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Add-on icons gone from the toolbar

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Nina K.
Nina K.
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I'm using Firefox 75 on a PC and have a number of add-ons (installed AND enabled) that were showing up as icons on the toolbar. A while ago (not sure when exactly) these icons went missing. The add-ons are still installed and enabled. Firefox is set to 'Remember history'. I'm confused, please help.

I'm using Firefox 75 on a PC and have a number of add-ons (installed AND enabled) that were showing up as icons on the toolbar. A while ago (not sure when exactly) these icons went missing. The add-ons are still installed and enabled. Firefox is set to 'Remember history'. I'm confused, please help.

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Scribe
Scribe
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Hi, if you haven't already, try restarting Firefox. If that doesn't help, go to the 3-bar menu > Customize, and look in the palette, from where you can drag them to a toolbar. If the buttons are still missing, try clicking on Restore Defaults. More Customize Firefox controls, buttons and toolbars.

It is also possible that one of your add-ons or any theme is causing this, so try disabling them one by one - or several at a time, to see if that reveals anything. Note that you might need to restart Firefox to fully disable some of them.


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cor-el
cor-el
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You can check for problems with the extensions registry files in the profile folder.

Try to to reset the extensions registry and rename extensions.json (extensionsOLD.json) and rename/remove previously used extensions files like extensions.ini and extensions.sqlite when present and rename/remove compatibility.ini in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed.

New files will be created when required.

See "corrupt extension files":

You can check for possible updates in case of issues.

  • click the cogwheel button (left of the Search bar) on the about:addons page to "Check for updates"

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.