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why doesnt adblocker plus work any more?

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Chris2421
Chris2421
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For some reason my adblock plus no longer blocks ad's on sites and i do not know why. It just started not working today and i can't figure out why. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall and still nothing. The only thing i can think of is if i uninstall and have it forget all my info.

For some reason my adblock plus no longer blocks ad's on sites and i do not know why. It just started not working today and i can't figure out why. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall and still nothing. The only thing i can think of is if i uninstall and have it forget all my info.

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

Delete the files extensions.* (e.g. extensions.sqlite, extensions.ini, extensions.cache) and compatibility.ini in the Firefox profile folder to reset the extensions registry. 

https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Profiles

New files will be created when required.

See "Corrupt extension files": http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_install_themes_or_extensions 

  https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Unable+to+install+add-ons

Modified by Amit Kumar Thakur

don2545
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Won't deleting that profile also delete all the saved passwords? (I hate to think of that problem!)