Can't remove add-ons

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Infernoflower1
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Can't remove add-ons

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Hello, I'm having a problem with my profile and I can't remove my add-ons. When I click "Remove" next to my add-ons, they won't go away. This problem does not happen when I start a new profile or when I'm in Safe Mode. How can I fix this? Also, how can I transfer my tabs over to another profile and restore them?
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Re: Can't remove add-ons

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"Add on" as in a Plugin or "add on" as in an extension?

Which, plugin or extension, or all of them, or... ?
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Re: Can't remove add-ons

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"Add-on" as in an extension. This happens with all of them. How can I fix the problem with the "Remove" button next to them not working? Like I said earlier, this doesn't happen in a new profile or in Safe Mode.
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Re: Can't remove add-ons

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Moving to Firefox Support as this is clearly a profile specific issue (based on your own comments) and not a bug.
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Re: Can't remove add-ons

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give extension a name pls, dont like to guess.
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Re: Can't remove add-ons

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Since you say that it works fine in safe-mode then I would consider that it is one of your extensions blocking that ability to remove stuff...possible?
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Brummelchen wrote:give extension a name pls, dont like to guess.
The OP stated that it happens with all extensions.
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Re: Can't remove add-ons

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Time to create a new profile and migrate critical data from the old, installing extensions one at a time and testing before adding the next.
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Re: Can't remove add-ons

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Thank you, but how can I copy the tabs from my previous profile over? I don't know how to do it.
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With FF closed, copy sessionstore.jsonlz4 from old to new (overwriting new if necessary).
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Re: Can't remove add-ons

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Thank you very much. I tried doing what you said. However, the tabs didn't copy over. Did I do something wrong?
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Re: Can't remove add-ons

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Try it again.

If you have not already set FF to restore its' tabs on load, then you should be able to open them from History | Restore Previous Session.
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Re: Can't remove add-ons

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Thank you. I tried it and it worked. However, when I try and import my styles from the previous profile into Stylus, I keep getting a message saying "Nothing was changed", and the styles won't show up. How can I fix this?
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Re: Can't remove add-ons

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Hi,
The section here, may help...
> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo ... src=search
ref; > Firefox related notes.
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Re: Can't remove add-ons

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Thank you.
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