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All addons have stopped working with firefox 16, why

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wheelerde
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Add addons does not work, it just hunts. No addons showup or work. Ie the weather addon

Add addons does not work, it just hunts. No addons showup or work. Ie the weather addon

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finitarry
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https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

cor-el
cor-el
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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.