[LINK] Firefox Add-ons Stuff-up

Bernard Robertson-Dunn brd at iimetro.com.au
Sun May 5 14:21:35 AEST 2019


I tried it on Windows 10 and it worked for me.
It was only necessary to toggle to false and then back to true.

YMMV.

I had to refresh a page to get the ads to disappear.

On 5/05/2019 12:04 pm, Kate Lance wrote:
> If you use Linux (Ubuntu at least) go to about:config, search for
> xpinstall.signatures.required and toggle to 'false'. Add-ons worked again for
> me after that, but I read other people still had issues. Once the problem is
> fixed by Firefox, change the setting back to 'true'.
>
> Regards, 
> Kate 
>
>
> On Sun, May 05, 2019 at 11:06:51AM +1000, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>> If anyone else is having trouble with Firefox add-ons:
>>
>> https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2019/05/04/update-regarding-add-ons-in-firefox/
>>
>> "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."
>>
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>> Regards
>> brd
>>
>> Bernard Robertson-Dunn
>> Canberra Australia
>> email: brd at iimetro.com.au
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brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Canberra Australia
email: brd at iimetro.com.au




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