ManWalking,

Firefox is crapola !

I'm sorry, but I'm going to ignore that part. Why ? Because it has got
exactly *zero* to do with your initial gripe to why it would be - not
accepting a plugin when you where sure it should have.

Downloaded via FireFox and double click the downloaded file and it should
integrate where it is needed

Do you normally download patches for some random program on your computer,
and than expect FireFox to apply that patch to that random program ? If
not, why did/do you expect FireFox than to do it for Thunderbird ?

Also, why did you blame FireFix to begin with ? It *told* you it could not
handle that plugin, and when you *force-fed* it to him it could indeed not
do anything with it.

I set up the other laptops many years (8 yrs I think) ago and did not
remember how to do it

So much for having done the same thing for three laptops and one refusing -
which is what your initial message seemed to indicate.

so I tried what I tried until I tried the right thing.

See above: all it turned out to be was you applying a plugin to a program
*it was not intended for* - and you *knew* that (or, with just the tiniest
thought, *should* have). When you finally applied the plugin to
thunderbird it was pretty-much a breeze. Including the restart it probably
even gave you a simple pop-up for (no "smart thinking" from your side
involved)

Thanks for the spanking ! But I am not into that !

Most nobody is. That is why its used as a deterrent for kids, so they will
remember it for some time and won't repeat their performance. And you
certainly needed that spanking, because you've, for whatever reason, acted
brain-numbingly stupid *and tried to put the blame on something else*.

Again, congrats on solving your problem. Even though most of it was your
own doing. :-)

Regards,
Rudy Wieser