Re: Grayed out

On 07.01.2006 16:26, gwtc wrote:

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> Jay Garcia wrote:
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>> 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?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>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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>> 
>> Aha ... got it!!
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>> 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

Doesn't change the behavior of the gray/un-gray problem when
checking/un-checking the "saved passwords" box.

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