298091 - Firefox forgets its list of deactivated plugins

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Henry James]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

This bug might be related to bug #298089. I routinely deactivate "alien plugins"
(see description of the aforementioned bug) found by Firefox in "Options >
Download > File Types > Plugins". But after Firefox is closed/crashed (my
computer runs 24/7 and I normally don't close my browser, so when it terminates,
it's more likely that it has crashed than been intentionally closed by me - btw,
it crashes about once a day, while my Windows runs for months without restart)
and restarted, it often forgets the deactivation, so all found plugins are shown
as activated in the list again.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Deactivate some plugins found by Firefox in other browser's plugin directory
(see bug #298089) via "Options > Download > File Types > Plugins";
2. Use Firefox for some time and close it, or wait for it to crash;
3. Start Firefox again and wait a bit for the OS-wide search for alien plugins
to complete, then open "Options > Download > File Types > Plugins".
Actual Results:  
Previously deactivated plugins are activated again.

Expected Results:  
Deactivated plugins stay deactivated.

This bug appears cross-(browser-)session, which means if I deactivate some
plugins now, close Firefox, restart it, and see the deactivated plugins are not
reactivated, I still can't imagine I'm on the safe side. Next time Firefox is
closed/crashed and restarted, it can "forgets" the deactivation again, even
though it has "remembered" just this time.

Comment 1

[Henry James]

I've also filed bug #298093 which may or may not be related.

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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