Firefox 3 Portable and Tor

[Edward Langenback <apostle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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I've been having the worst time trying to get the Portable Apps version
of Firefox to successfully connect via Tor.

Setting IE to use 127.0.0.1:8118 for all but local connections works and
checking IP address at showmyip.com and similar confirms it.

Using Torbutton with a regular, Non-Portable Firefox 2 also works.

In the portable Firefox 3.0.6, using the "test settings" button on the
Torbutton preferences dialog always yields the result:

"Tor proxy test FAILED! Check your proxy and Privoxy settings.

Privoxy config file contains the line

forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .

And works properly with IE6 and non-portable Firefox 2

Using Torbutton 1.2.0
firefox 3.0.6 (Portable Apps Version)
Tor v0.2.0.34 (r18423) ... the current "Vidalia Bundle" package.
Windows XP Service Pack 2

Thanks for any help.


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