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The Add-on could not be downloaded because of a connection failure Win 7 64bit FF10

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neingesicht
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Win 7 64 bit Getting an error message saying the add-on could not be downloaded because of a connection failure

Win 7 64 bit Getting an error message saying the add-on could not be downloaded because of a connection failure

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neingesicht
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Sorry for the reply, but I already tried about:config xpinstall.enabled true

Vivek
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Hi,

You can also try right-clicking, Save Link As and install the downloaded file via Firefox File (Alt + F) > Open File or via Tools (Alt + T) > Add-ons, click the gear on the top right and Install Add-on from File.

neingesicht
neingesicht Question owner
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The link is inside a webpage for an Avocent device, it doesn't list Save Link As as an option. Thank you though.

Vivek
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You can also try to inform them of the problem. It could be an error at the site and they may have not noticed and informing them would be helpful.

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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What type of Firefox add-on would a hardware device need?

Can you provide the page URL so we could look at the link?

neingesicht
neingesicht Question owner
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It's a KVM device, so it has a viewer plugin