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plugin check opens every time I start firefox

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McEvil
McEvil

I did a search and none of the solutions seem to help. - I checked plugins.update.notifyUser and it was set to true. I changed it to false and it worked one time. Then the next time it's back to true - I ran the error console code to update blocklist.xml - I disabled all my plugins and extensions

none have helped yet.

I did a search and none of the solutions seem to help. - I checked plugins.update.notifyUser and it was set to true. I changed it to false and it worked one time. Then the next time it's back to true - I ran the error console code to update blocklist.xml - I disabled all my plugins and extensions none have helped yet.

Chosen solution

Please update to Firefox 18, then Reset Firefox. Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings

After that, can you go to about:plugins and copy and paste the data there into this thread?

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user633449
user633449

Chosen Solution

Please update to Firefox 18, then Reset Firefox. Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings

After that, can you go to about:plugins and copy and paste the data there into this thread?

McEvil
McEvil Question owner

yep, that seems to have done it. I was holding off on the latest version because one of my plugins wasn't compatible, but I guess I can live without it. It's less annoying than having the plugin check run every time. Below is the plugin info, if you still want to see it.

Thanks!


Enabled plugins Find more information about browser plugins at mozilla.org. Find updates for installed plugins at mozilla.com/plugincheck. Help for installing plugins is available from plugindoc.mozdev.org. Shockwave Flash 

   File: NPSWF32_11_5_502_146.dll
   Version: 11.5.502.146
   Shockwave Flash 11.5 r502

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-shockwave-flash Adobe Flash movie swf application/futuresplash FutureSplash movie spl Java(TM) Platform SE 7 U11 

   File: npjp2.dll
   Version: 10.11.2.21
   Next Generation Java Plug-in 10.11.2 for Mozilla browsers

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-java-applet Java Applet application/x-java-bean JavaBeans application/x-java-vm application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.1 application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.1 application/x-java-applet;version=1.1 application/x-java-bean;version=1.1 application/x-java-applet;version=1.2 application/x-java-bean;version=1.2 application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.3 application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.3 application/x-java-applet;version=1.1.2 application/x-java-bean;version=1.1.2 application/x-java-applet;version=1.3 application/x-java-bean;version=1.3 application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.2 application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.2 application/x-java-applet;version=1.2.1 application/x-java-bean;version=1.2.1 application/x-java-applet;version=1.3.1 application/x-java-bean;version=1.3.1 application/x-java-applet;version=1.4 application/x-java-bean;version=1.4 application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.1 application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.1 application/x-java-applet;version=1.4.2 application/x-java-bean;version=1.4.2 application/x-java-applet;version=1.5 application/x-java-bean;version=1.5 application/x-java-applet;version=1.6 application/x-java-bean;version=1.6 application/x-java-applet;version=1.7 application/x-java-bean;version=1.7 application/x-java-applet;jpi-version=1.7.0_11 application/x-java-bean;jpi-version=1.7.0_11 application/x-java-applet;deploy=10.11.2 application/x-java-applet;javafx=2.2.4 application/x-java-vm-npruntime Java Deployment Toolkit 7.0.110.21 

   File: npdeployJava1.dll
   Version: 10.11.2.21
   NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/java-deployment-toolkit Adobe Acrobat 

   File: nppdf32.dll
   Version: 10.1.5.33
   Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 10.1.5

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/pdf Acrobat Portable Document Format pdf application/vnd.adobe.pdfxml Adobe PDF in XML Format pdfxml application/vnd.adobe.x-mars Adobe PDF in XML Format mars application/vnd.fdf Acrobat Forms Data Format fdf application/vnd.adobe.xfdf XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format xfdf application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml Acrobat XML Data Package xdp application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml Adobe FormFlow99 Data File xfd Adobe Acrobat 

   File: nppdf32.dll
   Version: 10.1.5.33
   Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 10.1.5

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/pdf Acrobat Portable Document Format pdf application/vnd.adobe.pdfxml Adobe PDF in XML Format pdfxml application/vnd.adobe.x-mars Adobe PDF in XML Format mars application/vnd.fdf Acrobat Forms Data Format fdf application/vnd.adobe.xfdf XML Version of Acrobat Forms Data Format xfdf application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml Acrobat XML Data Package xdp application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml Adobe FormFlow99 Data File xfd VLC Web Plugin 

