Re: Grayed out

Yochanan Friedman wrote:

> gwtc wrote:
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>>Jay Garcia wrote:
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>>>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!!
>>>>>
>>>>>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.
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> I think there is confusion here who is who!  I am the one who needed the 
> help in the first place.  I was helped by a couple of you.  I am 
> grateful to you for it.  I was able to uncheck the box and it does not 
> prompt me each time, just as long as I don't check the remove passords. 
>   Which I think is strange and maybe a security risk.  However, thanks 
> agin for your help.
Confusion.  There was no confusion.  My posting wasn't directed to 
you.  It was directed at another poster within your thread.