Re: Grayed out

Jay Garcia wrote:
> 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
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>>>>>>>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?
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>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!!
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>>>Check and uncheck "Saved Passwords". The "ask" box will gray and ungray ...
>>>
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>>the config setting you want is: privacy.sanitize.promptOnSanitize and 
>>change it to false
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> Doesn't change the behavior of the gray/un-gray problem when
> checking/un-checking the "saved passwords" box.
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I didn't say it would.  You said you couldn't find the config setting, 
and I pointed it to you.