Why does Firefox check compatiblity of add-ons every time I open it? Why am I then directed to Mozilla home page? Why did you not answer this question the last time I asked it?
This is annoying. Iwant to start using a less troublesome browser but I like Firefox otherwise.
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Firefox checking compatibility of add-ons every time it starts.
Every time I upgrade, Firefox begins checking compatibility of add-ons every time it starts. And it brings up the "Hooray! Your Firefox is up to date" page every time too. How to fix?
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I lose the add-ons when Firefox automatically upgrades to the latest version but this is not the only time. It may work for 5-10 days without a problem then without warning or error, it just losess the add-ons, upgrade or no upgrade. This is most annoying as they will not re-download and re-install and all I can do is reset Firefox then re-customise the browser again to my look and feel, then have to download and re-install these add-ons again. It seems like I am doing this continually over and over again.
Thanks Cor-el but I am with azgirl7 that trying to follow the instructions is not easy. I have had some success by copying all my profiles from C:\Users\Brendan (my name) \AppData\Local\Mozilla\Firefox\profiles to a spare folder I have created. When Firefox updates or changes, I delete the profiles and copy them back from the spare folder. But this does not work every time. All in all, it is very time consuming and one that Mozilla should have an easier method to protect as well restore.
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I upgraded to the newest Firefox 10.0.2 a few days ago and now every time I log onto the internet with Firefox it says checking tool-bars and addons and loads slowly with my homepage and Firefox page saying thanks for upgrading anyone else having this issue have 2 tool bars that load they are charter and yahoo
Which security software (firewall, anti-virus) do you have?
Some security software has virtualization features that can cause problems by protecting and restoring files in the Firefox profile folder. -
How to stop FF checking compatibility of add-ons every time it starts.
Since upgrading to 4.0.1, FF checks compatibility of add-ons every time it starts. How to stop this?
Did you delete prefs.js in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder]?
* Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
This can also be a problem with the file(s) that store the extensions registry.
Delete the files extensions.* (extensions.sqlite, extensions.rdf, extensions.cache, extensions.ini) and compatibility.ini in the Firefox [[Profiles|profile folder]] to reset the extensions registry. New files will be created when required.
See "Corrupt extension files": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_install_themes_or_extensions
If you see disabled, not compatible, extensions in "Tools > Add-ons > Extensions" then click the "Find Updates" button (Firefox 4: click the Tools button at the left side of the Search Bar) to do a compatibility check. -
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I want to save with <nowiki><alt><s></nowiki> in the program Exact Online. This function is not working. this is the first time that i use this program with firefox.
'''edit''', mod escaped the '''<nowiki><s></nowiki>''' to prevent line through questionSubmitted too soon... To change your accelerator key for accesskeys to Alt alone (or a different combination), you can change a setting using Firefox's about:config preferences page.
(1) In a new tab, type or paste '''about:config''' in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button promising to be careful.
(2) In the filter box, type or paste '''ui.k''' and pause while the list is filtered
(3) Make sure '''ui.key.generalAccessKey''' is set to its default value of -1 (or right-click and choose Reset if it is not).
(4) Double-click '''ui.key.contentAccess''' to open a dialog box to change the value from its current default (on Windows, 5) to your choice of the following:
* 2 = '''Ctrl''' (Fx default on Mac thru Fx13)
* 3 = Ctrl + Shift
* 4 = '''Alt''' (IE/Chrome/Safari default on Win/Linux)
* 5 = '''Alt + Shift''' (Fx default on Windows & Linux)
* 6 = '''Ctrl + Alt''' (Fx default on Mac from Fx14) (Chrome/Safari default on Mac)
* 7 = Ctrl + Alt + Shift
This should take effect as soon as you OK the dialog, so you can experiment in a separate tab. Other combinations are available if you want to try them. See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Ui.key.contentAccess (inaccessible at the moment?) -
Why does Firefox log me out of websites every few minutes?
I'm having a problem where I'm getting logged out of websites automatically every few minutes. It doesn't matter what the website is (Facebook, email, forums etc.) once I've logged in, after a few minutes of browsing I'll be logged out again. I've tried re-installing Firefox and have cleared my cookies/cache multiple times but it's still happening. I've been using Firefox for years and this is the first time anything like this has happened so I guess that it might be related to the latest update. Does anyone have any ideas?
What are the connection settings?
*Tools > Options > Advanced > Network : Connection > Settings
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Options+window+-+Advanced+panel
If you do not need to use a proxy to connect to internet then try to select "No Proxy" if "Use the system proxy settings" or one of the others do not work properly.
See "Firefox connection settings":
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firefox+cannot+load+websites+but+other+programs+can
Check the date and time and time zone in the clock on your computer: (double) click the clock icon on the Windows Taskbar.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Secure+Connection+Failed
Boot the computer in Windows Safe mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) as a test to see if that helps.
*http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/how-to-start-windows-in-safe-mode/ -
Why do I have to reinstall add-ons every time I restart firefox?
