{"id":2272,"date":"2017-04-07T14:18:51","date_gmt":"2017-04-07T22:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philatsea.wordpress.com\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2020-03-27T22:42:46","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T06:42:46","slug":"garmin-communicator-plug-in-fix-redo-april-7-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philatsea.ca\/?p=2272","title":{"rendered":"Garmin Communicator Plug-in Fix &#8211; Updated &#8211; July 4 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It would appear that Firefox has killed my previous fix to the Garmin Communicator Plug-in fix dated November 5 2016.<\/p>\n<p>I ask you to read this whole page BEFORE you attempt this. Make sure you feel comfortable doing this. I accept no responsibility for what may happen. Each computer is different and once in a blue moon things go sideways.<\/p>\n<p>There is another work around to this that I have found and tried and it does work. Now I have to <strong>warn you this fix could leave you open to unauthorized Plug-ins being installed in Firefox.<br \/>\n<\/strong>If you are willing to try it, then follow my instructions and the Garmin Plug-in will work once again. The downside is Firefox says they will close this fix in early 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Firefox has a version of Firefox called Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR). This version allows to make a minor change to the config file to allow the Garmin Plug-in to install. This version will update as per normal but it will be the ESR version. The current version is 52.9.0 that will work for this fix. There is a version 60.1.0 version of ESR but it WILL NOT work with this fix.<br \/>\nYou need to download the latest Firefox ESR version from <a href=\"https:\/\/download.mozilla.org\/?product=firefox-esr-latest-ssl&amp;os=win&amp;lang=en-US\">here<\/a>. If the link does not take you to version 52.9.0 then to the right of\u00a0 Fully localized versions displays Firefox 60 and Firefox 52, click 52.<\/p>\n<p>Select your language and download the Windows version. Do not download the 64 bit version even if you have a 64 bit computer because this fix will not work with the 64 bit version. The 32 bit browser will work on 64 bit computers.<br \/>\nOnce downloaded please locate the location and install the Firefox ESR version.<br \/>\nI found all bookmarks etc. will be moved over to this version.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have installed the browser you can open it.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Once open type this into the URL box <span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">about:config<\/span><br \/>\n&#8211; You will get a warning saying &#8220;this might void your warranty&#8221; Click &#8220;I accept the risk&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">I should add that clicking on any photo in my blog will show you a larger version of the photo so you can see it better. Using the back arrow will return you to the Blog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; When the page opens you will see this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/philatsea.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/aboutconfg-011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2268\" src=\"https:\/\/philatsea.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/aboutconfg-011.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"212\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nAll the config information is now listed on this page.<\/p>\n<p>You will now need top scroll down to xpinstall.signatures.required<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/philatsea.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/aboutconfg-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2257\" src=\"https:\/\/philatsea.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/aboutconfg-02.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a>Note the value on the far right says &#8220;true&#8221; We now need to change that value to &#8220;false&#8221; by highlighting the line as above by clicking on it. Depending on how your computer\/mouse is set-up a single or double click is needed to change this to &#8220;false&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Once you do this it should look like this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/philatsea.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/aboutconfg-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2258\" src=\"https:\/\/philatsea.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/aboutconfg-03.jpg?w=640\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"81\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nWhat you have done is told Firefox to allow the installation of the Communicator Plug-in and along with this you have allowed other plug-ins as well. That is why I gave you the warning at the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>Now close the window and the settings have been re-set.<\/p>\n<p>Now open Firefox and you should be able to install the Garmin Plug-in.<\/p>\n<p>As far as I can tell one of two things will happen for those that still had the Plug-in installed before updating to Firefox ESR the plug-in should work by doing this:<\/p>\n<p>In the upper feft corner you should see this.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/philatsea.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/allow-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2260\" src=\"https:\/\/philatsea.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/allow-01.jpg?w=503\" alt=\"\" width=\"503\" height=\"85\" \/><\/a>If you follow that line across you should see this in the upper right corner. Click Allow and another box will popup in the left corner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/philatsea.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/allow-022.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2263\" src=\"https:\/\/philatsea.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/allow-022.jpg?w=277\" alt=\"\" width=\"277\" height=\"136\" \/><\/a>This box says Allow and Remember and you need to click that.<br \/>\nNow you should be able to load individual caches to your GPS like below.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/philatsea.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/success.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2249\" src=\"https:\/\/philatsea.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/11\/success.jpg?w=471\" alt=\"\" width=\"471\" height=\"470\" \/><\/a>Use this step if the above step does not work for you.<\/p>\n<p>You will need to download the Garmin Communicator Plug-in <a href=\"http:\/\/download.garmin.com\/software\/CommunicatorPlugin_420.exe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p>Install it and then follow the directions above.<\/p>\n<p>I hope this helps you get back to having this feature.<\/p>\n<p>I really wish Garmin and Firefox would fix this once and for all.<\/p>\n<p>Any questions just ask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It would appear that Firefox has killed my previous fix to the Garmin Communicator Plug-in fix dated November 5 2016. 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