502010 - Manually Extensions & Themes Update Fails after Upgrade to Firefox v3.5

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[GEM]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; el; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; el; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)

After Upgrade to Firefox v3.5, manually upgrade of extensions & themes fail.
My internet connection is alive. Manual upgrade check of Firefox v3.5 works with success.
Tried:
1). Through Menu > Help > Fix Extensions ... The very first time after restart, upgrade works ok but after the second restart keeps failling all the time.
2). Launched Firefox v3.5 in Safe mode. All the extensions & themes where disabled & the upgrade worked with success. After that, the problem re-appears
3). Totally Removed Firefox and perfomed a clean installation (under a new profile ID). The first 2-3 extensions which I've installed worked ok (theire upgrade) but when I tried to install another one, problem came back.
4). Tried under the default theme but again with no success
5). Despite the extensions & themes manual upgrade, Firefox v3.5 seems to work Ok.

Reproducible: Always




My Extensions & Themes are: (Please ignore greek text)
Created: Thu Jul 02 2009 20:47:36 GMT+0300 (GTB Daylight Time)
User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; el; rv:1.9.1) Gecko/20090624 Firefox/3.5 (.NET CLR 3.5.30729)
Build ID: 20090624025744

Active Extensions: [61]
- Adblock Plus 1.0.2 - {d10d0bf8-f5b5-c8b4-a8b2-2b9879e08c5d}: http://adblockplus.org/ - Αφήστε τις διαφημίσεις στο χθες!
- Adblock Plus Watcher 1.1 - [e-mail]: http://adblockplus.org/ - Diagnostic tool for Adblock Plus, provides some insight into internal processes of Adblock Plus.
- All-in-One Sidebar 0.7.10 - {097d3191-e6fa-4728-9826-b533d755359d}: http://firefox.exxile.net/aios - Νιώστε την πολυβραβευμένη εμπειρία ελέγχου των πλευρικών στηλών
- AnyColor 0.3.0 - [e-mail]: http://pavlost.wordpress.com/ - Ένα δυναμικό θέμα που μπορείτε να ρυθμίσετε και να εφαρμόσετε στιγμιαία.
- Back to Close 1.6 - [e-mail]: http://www.chrismcgarry.co.uk/backtoclose - Close the current tab/browser when there is no page to go back to
- Back to Top 5.3.2 - {3C9A65A6-9563-4485-BA4A-4BCD698BCFB4}: http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions - Go to the top (or bottom) of a page
- ChromaTabs Plus 2.2 - {1cff04ef-0c75-4621-ba2a-2efb77346996}: http://garycalpo.wordpress.com/chromatabs-plus - Colors browser tabs based on site favicon colors.
- CoolPreviews 2.7.6.0623 - {CE6E6E3B-84DD-4cac-9F63-8D2AE4F30A4B}: http://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox%20CoolPreviews - Browse Faster. Preview and share links and media without leaving your current page.
- CS Lite 1.4 - {00084897-021a-4361-8423-083407a033e0}: http://addons.mozilla.org - Control cookie permissions.
- Custom Buttons² 3.0.1 - [e-mail]: http://custombuttons2.com/ - The Custom Buttons² Firefox extension provides the code base support necessary to create, maintain, import, and export custom toolbar buttons.
- CuteButtons - Crystal SVG 0.0.6 - CuteButtonsCrystalSVG@ChoGGi: http://choggi.googlepages.com/
- Download Statusbar 0.9.6.5 - {D4DD63FA-01E4-46a7-B6B1-EDAB7D6AD389}: http://downloadstatusbar.mozdev.org/ - Διαχειριστείτε και παρακολουθήστε τις λήψεις αρχείων από την γραμμή κατάστασης
- Email This! Bookmarklet Extension 2.2.6 - [e-mail]: http://www.lazyrussian.com/my-projects/email-this-firefox-extension/ - Email This! will send your recipient the link, title, and a selected summary of the webpage you are viewing.
- Exit Button Firefox 0.4.1 - {94B08592-E5B4-45ff-A0BE-C1D975458688}: http://www.linnhe.net/firefox/extensions.html - Adds a toolbar button to exit Firefox.
