390079 - Restart multiple times for add-ons to intsall/un-install/disable/enable

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 396695

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Andrew Shumate]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.5) Gecko/20070713 Firefox/2.0.0.5
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.8.1.5) Gecko/20070713 Firefox/2.0.0.5

I don't no much about BugZilla and what to do.... but recently the add-ons management with Firefox has been driving me CRAZY.

So I tried installing an add-on and it said I had to restart so I did. I tried restarting again and again but it still said I needed to restart and it still didn't. I asked someone the told me to delete some extensions.* stuff in the profile folder but that deleted my extensions. I tried installing my  add-ons again and it happened with some of the add-ons not all. Now it's getting really annoying. The main reason I use Firefox is because of add-ons. If they don't work then I would just use a different internet browser but I won't let it go that easy.

Reproducible: Sometimes




Well... I used iSafari... Then I got set back to default....

Comment 1

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

The flags should not be used for unconfirmed issues.

Can you please provide some more details, which add-ons were you having problems with? Exactly what steps have you taken so far?

Comment 2

[Andrew Shumate]

This is my build config:
about:buildconfig

Build platform
target
i586-pc-msvc

Build tools
Compiler 	Version 	Compiler flags
$(CYGWIN_WRAPPER) cl 	12.00.8804 	-TC -nologo -W3 -Gy -Fd$(PDBFILE)
$(CYGWIN_WRAPPER) cl 	12.00.8804 	-TP -nologo -W3 -Gy -Fd$(PDBFILE)

Configure arguments
--enable-application=browser --enable-update-channel=release --enable-official-branding --enable-optimize --disable-debug --disable-tests --enable-static --disable-shared --enable-svg --enable-canvas --enable-update-packaging 

It happens with different add-ons all the time but here are some that it has happened with, ChatZilla, Mr Tech Local Install

Comment 3

[Andrew Shumate]

Oh yeah and just ignore my automated reply.... 

Comment 4

[Andrew Shumate]

Actually, it happens with every add-on for me now. DANG IT.... How do I keep editing my themes?

Comment 5

[Marco Bonardo [:mak]]

try these:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_install_themes_or_extensions_-_Firefox#Corrupt_extension_files

please backup your files and if the solution works attach your old extensions.ini,    extensions.cache, extensions.rdf to this bug report for investigation

Comment 6

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

This is most likely bug 396695