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Add-ons not working and other strange things upon updating to v. 77.0.1

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magazhu
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Upon updating to 77.0.1 my add-ons stopped working, including Facebook Container. The icons appear on the toolbar, but nothing happens when clicked. They all appear as "enabled" in the extension Manager. To solve this I found that I have to disable them all, then enable them again, without even exiting the manager. They will then work apparently fine until I close Firefox, then they all go back to being "disabled".

Also, I don't use tabs, I prefer opening separate windows. However, since the update I've found that if I open a second window, everything on the first window disappears, and the "go back one page" arrow is greyed out, so I have no option but to start all over and loose info.

If this is not solvable, is there a way I can go back to the previous version, which was working fine?

Thank you much!!

Upon updating to 77.0.1 my add-ons stopped working, including Facebook Container. The icons appear on the toolbar, but nothing happens when clicked. They all appear as "enabled" in the extension Manager. To solve this I found that I have to disable them all, then enable them again, without even exiting the manager. They will then work apparently fine until I close Firefox, then they all go back to being "disabled". Also, I don't use tabs, I prefer opening separate windows. However, since the update I've found that if I open a second window, everything on the first window disappears, and the "go back one page" arrow is greyed out, so I have no option but to start all over and loose info. If this is not solvable, is there a way I can go back to the previous version, which was working fine? Thank you much!!

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cor-el
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You can check for problems with the extensions registry files in the profile folder.

Try to to reset the extensions registry and rename extensions.json (extensionsOLD.json) and rename/remove previously used extensions files like extensions.ini and extensions.sqlite when present and rename/remove compatibility.ini in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed.

New files will be created when required.

See "corrupt extension files":

You can check for possible updates in case of issues.

  • click the cogwheel button (left of the Search bar) on the about:addons page to "Check for updates"

You can use the button on the "Help -> Troubleshooting Information" (about:support) page to go to the current Firefox profile folder or use the about:profiles page.