   File: npvlc.dll
   Version: 2.0.2.0
   VLC media player Web Plugin 2.0.2

MIME Type Description Suffixes audio/mpeg MPEG audio mp2,mp3,mpga,mpega audio/x-mpeg MPEG audio mp2,mp3,mpga,mpega video/mpeg MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe video/x-mpeg MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe video/mpeg-system MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe,vob video/x-mpeg-system MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe,vob audio/mp4 MPEG-4 audio aac,mp4,mpg4 audio/x-m4a MPEG-4 audio m4a video/mp4 MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 application/mpeg4-iod MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 application/mpeg4-muxcodetable MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 video/x-m4v MPEG-4 video m4v video/x-msvideo AVI video avi application/ogg Ogg stream ogg video/ogg Ogg video ogv application/x-ogg Ogg stream ogg application/x-vlc-plugin VLC plug-in video/x-ms-asf-plugin Windows Media Video asf,asx video/x-ms-asf Windows Media Video asf,asx application/x-mplayer2 Windows Media video/x-ms-wmv Windows Media wmv video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media Video wvx audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media Audio wma application/x-google-vlc-plugin Google VLC plug-in audio/wav WAV audio wav audio/x-wav WAV audio wav audio/3gpp 3GPP audio 3gp,3gpp video/3gpp 3GPP video 3gp,3gpp audio/3gpp2 3GPP2 audio 3g2,3gpp2 video/3gpp2 3GPP2 video 3g2,3gpp2 video/divx DivX video divx video/flv FLV video flv video/x-flv FLV video flv application/x-matroska Matroska video mkv video/x-matroska Matroska video mkv audio/x-matroska Matroska audio mka application/xspf+xml Playlist xspf xspf audio/x-mpegurl MPEG audio m3u video/webm WebM video webm audio/webm WebM audio webm application/vnd.rn-realmedia Real Media File rm audio/x-realaudio Real Media Audio ra audio/amr AMR audio amr audio/x-flac FLAC audio flac Picasa 

   File: npPicasa3.dll
   Version: 3.0.0.0
   Picasa plugin

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-picasa-detect 3.1 pinstall IE Tab Plug-in 

   File: npietab2.dll
   Version: 2.2.0.1
   IE Tab 2 Plug-in for Mozilla/Firefox

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/ietab2 IE Tab 2 Plug-in Silverlight Plug-In 

   File: npctrl.dll
   Version: 5.1.10411.0
   5.1.10411.0

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-silverlight npctrl scr application/x-silverlight-2 Novell iPrint Plug-in 

   File: npnipp.dll
   Version: 5.6.4.0
   iPrint Plug-in 1.0.0 - Provides iPrint client services for Windows

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-novell-ipp Novell iPrint printer access nvl Microsoft Office 2010 

   File: NPAUTHZ.DLL
   Version: 14.0.4730.1010
   Office Authorization plug-in for NPAPI browsers

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-msoffice14 14.0.4730.1010 * Citrix ICA Client 

   File: npicaN.dll
   Version: 11.0.0.5357
   Citrix ICA Client Plugin (Win32)

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-ica Citrix ICA ica Windows Presentation Foundation 

   File: NPWPF.dll
   Version: 3.5.30729.1
   Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-ms-xbap XAML Browser Application xbap application/xaml+xml XAML Document xaml Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library 

   File: npdsplay.dll
   Version: 3.0.2.629
   Npdsplay dll

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/asx Media Files * video/x-ms-asf-plugin Media Files * application/x-mplayer2 Media Files * video/x-ms-asf Media Files asf,asx,* video/x-ms-wm Media Files wm,* audio/x-ms-wma Media Files wma,* audio/x-ms-wax Media Files wax,* video/x-ms-wmv Media Files wmv,* video/x-ms-wvx Media Files wvx,* Microsoft® DRM 

   File: npwmsdrm.dll
   Version: 9.0.0.4503
   DRM Store Netscape Plugin

MIME Type Description Suffixes application/x-drm Network Interface Plugin nip