
You can accept the warning and click "I accept the risk!" to continue. You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can check these preferences on the about:config page. Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security: "Use Tracking Protection in Private Windows".You can disable this feature in "Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security" or via the about:privatebrowsing page that get when you open a New Private Window. Please see Mozilla's documentation on how to preconfigure prefs in Firefox.Firefox 42+ has a Tracking Protection feature that is enabled by default in Private Browsing mode.įirefox shows a shield icon at the left end of the location/address bar in case content is blocked by Tracking Protection, click the shield icon for more information. To do this, set the _first_run_page pref to true. Starting with the Adblock Plus development build 2., and the upcoming 2.6.10 release, the first-run page can be disabled. See Mike Kaply's blog for a discussion of this topic.
Note, however, that this approach is not considered optimal. The base name of the new file is not important here:
Place the following one-liner in a *.js file there:. Ensure that the %firefox%\browser\default\preferences directory is present. This behavior can be prevented during the configuration by following these steps: option allows for easy extraction into the target directory:Īlthough you may consider the installation complete by now, Firefox will ask for confirmation to enable the extension when the browser is started. One good thing about Firefox is that you can enable pop-ups for specific sites while blocking them on all other sites. Refer to the illustrated step-by-step instructions below for the manual process:Īfter renaming the extension archive from *.xpi to *.zip, the contents can be accessed and the context menu's Extract All. The actual installation is performed by extracting the archive from Step 1 into the target directory determined in Step 2. C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox or C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox. The %firefox% stanza is to be replaced with the path of the browser's installation directory, e.g. The installation target path is defined by the following pattern: %firefox%\browser\extensions\ Adblock Plus blocks all annoying ads, and supports websites by not blocking. To download the Adblock Plus for Firefox XPI, go to, right-click the Add to Firefox button, select Save Link As and select a save destination. These are basically regular ZIP archives using the *.xpi file extension. Downloading the XPI fileįirefox extensions are packaged as cross-platform install (XPInstall) files. This document describes how to manually install Adblock Plus for Mozilla Firefox on ( ).
Installing Adblock Plus for Firefox as an administrator