How to stop persistant 'Add on' tabs from opening as well as my homepage when I first loogin into Firefox?
Every time I log on to Firefox 5 Add on tabs also open alongside my home page trying to get me to install/activate them.
I have tried clicking to install them and then restarting Firefox as per the tab instruction. I have been into Add On manager to try to enable, or disable the specific add on. I have cleared the cache, temp files and history etc, but no matter what I do, they come back each time I log on.
What can I do to get rid of the pesky things one way or the other?
It is possible that there is a problem with the file(s) that store the extensions registry.
Delete the files extensions.* (e.g. extensions.sqlite, extensions.ini, extensions.cache) and compatibility.ini in the Firefox profile folder to reset the extensions registry.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Profiles
New files will be created when required.
See "Corrupt extension files":
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_install_themes_or_extensions
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Unable+to+install+add-ons
If you see disabled, not compatible, extensions in "Tools > Add-ons > Extensions" then click the Tools button at the left side of the Search Bar (or click the "Find Updates" button in older Firefox versions) to check if there is a compatibility update available.
If this hasn't helped then also try to delete the addons.sqlite file.
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