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Can't get a downloaded menu bar to show up in a Window's user account instance of Firefox other than the administrator account

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In Windowx XP, one can create seperate user accounts or "profiles" so that different people can use a computer and have their files and profiles kept seperate or secured from others. The main account is the Administrator account.

My problem is I have non-Firefox toolbars that I have downloaded and installed on the Administrators account Firefox toolbar, but I can not get these to show up in any of the seperate user accounts that I have created.

Is there a way to make these show up? If so, what do I need to do?

Thank you, Blaine Thompson

In Windowx XP, one can create seperate user accounts or "profiles" so that different people can use a computer and have their files and profiles kept seperate or secured from others. The main account is the Administrator account. My problem is I have non-Firefox toolbars that I have downloaded and installed on the Administrators account Firefox toolbar, but I can not get these to show up in any of the seperate user accounts that I have created. Is there a way to make these show up? If so, what do I need to do? Thank you, Blaine Thompson

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Toolbar extensions are installed to the user account / Profile, they're not installed globally. You need to install them separately to each user account / Profile.

If you know your way around in the Windows Explorer file system, you can drop an extension into the program files Firefox\extensions\ folder and the extension will be installed globally - as each Profile is launched. Right-click the installation button for extensions an use Save Link As... to save the extension to local disk.