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Installation

travis edited this page Jul 27, 2023 · 4 revisions

Installing the latest version of eXPeriencefox should not be hard to do, as there are minimal steps for a proper installation. Follow the steps closely and properly and you should have no problem with installing the theme.

Requirements

To have a proper experience with the theme, you must use the following:

  • Windows 10 x64 w/ a custom Luna visual style
  • Mozilla Firefox 113.X

Downloading the theme

To download eXPeriencefox, click on "Code" and press the "Download ZIP" option. Alternatively, you can click this link to download the latest version.

Although, you need to note that GitHub archives the repository inside a eXPeriencefox-main folder. You will need to extract the contents of the folder, not the folder itself.

Patching Firefox

Before installing eXPeriencefox, you will have to patch Firefox to allow it to load custom JavaScript, which will ensure a proper experience with the theme. If you're using the Windows eXPerience mod, you can skip this.

To install the patch, copy all files inside the ffroot directory to your Firefox program directory, it is usually located either in:

%ProgramFiles%\Mozilla Firefox

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox

Overwrite pre-existing files if prompted. After copying the files, restart Firefox.

Installing eXPeriencefox

To install eXPeriencefox, you will need to know where your Firefox profile is located. On a standard Windows eXPerience installation, the profile should be located in:

%AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xwq26urm.default-release

If you are unsure or the follow directory does not exist, there are plenty of ways to find your profile folder.

Finding your profile with about:support

To find your profile, open about:support on Firefox.

about:support

Look for Profile Folder under Application Basics and press the "Open Folder" button.

Extracting the theme

Preparations

On your Firefox profile, look for a chrome folder and open the folder.

chrome

Make sure all the contents of the folder are properly deleted.

Extracting

To extract the theme, open the ZIP file using a program of your choice. 7-Zip will do the job and is the preferred choice. Extract all the files inside the chrome folder. Make sure that you are NOT extracting the entire chrome folder, and only the contents inside the folder.

After Installation

After extracting the files to eXPeriencefox, restart Firefox. Changes will be applied upon restart. By default, the layout will be wrong. To customize the layout of Firefox, right click on any toolbar and press the "Customize Firefox" menu item. From there, enable the "Title Bar" option on the bottom left and customize the layout.