Every time I restart Firefox, all my add-ons have disappeared and I have to reinstall them again. Any idea what I can do about that? Thanks!
There is software like Advanced SystemCare with its Surfing Protection feature that can protect files in the Firefox profile folder against changes.
If you have such software then check the settings or uninstall this software.
It is possible that there is a problem with the file(s) that store the extensions registry.
Delete the extensions.* files (e.g. extensions.json, extensions.sqlite, extensions.ini) 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 or not compatible extensions in "Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions" then click the Tools button at the left end of the Search bar to check if there is a compatibility update available.
If this hasn't helped then also delete possible addons.json and addons.sqlite files. -
Why is Firefox having problems with add-ons since I upgraded to 3.6.9?
Firefox upgraded it self today to the latest version 3.6.9 and now my add-ons don't start. I can still see them in the Tools>Add-ons>Extensions window. But they are not running. I have allready tried to delete the extensions.ini, extensions.rdf and extensions.cache files but it didn't help. And if I click on any of the Option buttons in the Add-ons window it just freezes. Firefox keeps runing and seemes unafected but the Add-ons window doesn't respond any more. I can't close it and it even stayes open after I close Firefox.
cor-el, thank you for your reply.
I tried disabling all add-ons and resetting all user preferences but it didn't fix the problem. So I tried your second recommendation. And when I booted Firefox with the new Profile everything was OK. I added my add-ons and they worked great. The only problem was that if I closed Firefox the new profile I created disappeared. The old, corrupt profile was still there but the new one wasn't. In the end I even deleted the old, default profile. This only made the matter worse. Every newely created profile would still disapeare if I closed Firefox and without a profile Firefox wouldn't start, saying that it is already running in the background and that I should stop the process or reboot my PC. Needless to say there was no firefox.exe process running in the background and even rebooting wouldn't make Firefox start. Well not knowing what to do next I did a compete uninstall of Firefox, rebooted my PC and installed a fresh copy of Firefox 3.6.9. I imported my bookmarks and added my add-ons and (for now) everything works as it should.
Thank you again for your effort. -
Every time I open Firefox it tries to install the same updates (that I don't want) and the Firefox 3.6 "Choose Your Persona" etc. tab opens along with my home page tab. It takes a really long time to get onto Firefox because of these problems.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Don't rememberWell, this worked on my desktop! But my problem is on my laptop. :-) I'm running XP, but there was no "Username" under Documents and Settings under the C drive. I did a search for those file names and it wasn't there. I found Mozilla Firefox folder under: C\Documents and Settings\ All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Mozilla Firefox. There are 2 - 1 is Mozilla Firefox (shortcut) and the other is Mozilla Firefox (Safe Mode). I did a Mozilla Firefox search and this is all that showed up.
When I click on the shortcut link (the 1st one), it opens up 2 screens of Firefox. One is the "this is embarrassing" screen. The other is "Choose your Persona" screen. I closed it and reopened and it took me to my home page. -
Roboform 2 go loads into the Firefox and all of the information is there. The only thing missing is the tool bar.
My advice is to contact Siber Systems and ask them to add the ability for Roboform to be able to keep itself up-to-date, without the user being required to search for and do manual updates. IOW, when an update is available for Roboform, that update should be installed automatically - or at least notify the user that an update is available and provide a click-able hyperlink to install that update.
As I recall, the Roboform 6 version used a Firefox extension which was hosted at the Mozilla add-ons website, and when there was a Roboform update or security fix it would be automatically installed just like any other Firefox extension.
Plus, their extension doesn't have to be at the AMO website, Firefox will look for updates for extensions from any HTTPS (secure) connection that is set up in the extension. Firefox has the capability of looking for and automatically installong updates, but they aren't using what is built into Firefox completely. -
The problem persists with Firefox in Safe Mode
See:
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Preferences+are+not+saved
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+has+just+updated+tab+shows+each+time+you+start+Firefox -
On android tablet, I need to visit certain websites which require Shockwave flash plug-in to receive web contents created in Adobe Doctor. So, when the same will be made available for your Firefox android version ?
The pre-release version of Firefox on the '''[https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/channel/ Aurora channel]''' supports Flash on Android 2.2 and 2.3 devices. (Support for Flash on Android 3 and Android 4 devices is coming in a later release.)
This is a brand new version of Firefox for Android that has many features re-written from scratch. Some things are not working yet. For some details, see [http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2011/11/firefox-for-android-nightly-channel-switches-to-native-ui-builds/ this blog post]. -
It happens with all programs, including the default Explorer.exe (for saved pages).
It somehow decided to fix itself? It just worked for some reason after I said something here (well, a few hours later).
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Please help!
Hi there coyfish28
There are a couple of things that we may want to try. The first is resetting all of the settings on the device. Go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings. If your issues persist beyond that then I would recommend taking a look the troubleshooting steps listed in the article below.
iPhone: Can't hear through the receiver or speakers
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1630
Hope that helps,
Griff W.
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