Addons Manager opens by itself (without being clicked on; unwanted)

I'll frequently return to my desktop and find the Add-Ons Manager has opened by itself and replaced one of my tabs. Since it usually replaces a site that updates frequently, the content I was previously viewing is lost and hard to find. Very frustrating.
Using Firefox 8.0. The only extension with updates available is "Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant" (which I don't remember installing and in which I've no interest) , "incompatible with 8.0" and therefore disabled. On the hunch the Add-Ons Manager is opening to advise of this update, I've even tried to run the .NET update in the vain hope it would solve the problem, but the update process hangs and locks up.

Does it still happens if you disable automatic updates for the extensions?
Tools > Options > Advanced > Update: "Automatically check for updates": "Installed Add-ons"

Similar Messages

  • ITunes opening without being clicked on

    I did a quick search and couldn’t find any information about this problem, but if it’s already been addressed, just post the link. My problem:
    Ever since I updated to iTunes 5.0.1, iTunes will open unexpectedly without being clicked on. I can quit it, but less than a minute later it will open again. Not sure what is going on.
    Thanks!

    Check Dashboard to see if you have any iTunes-related widgets running. If so, close them and see if that makes a difference.

  • Switches to email tab without being clicked when i recieve new email

    So far a D for FireFox.
    Chrome was SLoooooow. But FF does things without being told to
    This is what I was afraid of!!!!!!
    I like to keep my email tab onscreen so I can look at email when it arrives. But now FF switches to that tab without being clicked. when I get new email.
    How do I stop this very very aggravating issue? Can't type, cant even click, Nothing will work until the message is seen in "new mail". THEN I can switch back to the tab I'm using.
    Also how do I have FF open Adobe reader to view PDFs . All I get is a blank background.

    If Safe Mode solves the issue, the behavior will be related to an Add-on.
    Just disable all of them and start activating one by one until you replicate the behavior. The last one that you have activated will be the one that is causing the behavior.

  • QUESTION - Has anyone else recently experienced an iPhone or iPad's alarm going off by itself, without being set by the user?

    Has anyone else had his/her phone alarm (on the clock app) go off by itself, without being set, and with a very weird sound?
    Happened to me at 11:34 pm last night (Oct 28, 2013). I'm using an iPhone 5 with iOS 6.  Sound was named something like "Orari" and sounded like a woo-woo ghostly alarm. I immediately swiped to stop the alarm and then deleted the alarm, which I had NOT set, but which seems to have set itself.  The iPhone was plugged into my iMac at the time.  There is no such sound on my phone or, it seems, anywhere (I Googled).
    The night before, Oct 27, something similar happened to my iPad mini running iOS 6 ... also plugged in to recharge, but at a wall socket ... the sound was like a fire or smoke alarm.
    I know it's Halloween week, but some of us need our sleep!
    Any explanations?

    Hi Littleleslie,
    Have you tried resetting the device (nothing will be lost): Hold down the Home and Power buttons at the same time and continue to hold them down until the Silver Apple appears (up to 30 seconds). Once the Home screen comes up, double tap the Home key and make sure you don't see the Alarm app in the list of background apps. If you do, swipe up on the thumbnail for it to close it out completely.
    Then all you can do is wait to see if it will let you sleep through the night!
    Good luck!
    Cheers,
    GB

  • Why the screen flickers and moves from one app to another by itself without being touch?

    Why the screen flickers and moves from one app to another by itself without being touch?

    Have you tried a reset to see if that fixes it ? Press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot.

  • Opening a file WITHOUT double-clicking

    In Windows one can open a file from Explorer either by double-clicking or by hitting the Return/Enter key.
    In Mac OS X I can only open a file by double-clicking it. So far, using the keyboard I can only rename it (when I hit Return), or delete it (if I press Command+Return).
    Is there a keyboard shortcut for opening a file? I am a keyboard person and, sometimes, when I navigate from one folder to another, I would like to open the file without moving my hand to get the mouse.

    It's Command-o, for open, of course. As you discovered, pressing Return is the handy short-cut to high-light the file for renaming.
    Francine
    Francine
    Schwieder

  • ITunes opening itself without being asked to!

    In recent days iTunes has started opening itself and begun playing the playlist- I have not changed any settings etc. I have also checked the preference panel, and cannot see anything there that has changed. This is becoming a real pest!!!
    Any ideas???

    This is usually related to third-party apps or widgets that are attempting to talk to iTunes. If you have any such items, disable them and see if it stops.
    Just curious...does iTunes only do this when you first startup? (If so, it could be listed in your Startup Items in System Prefs.) If it keeps launching repeatedly after you've quit it, go with my first suggestion.

  • Mail opening without being clicked

    I'm starting to think I have a Mail gremlin. I know this is strange. When I click on the Google space in Firefox, Mail opens, completely unbidden. Also, when I try to input an event in iCal, Mail opens. ?????
    I have restarted my computer. I don't have any new software....and this just started yesterday but is really frustrating.
    Any suggestions or ideas?

    You probably have a piece of software such as a Dashboard widget, or a plug-in, or a system utility, or iCal reminders, or something like that, that requires Mail to be running for whatever it does.

  • Items open at login without being listed in login pane under users

    Okay Mail 7.3 and word 2011 are opening at login. Nothing is selected under user preferences. UI know there's a way to stop it

    You need to quit these applications completely before you shut the Mac down. Unless you have Close windows when quitting an application checked in System Preferences General, the prior open documents and windows will be restored on the next boot.

  • How do I stop audio play button in embedded plugins from starting without being clicked?

    I am trying to used embedded audio plugins in my podcasts which are posted weekly. But when I add a new plugin each week it starts playing as soon as one clicks on the site. I can have six programs playing at once. How do I set the parameters so that one must first click on the play button for them to start playing?

