[wishinstonez]

Recently my add-ons have been weird, not showing up on Firefox at all (is it because I updated Firefox to the latest version?). So I tried to uninstall them through the actual browser. It says "This add-on will be uninstalled when Firefox is restarted."
So I closed and re-opened my browser....still had the same message.

Then I tried uninstalling Firefox altogether then downloaded it and re-intalled it. The add-ons messages were still there and exactly the same!

I also deleted the whole Mozilla Firefox folder in my program files when I uninstalled.

So my question is....how do I remove the add-ons in my system? Are they saved a specific place that I can just delete from?

 

[stompiegsi]

Re: How to manually uninstall add-ons?

theres a help section in the firefox help.

it tells you what do do, but im still battling o remove some addons to.

it tells you what to do, but does not tell you where to go, so ya please af anyone can help us we will be grateful

 

[koala]

Re: How to manually uninstall add-ons?

Make sure you backup your bookmarks before continuing. Open Windows Explorer and go to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\profile\ and copy bookmarks.html to the desktop or another folder.

To fully uninstall Firefox and its themes/addons prior to reinstalling, you need to delete a hidden folder. First, uninstall Firefox the usual way, through Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. Then go to Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab, click 'Show hidden files and folders' and click OK.

Go to C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows login/user name>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ and delete the Profiles folder.

Reinstall the latest Firefox (2.0.0.11) and copy the bookmarks.html file back into its folder, overwriting the new default one. Reset 'Show hidden files and folders' back to hidden. Finally, install your themes/addons one at a time, restarting Firefox after each one until you can eliminate the incompatible one.

 

[wishinstonez]

Re: How to manually uninstall add-ons?

Thanks! It worked and I forgot about my bookmarks until you mentioned them!