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Add-ons Manager never stops loading

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Gensou
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When I try to use the in-browser Add-ons Manager, I can never progress beyond the "Loading..." phase. I still have the Download, Search and Options available. I have waited 5-10 minutes to see if the loading finishes. So far, it has not. I do not remember what theme I am running. The only add-ons I remember are NoScript, KeyScrambler, and Privacychoice. All my add-ons and themese should be up-to-date as of 8/31/2011.

When I try to use the in-browser Add-ons Manager, I can never progress beyond the "Loading..." phase. I still have the Download, Search and Options available. I have waited 5-10 minutes to see if the loading finishes. So far, it has not. I do not remember what theme I am running. The only add-ons I remember are NoScript, KeyScrambler, and Privacychoice. All my add-ons and themese should be up-to-date as of 8/31/2011.

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By default the "Get Add-ons" tab is selected if you open the about:addons page (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons).
That page tries to load content from the Mozilla server and that can take some time especially if the Mozilla servers are busy.
You can click on the Extensions tab to see the installed extensions or one of the other tabs to see other installed add-ons.

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By default the "Get Add-ons" tab is selected if you open the about:addons page (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons).
That page tries to load content from the Mozilla server and that can take some time especially if the Mozilla servers are busy.
You can click on the Extensions tab to see the installed extensions or one of the other tabs to see other installed add-ons.

Gensou
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Thanks! Turns out my theme was hiding all the tabs but the Download one and, herp derp, I didn't think to click around. After clicking all the things, I found the Extensions tab just fine.

Fixed!