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Why do my addons disappear when I restart Firefox?

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Firefox 48.0.1 ditches all my addons such as Evernote and Pocket, etc. when I open a new browser or restart. VERY annoying. WHY? and how can I fix it besides reinstalling them every time.

Firefox 48.0.1 ditches all my addons such as Evernote and Pocket, etc. when I open a new browser or restart. VERY annoying. WHY? and how can I fix it besides reinstalling them every time.

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Are they gone, or is Firefox reloading them? There is a difference.

It is possible that there is a problem with the file(s) that store the extensions registry.

Type about:support in the address bar and press enter.

Under the page logo on the left side, you will see Application Basics. Under this find Profile Folder. To its right press the button Show Folder. This will open your file browser to the current Firefox profile. Now Close Firefox.

Delete all extensions*.* files and compatibility.ini in the Firefox profile folder to reset the extensions registry.

New files will be created when required.

After, restart Firefox.

See "Corrupt extension files":


You will have to approve the updating one last time.