how to remove disabled addons?Submitted by wolf99 on August 15, 2008 - 10:06am
Hey after updating to 3.01 from a 2.xx some addons are disabled and their items are completely grayed out in the add-ons menu. How can I install these and be rid of them? the uninstall buttons are grayed out along with everything else. thanks ( categories: )
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What's the addon name?
What's the addon name?
If the uninstall button and
If the uninstall button and menu item are disabled, the add-on is locked. To uninstall a locked add-on, you'll first have to unlock it via Safe Mode.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_extensions
Tim
"The wheels of John grind Slowly, But they grind Exceedingly Small" ;-)
Its...
One of them actually seems to have disappeared..????
The other is RealPlayer Browser Record Plugin 1.0 Is there a FF 3 update for this do you know? I cant even remember what it does!!
+ how do I "unlock" in safe mode? I can run safe mode OK but the add-on shows up just as before with no indication of how to unlock it...
The link you provided doesn't seem to tell me anymore than your message does on this point (thanks for that bit though!)
You did not say plugins
In your question you asked about Addons, not Plugins,
They are not the same.
See here for information on uninstalling Plugins:
Uninstalling plugins
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Uninstalling+add-ons#Uninstalling_pl...
which will point you here:
Manually uninstalling a plugin
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+plugins#Manually_uni...
Tim
"The wheels of John grind Slowly, But they grind Exceedingly Small" ;-)
AddOns
AddOns = Themes + Extensions + Plugins in the Firefox 3 interface.
We should ask folks to clarify if they say AddOns.
Live with purpose.
Are you saying then that my
Are you saying then that my original instruction should have worked and that my follow up is incorrect?
Personally I don't like way Mozilla flips in naming things,
"Extentions, and Addons and plugins, Oh My!" :-(
and I don't even want to talk about themes :-p
Tim
"The wheels of John grind Slowly, But they grind Exceedingly Small" ;-)