifest".

Using the link (http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=tXuSK8N2) provided by prajatarah below, you want to copy those lines and paste them into the chrome.manifest file you just created. Save it.

3) Restart Firefox. That's it!

You should now be able to access the preferences of the add-on and it should show up in your right-click context menu.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by bennythejet on June 7, 2010 ·

+1
it would be nice if someone could translate prajatarah's instructions for those of us who are not developers to fix. :)

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

by A Snow on June 3, 2010 ·

This was my favorite ad on but now it will not self install and says it's incompatibly with every version of Firefox I've tried. The prajatarah's instructions sound like jibberish to me.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by kimbercook on June 1, 2010 ·

it would be nice if someone could translate prajatarah's instructions for those of us who are not developers to fix. :)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Hao Yu on June 1, 2010 ·

It doesn't work for my Firefox 3.6.3 on Vista Enterprise. Also when click the option, the window is freeze and need to kill the process.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by ziva david on May 28, 2010 ·

The instructions from from prajatarah worked perfectly :
"
prajatarah on April 12, 2010
works fine in Fx 3.6.3 if you create chrome.manifest in root of extension and change maxVersion in install.rdf from 2.0 to 3.6.* using a file archiver, like 7-zip.
why create chrome.manifest? contents.rdf manifest format is no longer supported at all starting with Gecko 1.9.2; add-ons already installed using this format
will continue to work but can no longer be installed.

chrome.manifest:
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=tXu
"





Generated: Fri May 28 2010 11:17:08 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time)
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 (CK-IBM) Firefox/3.6.3 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build ID: 20100401080539

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Lukas ThyWalls on May 24, 2010 ·

In FF 3.6.3, KUbuntu 10.04 messed "Save image as" and "Copy Plain Text" is missing. Uninstalling

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by ThisNicknameIsAlreadyTaken1234567890 on May 21, 2010 ·

I am running XP-Pro and Firefox 3.6.3, and I have the problem with it freezing when I click on the Options button in the Extensions window. Click Tools/Add-ons, then click on the Extensions symbol, select "Copy Plain Text", then click on the "Options" button. That some people do not have this problem must indicate some differences in system or Firefox configuration.

Further, I do not get a new menu item in my context menu to copy plain text, so the extension doesn't work at all for me.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

by Perlover on May 21, 2010 ·

> Does not work for 3.6.3, and the setup page freezes Firefox!

+1
Tools -> Add-ons -> Copy Plain Text -> Options -> Freezing (no option window, only beeps like modal dialog behind addon window...)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by newcoventry on May 19, 2010 ·

I love this add-on. Unfortunately it does not work in 3.6.3 on Windows 7. Clicking on Options freezes firefox.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by crlab on May 13, 2010 ·

Works great on my Windows XP with FF 3.6.3

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by Hrimfaxe on May 13, 2010 ·

Does not work for 3.6.3, and the setup page freezes Firefox!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

by sthones on May 10, 2010 ·

I'd like to like it... but on 3.6.4 it's not working.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by jdautz on May 10, 2010 ·

Très pratique dans bien des cas.
Very convenient in many cases.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by seaoffecundity on May 8, 2010 ·

why are some people going to such lengths to copy this addon? oh well, this one still works for me.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

by chanpaul on April 13, 2010 ·

hey great answer... As far as I know, only Yeti's from the very far of the wild wild west coding country are able to understand you an use this technique :-)

do you have a step by step tutoriel somewhere ?

or another one to replace ?

Thanks !

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by tania_ on April 13, 2010 ·

This extension is really great, saves me a lot of time! It works beautifully on Firefox 3.6.3. 'Copy Plain Text' wouldn't work together with 'AutoCopy' on Firefox 3.6.3. My solution to this was to uninstall FF 3.6, install FF 3.5, add the add-ons, and then upgrade to FF 3.6. Now I have 'AutoCopy' combined with 'Copy Plain Text' in the latest Firefox version. This was for anybody who has the same problem (my OS is Vista). Great extension! Five stars!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by prajatarah on April 12, 2010 ·

works fine in Fx 3.6.3 if you create chrome.manifest in root of extension and change maxVersion in install.rdf from 2.0 to 3.6.* using a file archiver, like 7-zip. why create chrome.manifest? contents.rdf manifest format is no longer supported at all starting with Gecko 1.9.2; add-ons already installed using this format will continue to work but can no longer be installed.

chrome.manifest:
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=tXuSK8N2

reference:
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Chrome_Registration

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by ConnieB on April 10, 2010 ·

Great Add-on! I've been looking to replace a similar add-on that doesn't work in FF 3.6.3. THANK YOU.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

by ConnieB on April 10, 2010 ·

Great Add-on! I've been looking to replace a similar add-on that doesn't work in FF 3.6.3. THANK YOU.