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Extensions for the K-Meleon browser
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Help/FAQ
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| how do i install
an extension? |
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you can simply use the K-Meleon extensions
manager to install your extension. all extensions are
LZMA (7z) compressed, if you prefer extracting the extensions
yourself, then simply expand all files inside the 7z package to
your k-meleon's root folder.
recommended programs :
7z (official handler
for LZMA compression)
noah (easily extract from
the drag and drop context menu)
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| i was referred
to this page because an extension contains component files. |
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if you are using the K-Meleon extensions
manager then you needn't worry about registering components
as it will do that for you. if you are extracting manually then
you can register components by going to the K-Meleon\ components
folder, locate 2 files named compreg.dat and xpti.dat and delete
them. restart K-Meleon and those 2 files with be recreated and
they will register the newly added components. please note that
registering component files is not required for K-Meleon versions
74 and above
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| i was referred
to this page because an extension needs wizard files, what are those? |
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few xpi extensions require something called wizard files(2 small
files)to create wizard dialogs. currently only 2 converted extension
need them. the wizard files are not included with K-Meleon chrome
but they are very easy to add. the extension includes the 2 wizard
files and a readme file with instructions on how to add the wizard
files in K-Meleon chrome. if you're using english locale version,
you can just download embed.jar and en-us.jar from the link at
the bottom, copy them to K-Meleon\chrome folder and replace the
original jars.
http://kmext.sourceforge.net/chromes
note: this only applied to specific versions of 1.5.x and should
not be required in any other versions.
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| how do i install
a k-plugin? |
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k-plugin files should be extracted in k-meleon\kplugins folder
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| how do i install
a plugin? |
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plugins that are in 7z format should be extracted in k-meleon's
root folder because they contain other files like components.
after extracting those plugins; make sure to delete compreg.dat
and xpti.dat in the k-meleon\components folder just as you would
do with an extension. those 2 files will be regenerated once you
restart k-meleon. plugins that are in zip format are netscape
format plugins(np). they do not contain component files and should
be extracted directly into k-meleon\plugins folder.
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| will extensions
slow my k-meleon? |
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no. unlike some other gecko-based browsers; K-Meleon uses native
windows api, that means it is tightly integrated into your operating
system and the extensions- particularly xul extensions that are
known to degrade performance have minimum affect on K-Meleon,
however plugins or extensions that rely on huge databases -like
adblockers- may affect the browser's startup time.
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| do any of the
extensions conflict or disable other extensions? |
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no. again unlike some other browsers where every extension or
'addon' is hastily added and approved without proper testing;
the K-Meleon community tests every macro and extension vigorously
to ensure it plays nicely with other extensions and only then
will it be approved and added to the extensions pages.
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| i installed an
extension but nothing happens when i click on it's tool button/menu
command. what went wrong? |
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some extensions rely on additional executable files that are
normally installed in the tools folder inside k-meleon, however
on windows vista and above, those executables may be blocked if
k-meleon is not installed in a folder with full privileges and
those extensions will not function properly. always make sure
you have administrative rights when installing/extracting extensions.
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