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There's a message telling me a certain add-on (which I can't identify) "will be disabled" for the time being.
I hide the pop- up, but half an hour later, it's apparent no update has been received.

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* Firefox 5.0.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
* Trash the current Firefox application to do a clean (re-)install
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Your profile data is stored elsewhere in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder], so you won't lose your bookmarks and other personal data.

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