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I would like to allow a plugin to be downloaded but the yellow information bar to allow this is missing.

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I want to allow a plug-in to be installed but the yellow information bar which would allow me to do this is missing. Both "plugin.hide_infobar" configs are set to false. I disabled the pop-up blocker as well. How do I allow that plug-in to be installed manually?

I want to allow a plug-in to be installed but the yellow information bar which would allow me to do this is missing. Both "plugin.hide_infobar" configs are set to false. I disabled the pop-up blocker as well. How do I allow that plug-in to be installed manually?

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What plugin are you trying to install? Most plugins can be installed by downloading the setup file and then running it. Some of the popular plugins are available from https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/type:7

You can ignore instructions about a yellow information bar, if it is Adobe Flash they have some very old instructions which are no longer current.

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The plug-in is Adobe Flash exactly. I did download the setup file and ran it. I got the message that this program was not allowed to install. I would like to allow this program now.

However, unlike in IE I cannot find the option setting to allow certain plug-ins to be installed and not others. I am sure I missing something fairly obvious...

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See http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/191/tn_19166.html#main_ManualInstaller Download Flash Player with the manual installer

  1. Download and save the Flash installer for the Firefox browser to your desktop.
  2. Exit Firefox (File > Exit), you may need to verify that in the Task Manager (XP: Ctrl+Alt+Del, Vista: Shift+Ctrl+ESC, Processes tab)
  3. Start the Flash installer with a double-click on the desktop icon of the Flash installer.