I can't download any add ons

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jgrider
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I can't download any add ons

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Hello,
I don't understand much about computers and much less about what what F.F. is doing lately.
I've tried to download add ons and I get a message with any one I try that says.

"Download failed. Please check your connection. "

I don't understand. I'm on line and I'm logged in. And I have the latest, 56.0 version of F.F.

I'd appreciate any help.
I'm 90% computer illiterate
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DanRaisch
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Re: I can't download any add ons

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Version 56.0 is far from the latest version of Firefox. The current release version is 66.0.5. You might try updating to that and trying again to install extensions.
skuddle
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Re: I can't download any add ons

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jgrider wrote:Hello,
I don't understand much about computers and much less about what what F.F. is doing lately.
I've tried to download add ons and I get a message with any one I try that says.

"Download failed. Please check your connection. "
Messages like that one are useless. Might as well say "Something went wrong".
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Re: I can't download any add ons

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In case you haven't heard, there have been issues installing add-ons since late in the day May 3rd.

* https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05 ... n-firefox/
* https://www.jeffersonscher.com/ffu/armagadd-on_2_0.html
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therube
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Re: I can't download any add ons

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I've tried to download add ons
From where?
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Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
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Re: I can't download any add ons

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Try this fix:

Type about:config in the firefox address bar.

After a warning about what you are getting into, and your confirmation, a page opens with a search box at the top.

Search for:

xpinstall.signatures.required

The value set for it will be *TRUE*

Double click the line to toggle it to *FALSE*.

Exit the page. Your Addons may work now.
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Re: I can't download any add ons

Post by jscher2000 »

MozillaMonkey wrote: xpinstall.signatures.required
That is not a fix, that is a blinder that prevents you from knowing validly signed extensions from unsigned ones. Also, it's only supported in ESR releases.
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