Re: Grayed out

Jay Garcia wrote:

> On 07.01.2006 11:06, Jay Garcia wrote:
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>>On 07.01.2006 10:21, John Henderson wrote:
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>>>Jay Garcia wrote:
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>>>>On 07.01.2006 03:22, John Henderson wrote:
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>>>>>Leonidas Jones wrote:
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>>>>>>John Henderson wrote:
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>>>>>>>gwtc wrote:
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>>>>>>>>John Henderson wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>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?
>>>>
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>>>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.
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>>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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> Aha ... got it!!
> 
> Check and uncheck "Saved Passwords". The "ask" box will gray and ungray ...
> 
the config setting you want is: privacy.sanitize.promptOnSanitize and 
change it to false