Firefox add-ons do not work after upgrade
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Created on November 11, 2009. Last modified on February 17, 2011.
Created on November 11, 2009. Last modified on February 17, 2011.
After upgrading Mozilla Firefox to a newer version, the previously installed add-ons do not work anymore.
Just follow these steps to fix this:
- Close Firefox
- Open Windows Explorer and find the Firefox profile folder (note that this is a hidden folder):
[drive]:\Users\[user]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\[profile]\
- Delete or rename the following files:
- compatibility.ini
- extensions.cache
- extensions.ini
- extensions.rdf
- Restart Firefox.