FEBE Firefox Extension Backup Extension

FEBE 2.0.1 Released

FEBE allows you to quickly and easily backup your Firefox extensions.  In fact, it goes beyond just backing up -- It will actually rebuild your extensions individually into installable .xpi files.  Now you can easily synchronize your office and home browsers.

FEBE  backs up your extensions, themes, and (optionally) your bookmarks, preferences and cookies.

Click here to view the FAQ.

Discuss, complain,  praise or request in the forum.

Note: FEBE 3.0 is under develpment.  Many new features will be added.

FEBE 2.0 Tools menu item
FEBE Tools menu items

Click here for a sample results report.


Firefox versions Firefox 1.5 and above
    
Windows only
  
Note: You must have javascript enabled to install or download this extension.

Version history:

April 28, 2006 : Version 2.0.1  Install  Download   (271 KB)
  • Includes hooks for CLEO
  • Includes patch for  long destination directory names
  • Smarter "wscript.exe" directory default
  • Includes patch for Greasemonkey 0.6.4 incompatability issue
  • Please report any problems in the forum.

March 31, 2006 : Version 2.0 RC4  Install  Download   (267 KB)

  • Changed version detection logic.  Should not complain about unknown versions.
  • Added UTF-8 encoding to allow better locale support.
  • Fixed options file picker defaults.
  • Renamed functions to unique names so conflict with other extensions should be minimized.
  • Locales: da-DK,de-DE,en-US,es-ES,fr-FR,it-IT,lt-LT,pl-PL,pt-BR,ru-RU,tr-TR. Additional locales in progress.
  • Please report any problems in the forum.

March 21, 2006 : Version 2.0 RC3  Install  Download   (267 KB)
  • Everything listed below, Plus:
  • Now optionally backs up and restores bookmarks, preferences, and cookies.
  • Many tweaks done to the code including patches for Windows98 (untested ... please let me know)
  • Conflict with Gmail Manager fixed.
  • Locales: da-DK,de-DE,en-US,es-ES,fr-FR,it-IT,lt-LT,pl-PL,pt-BR,ru-RU,tr-TR. Additional locales in progress.
  • Please report any problems in the forum.
March 12, 2006 : Version 2.0 RC2  Install  Download   (254 KB)
  • 7zip is no longer required. I've incorporated a stand-alone command line version (7za.exe) in the FEBE package. Users will not have to download any 3rd party archive utilities.
  • The backup is done in the background. No more ugly DOS windows. But since FEBE effectively freezes Firefox while the backup is running, there is a popup window indicating the backup is in progress.
  • You must have the windows program "wscript.exe" installed for FEBE to work. This should not be a problem since it has been part of the OS since Windows95.
  • I'm pretty sure I got all the bugs out, but be aware that this is a release candidate.  Please report any problems in the forum.
February 20, 2006 : Version 1.0  Install  Download   (28.1 KB)
  • Initial stable release

Author: Chuck Baker 
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Last updated: April 28, 2006  1:00 PM MST

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