Cannot remove disabled extensions

I have a number of extensions that show in my Options/Add-Ons dialog that are disabled but I cannot remove them. They are:
ForceField Toolbar,
Java Console (several instances),
Java Quick Starter
All of these are missing the "remove" button in the dialog.
I have looked for them in the Program Files/Mozilla FireFox/PlugIns and Extensions directories bt they do not appear there.
How can I remove these extensions from FireFox?

If an extension doesn't have an uninstall button then that extension is installed globally by another program and you need to remove it via that software.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_add-ons
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars

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Hi,
I am using DW CS3 and I'm trying to upgrade an extension that
I have used in Dreamweaver 8 before and I wanted to make sure I had
the CS3 version (Tecnorama's PHP date format extension). But when I
try to install it, I get a message that there is an older version,
do I want to replace it. When I say yes, I then get the error
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program.
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Most likely you still have DW8 installed. If so, you will
need to open DW8
and then access the Extension Manager .. Help > Manage
Extensions ...
... and then uninstall that extension from there with DW8
open. Then once it
is uninstalled ( or updated ) you can then open CS3 and do
your install of
this extension.
Best Regards,
..Trent Pastrana
www.fourlevel.com
"DaggerLily" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:f3vcjb$68o$[email protected]..
> Hi,
>
> I am using DW CS3 and I'm trying to upgrade an extension
that I have used
> in
> Dreamweaver 8 before and I wanted to make sure I had the
CS3 version
> (Tecnorama's PHP date format extension). But when I try
to install it, I
> get a
> message that there is an older version, do I want to
replace it. When I
> say
> yes, I then get the error message that I can't remove it
because it is in
> use
> by another program.
>
> Very frustrating! I don't know what to do.
>

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When I upgraded from 3.XX to 4.0.1, it informed me that 2 extensions were not compatible and it never gave me the option to remove them. Firefox 4.0.1 disabled them and now I'm not able to remove them.
Also they were added by Acrobat Pro X (Adobe Acrobat - Create PDF 1.0) and Nokia Ovi Suite (Firefox Synchronisation Extension 7.3.4.51).
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And you may find the registry entries corresponding to the extensions you want to remove. Just export them to a backup.reg, then delete these entries. Firefox will do the rest, but it seems that fx still leaves extensions.rdf untouched. You can also delete the RDF entries corresponding to those extensions inside extensions.rdf
cf: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_add-ons#Windows_Registry_extension
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Back up all data.
Triple-click anywhere in the line below on this page to select it:
/Applications/Genieo.app
Right-click or control-click the line and select
Services ▹ Reveal
from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Move the selected item to the Trash. You may be prompted for your administrator password.
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/Applications/Uninstall Genieo.app
/Library/Frameworks/GenieoExtra.framework
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieo.engine.plist
/Library/LaunchAgents/com.genieoinnovation.macextension.plist
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The above is not a file, but a line inside a file.
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