    That's bad. Really bad. And I can understand how you might get complaints about that.
    For HTML5, the way you insert audio is this way:
    <audio autoplay="autoplay" controls="controls"> 
       <source src="podcast.ogg" /> 
       <source src="podcast.mp3" /> 
    </audio>
    You also have to make sure that your .htaccess file does know about ogg files and I assume you have done that.
    In the case of my example above, take out the autoplay="autoplay" that will cause the audio to not play when you load the web page.
    Now, you didn't say if you're using Flash or some older means of putting your podcasts on your website, so I've just given you the HTML5 information, which is what I am currently using for audio on the web.

  • Addon manager doesnt open in tab. how to change?

    My addon manager opens in a floating window, but i want it to open in tab. How can i change that?

    how can I get it to be back to the small popup window for the add-on. prefrence even thou I still aviod it because i still love the old style and SeaMonkey still has that whew. But those are nice and small and clean and easy to use and aren't big and bulky like the new add-on manager. But how can I get the popup dialog . anything in about::config I can hack ? I'd love to see the option for the classic views its a much better option and more fair to people. I also hate the fact when I click the add-on it auto move me to that tab. I have that turned of with middle click. would be nice if it was a middle click option . But even then I'd hope it does auto take me there. Hot mail too thats what the middle click is for to open another tab if you want but as I said witht he option to go to it then and there ot when you want to. Seamonkey 2.1a3 it still works right so I dunno what wrong with firefox . thats all the same things like ie :( . I don't like annoying popups but a config small popup is fine thanks

  • Why my iTunes open every minute without I have asked?

    I have iTunes in my Windows vista and before I made the update for iTunes 10.5 it did not give any trouble, but after the update it open for itself, without I asked or started. I would like to know how can I stop it to open alone? Everytime that I'm working in my PC the iTunes appear. It's getting boring.

    I have exactly the same thoughts as you re iTunes constantly opening.
    The only way I could find to stop it opening again was to do the following -
    Open task manager
    Select the 'Processes' tab.
    Look for 'iTunesHelper.exe'
    Select 'iTunesHelper.exe'  the click on 'end process'
    It worked for me, but I don't see why I should have to do this.  There should be an option to prevent iTunes from constantly opening.

  • Save or export an opened .mp4 file without re-encoding

    How can I save or export an .mp4 file that I opened and trimmed without being required to re-encode it. I'm looking for an option to either save the .mp4 file without exporting, or export with a passthrough option such as the one available when using QuickTime Pro. Thanks.

    Hmm, I would have expected inclusion of the basic feature set of QuickTime Pro to be a prerequisite for any commercial audio editing program.
    The reason commercial audio editing programs don't work the way Quicktime Pro does is Quicktime Pro really isn't an audio app. If Quicktime is able to cut an trip an mp4 file (m4a, aac, whatever you call it) it's becaue it's editing the stream directly, probably similar to the way a file-splitter would work. MP3 was able to have this one too, one could chop an mp3 up in to parts without re-encoding...however, due to the way data is represente in a lossy format, you have several limitations in doing so.
    Commercial Audio applications don't do this because it's not going to be done by professionals...even if Audition had this feature, it wouldn't be able to work the same as cutting a wave file. You have servere limitations on where you can cut a lossy audio file up without having to re-encode it.
    Cutting the bitstream of an mp3 or m4a file is generally not a standard inclusion for any audio program...
    But, remember, Quicktime is a "basic" video editor...not an audio editor nor should it be confused for one.

  • I want to VIEW pdf files when I click on them (NOT save them) WITHOUT being asked everytime. I have already customized my firefox settings.

    I have a hotmail email account and each time I click on a pdf attachment, Firefox asks me "What should Firefox do with this file?" I click "Open with - Adobe Reader (default)" then I check-mark "DO THIS AUTOMATICALLY FOR FILES LIKE THIS FROM NOW ON." When I check-mark that box a little line comes up beneath it that says "Settings can be changed using the Applications tab in Firefox's Options." So I also changed my application settings to "PDF - Use Adobe Acrobat in Firefox". Even though I have changed the application settings, and have check-marked the little box asking it to open with adobe reader automatically, Firefox still asks me each time I click on a PDF "What should Firefox do with this file". How do I make it stick that every time I click on a pdf attachment I want to VIEW it in Adobe WITHOUT being asked every time? Is there a way? Thank you!!!

    Automatic actions are connected to a specific MIME type and if Hotmail doesn't send the file with a correctly recognized MIME type then the automatic action won't work.
    *http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions
    *https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Managing+file+types

  • Nowhere to see download progress without download manager open?

    I am mostly fine with the changes in firefox 4.0b7, I get that urls are now shown in the URL abr on mouse over, loading progress is in the tab and right clicking the back button shows the list of sites.
    What I can't figure out is how to show the progress of files being downloaded.
    The status bar had a very simple indicator...showing the number of files and time remaining.
    Is there any equivalent without having to have download manager open?

    You're welcome.
    It is one of the things that might not get fixed for the 4.0 release and in that case we will probably see a lot of complaints about this.
    Some older blogs about this change:
    * http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.apps.firefox/browse_thread/thread/ad89ab1303d2dd2c
    * http://jboriss.wordpress.com/2010/04/29/removing-firefoxs-status-bar-and-rehousing-add-on-icons-part-1-of-2/
    * http://jboriss.wordpress.com/2010/06/07/removing-firefox%E2%80%99s-status-bar-and-rehousing-add-on-icons-part-2-of-2/
    * http://jboriss.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/removing-firefox%E2%80%99s-status-bar-and-rehousing-add-on-icons-part-3-of-2-wut/

Maybe you are looking for