Re: Grayed out

On 07.01.2006 11:06, Jay Garcia wrote:

 --- Original Message ---

> 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.
> 

Aha ... got it!!

Check and uncheck "Saved Passwords". The "ask" box will gray and ungray ...

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