Firefox - uninstall extension.(Solved)
Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2012 11:47 am
Here is a rather cryptic question for those of you that like that sort of thing.
How do I uninstall a Firefox extension that ins't installed?
The problem is this. I have been having repeated trouble shutting down Firefox recently. It seems to close but then leaves processes running that gradually eat up more and more processor capacity and cause hotter and hotter temperatures. I can kill the rogue processes with 'killall firefox', but I would rather it shut down properly.
Going to the Firefox help site, it suggests restarting with extensions disabled then shutting down. When I do this I never seem to get a problem. Therefore the problem must be in one of the extensions. When I open Tools>Add On's I see 6 extensions 5 of which are running and one of which is 'Disabled', 'Not compatible with Firefox 9.0.1' So this must be the problem right?
The trouble is there is no way to delete this extension (it is called 'Stylish' btw and I have no idea how it got there because I am damn sure I didn't install it, I have no interest in 'Styling' stuff, as long as it works that is all I care about).
So back into FF help and the 'long hand' method of deleting extension is simply to open the FF profile, go to the Extensions folder and delete the extension manually from there. No problem, except for the fact that it isn't there in the first place, there are only 5 extensions in the extensions folder, the 5 that are working properly.
Normally my next course of action would be to reinstall 'Stylish' and then delete it again - but I can't because it is not compatible with my FF version so it won't install.
So that is it really, how do I uninstall an extension that is not installed but seems to be causing trouble?
How do I uninstall a Firefox extension that ins't installed?
The problem is this. I have been having repeated trouble shutting down Firefox recently. It seems to close but then leaves processes running that gradually eat up more and more processor capacity and cause hotter and hotter temperatures. I can kill the rogue processes with 'killall firefox', but I would rather it shut down properly.
Going to the Firefox help site, it suggests restarting with extensions disabled then shutting down. When I do this I never seem to get a problem. Therefore the problem must be in one of the extensions. When I open Tools>Add On's I see 6 extensions 5 of which are running and one of which is 'Disabled', 'Not compatible with Firefox 9.0.1' So this must be the problem right?
The trouble is there is no way to delete this extension (it is called 'Stylish' btw and I have no idea how it got there because I am damn sure I didn't install it, I have no interest in 'Styling' stuff, as long as it works that is all I care about).
So back into FF help and the 'long hand' method of deleting extension is simply to open the FF profile, go to the Extensions folder and delete the extension manually from there. No problem, except for the fact that it isn't there in the first place, there are only 5 extensions in the extensions folder, the 5 that are working properly.
Normally my next course of action would be to reinstall 'Stylish' and then delete it again - but I can't because it is not compatible with my FF version so it won't install.
So that is it really, how do I uninstall an extension that is not installed but seems to be causing trouble?