Google Toolbar and Firefox > 4

[MikeMann]

So I finally took the dive and upgrade my Ubuntu to 11.04, which to my surprise upgraded my Firefox all the way to version 6. Then I discovered Google's toolbar doesn't work past version 4. Or so that's what Google wants you to believe.

I have successful "re-wired" the toolbar to work past version 4 by changing a single line in the install.rdf file for the google toolbar. Here is what I did under Ubuntu 11.04 Gnome (Windows directions coming):

From the home folder, open the view menu and choose "Show Hidden Files". Go into the .mozilla folder and then firefox. Here you will see a folder for your profile. (If you see multiple folders, you might have multiple profiles. Check the profiles.ini to see which is the default). Enter that folder and then extensions. I am assuming the extension folder for the google toolbar is the same across platforms. For me it is a folder titled "{3112ca9c-de6d-4884-a869-9855de68056c}". We will be editing the install.rdf file. Change the line which reads:

<em:maxVersion>4.0.*</em:maxVersion>

to

<em:maxVersion>6.0.*</em:maxVersion>

This line tells which is the latest version for the plugin to work with. I assume the directions are similiar with Windows, just need to locate the folder firefox is in first, then follow the rest of the directions.

Enjoy!