[Project_owners] problem with first time extensioninstall(Windows)

[Neil]

can wrote:

> Thank you so much for the help.  I haven't tried it out yet, but I am 
> sure you are right.  As you point out, the very page I cited explains 
> this.  (However, it still seems odd to me that Firefox won't read in 
> the .xpi in this situation - it does so when using File -> Open...

Yes, but once you agree to the install it then goes and unpacks it into 
your extensions folder so that it can actually use it.