Installing Adblock on Windows Vista Home Premium

Big M · Post by **Big M** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 7:49 pm

While trying to install Adblock on my computer, which uses Vista Home Premium, as well as the latest version of Mozilla Firefox, I got this error message:

Windows cannot open this file:

File: adblock_plus-0.73531-fx+tb+sm+fl.xpi

It offers to use a web service to find a program to open the file, or use a program already on your computer. When I choose the web service, it says that Windows does not recognize the file type.

Does anybody have a solution to this?

Wladimir Palant · Post by **Wladimir Palant** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:33 am

The .xpi file extension is not associated with Firefox on your computer. Just open the file in Firefox - when you are in Firefox, go into File menu, Open file and select the file you need.

jamieplucinski · Post by **jamieplucinski** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:08 pm

Or open Firefox, click Tools, Addons, and then drag the XPI file into the window that pops up