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I keep having to install my add-ons over and over

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running FF 16.0.2. on XP. When starting FF my add-ons are asking permission to be installed. They have been installed, many for several years. Rather than going through them one by one to ok it I close all the windows, restart FF then enable them all. Happens randomly when starting FF, not all the time.

running FF 16.0.2. on XP. When starting FF my add-ons are asking permission to be installed. They have been installed, many for several years. Rather than going through them one by one to ok it I close all the windows, restart FF then enable them all. Happens randomly when starting FF, not all the time.

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Seems to be resolved. Disabled the theme I was using: Inverted Black and White.

Screenshot of add-ons asking for permission to be installed

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not resolved. changed theme to the default and still randomly asking to install add-ons. see screenshot

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You can check for problems with preferences and try to rename or delete the prefs.js file and possible numbered prefs-##.js files and a possible user.js file to reset all prefs to the default values.


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.

New files will be created when required.

See "Corrupt extension files":

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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Thanks for the suggestions, I will try them.

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thanks the first link about the resetting pref. worked.

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You're welcome