how to restore addons removed in error due to firefox messup
I removed ghostery and adaware today when they no longer worked due to the firefox whatthehell yesterday that seemed to make that the only option. I have not restarted the window or computer but cannot find them, and now see little updates from firefox saying not to remove them or all data is lost. 1. Can I restore these please, and how can I do it? 2. No addons seem to download. Is this just because they are still working on it, or do we not know reasons? The error message is always to check the connection, which works fine. I am using Windows 7 on a laptop and firefox seems to work with it. Thanks for help with this. It is keeping me offline until it gets fixed except for this fussing around.
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I had already seen this although not until after removing the extensions. Somehow this question got posted twice here, so a solution on the other one, an actual link to download the fix, helped me. Thank you for your reply.
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Late on Friday May 3rd, we became aware of an issue with Firefox that prevented existing and new add-ons from running or being installed. We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused to people who use Firefox. See Add-ons disabled or fail to install on Firefox for more information.
We rolled-out a fix for release, beta and nightly users on Desktop. The fix will be automatically applied in the background within the next few hours, you don’t need to take active steps.
In order to be able to provide this fix on short notice, we are using the Studies system. You can check if you have studies enabled as follows:
Click the menu Fx57Menu button at the top right of the Firefox window. Click on Options (Windows) or Preferences (Mac and Linux). Select the Privacy & Security panel and scroll down to the Firefox Data Collection and Use section. The box next to Allow Firefox to install and run studies should be checked. If the box is not checked, click it to check mark the setting. Fx61DataCollection-Studies You can disable studies again, if you wish, after your add-ons have been re-enabled. See About Studies for more information.
Please do not delete your add-ons as an attempt to fix. You will lose any data related to the add-on. Disabled add-ons will not lose any data.
There are a number of work-arounds being discussed in the community. These are not recommended as they may conflict with fixes we are deploying. We’ll let you know when further updates are available that we recommend, and appreciate your patience.
We are still working on a fix for Firefox for Android. We’ll continue to provide updates on our blog post.
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I had already seen this although not until after removing the extensions. Somehow this question got posted twice here, so a solution on the other one, an actual link to download the fix, helped me. Thank you for your reply.