Re: Grayed out

On 07.01.2006 10:21, John Henderson wrote:

 --- Original Message ---

> Jay Garcia wrote:
>> On 07.01.2006 03:22, John Henderson wrote:
>> 
>>  --- Original Message ---
>> 
>>> Leonidas Jones wrote:
>>>> John Henderson wrote:
>>>>> gwtc wrote:
>>>>>> John Henderson wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> How can I get Thunderbird 1.5 to automatically delete all private 
>>>>>>> data upon shutting down?  I always get the box to say "Yes" or 
>>>>>>> "No".  The box to "Ask" is grayed out and I cannot uncheck it.
>>>>>> Tools, Options, Privacy, and down at the bottom right is Settings, 
>>>>>> click on that and make your necessary changes there.
>>>>> There is no "Settings" in that area.  I meant Firefox, btw.
>>>> In FF 1.5, yes there is. At the bottom, it says, The Clear Private Data 
>>>> Tool can be used......
>>>>
>>>> The Setting button is to right of that.  Do you not see it?
>>>>
>>>> Lee
>>> Hello Lee,
>>> Yes, I do see it.  I did check on the "Clear private data when closing 
>>> Firefox".  However, the option below it is grayed out.  I cannot uncheck 
>>> the "Ask me before clearing private data".  That is what I am talking 
>>> about.  Everytime I close Firefox, I have to approve the deletion of 
>>> these files by clicking on "Yes".  I don't want to have to approve it 
>>> every time.  Does this make sense?
>>>
>> 
>> In FF 1.5 => Privacy, there is a "Settings" button for each section. Are
>> ALL of the "ask" checkboxes grayed out or just one or two?
>> 
> In the "Setting", there are several things that can be chosen, "Browsing 
> History", "Saved Form Information", "Saved Passwords", etc.  At the 
> bottom of these choices is "Clear Private data when closing Firefox". 
> All of these are checked, but can be unchecked by me.  But the last item 
> in the list is "Ask me before clearing private data", and it is checked 
> but grayed out.  I cannot uncheck this but would LOVE too.  I don't want 
> it to ask me each time ... just do it.

Cannot duplicate this here, the selection isn't grayed out. And I don't
see anything in about:config to change this, which makes this even more
puzzling. Maybe switching themes would help? Dunno at this point.

Last resort, IMHO, would be to create a new profile to see if that fixes it.

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Jay Garcia Netscape Champion
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