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Manually installed addon after restart gone

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I have an add-on which is installed from the public add-on store (?). This add-on works quite good.

Nevertheless I made some tiny adjustments in the source to fullfill my needs. I can manually load the file from the add-on manager which works as well.

But as soon as I do one of the two task:

  • restart the whole computer (or logout and login)
  • Check for Update

the manually loaded xpi is gone. It is only the public one available.

==> How to have the manually adapted xpi loaded all the time and the public one not any more?

I have an add-on which is installed from the public add-on store (?). This add-on works quite good. Nevertheless I made some tiny adjustments in the source to fullfill my needs. I can manually load the file from the add-on manager which works as well. But as soon as I do one of the two task: * restart the whole computer (or logout and login) * Check for Update the manually loaded xpi is gone. It is only the public one available. ==> How to have the manually adapted xpi loaded all the time and the public one not any more?

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you need to change the id in the XPI file so it is no longer the same as the version you modified.

Have a look at the manifest information here https://developer.thunderbird.net/add-ons/mailextensions

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you need to change the id in the XPI file so it is no longer the same as the version you modified.

Have a look at the manifest information here https://developer.thunderbird.net/add-ons/mailextensions