- Extended Copy Menu 1.6 - {2E18002D-DF43-4c65-9FDA-40D02F066D9E}: http://www.ryanscook.com - Provides the option to copy selection as plain text or html.
- FEBE 6.1 - {4BBDD651-70CF-4821-84F8-2B918CF89CA3}: http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions - Backup your Firefox data
- File Title 1.3 - {861c8868-e3dc-4dcb-ba2e-866901fc2be8}: http://www.jasnapaka.com/mozilla/filetitle/ - "Save as" title as default like in IE
- FirefoxView 1.0 - {5D558C43-550F-4b12-84AB-0D8ABDA9F975}: http://www.iosart.com/firefox/firefoxview/ - View pages and links loaded into IE in Firefox
- FireFTP 1.0.5 - {a7c6cf7f-112c-4500-a7ea-39801a327e5f}: http://fireftp.mozdev.org - FTP Client for Mozilla Firefox.
- FireShot 0.77 - {0b457cAA-602d-484a-8fe7-c1d894a011ba}: http://screenshot-program.com/fireshot/ - Adds the ability to take a screenshot of the page entirely, edit it and save in (JPEG, GIF, PNG or BMP), print, copy to clipboard, send to external editor or e-mail it. Additional annotation tools (text, freeform drawing, highlights) provide quick and easy way of documenting of captures.
- FireTray 1.0.3 - [e-mail]: http://www.radicalsoft.com/ - Minimize Firefox to tray
- Fission 1.0.9 - {1280606b-2510-4fe0-97ef-9b5a22eafe41}: http://mozilla.zeniko.ch/fission.html - Μπάρα προόδου στην μπάρα διευθύνσεων (Στυλ Safari).
- FlashGot 1.1.9.6 - {19503e42-ca3c-4c27-b1e2-9cdb2170ee34}: http://flashgot.net - Δίνει την δυνατότητα λήψης μεμονωμένων ή μαζικών ("επιλογή" και "όλα") αρχείων χρησιμοποιώντας τους πιο γνωστούς διαχειριστές λήψης αρχείων για Windows, Mac OS X, Linux και FreeBSD (δεκάδες υποστηρίζονται αυτή τη στιγμή - περισσότερες πληροφορίες θα βρείτε στην ιστοσελίδα της επέκτασης). Το FlashGot προσφέρει επίσης λειτουργία δημιουργίας συλλογής (Gallery) που σας επιτρέπει την δημιουργία συλλογών πολυμέσων σε μια σελίδα από περιεχόμενα πολλών διαδοχικών σελίδων, για εύκολη λήψη "όλων".
- FoxLingo 2.4.1 - {ef62e1ce-d2a4-4cdd-b7ec-92b120366b66}: http://www.foxlingo.com/ - The Ultimate Language Tool!
- FoxTab 1.2 - {ef4e370e-d9f0-4e00-b93e-a4f274cfdd5a}: http://www.foxtab.com/ - Quickly locate and switch between tabs in 3D.
- Greek Spelling dictionary 0.8.3 - [e-mail]: http://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox%20Greek%20Spelling%20dictionary
- Greek-English Spelling dictionary 0.5.4 - [e-mail]: http://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox%20Greek-English%20Spelling%20dictionary
- HighlightAll 1.4 - {26FD1F83-A45B-4c74-AF5A-F2EE0EE4D691}: http://jgoudey.free.fr/highlightall/ - Highlights all occurrences of the selected text
- IE Tab 1.5.20090525 - {77b819fa-95ad-4f2c-ac7c-486b356188a9}: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/1419 - Enables you to use the embedded IE engine within Mozilla/Firefox.
- IE View 1.4.3 - {6e84150a-d526-41f1-a480-a67d3fed910d}: http://ieview.mozdev.org/ - Εμφανίζει σελίδες με τον IE μέσα από μενού του Firefox
- image fetcher 0.3.1 - [e-mail]: http://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox%20image%20fetcher - adds an button over an image to download it easily.
- Image Zoom 0.3.1 - {1A2D0EC4-75F5-4c91-89C4-3656F6E44B68}: http://imagezoom.yellowgorilla.net/ - Adds zoom functionality for images
- InFormEnter 0.5.5.5 - {5546F97E-11A5-46b0-9082-32AD74AAA920}: http://informenter.mozdev.org/ - Helper for form filling in semi-automatic mode.
- It's All Text! 1.3.1 - [e-mail]: http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/4125 - Edit text using your favorite editor!
- Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 1.1 - {20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b}: http://www.windowsclient.net/ - Παρέχει υποστήριξη για το ClickOnce και δυνατότητα δημιουργίας αναφορών για εγκατεστημένες εκδόσεις του .NET Framework στο διακομιστή web.
- MR Tech Toolkit 6.0.3.4 - {9669CC8F-B388-42FE-86F4-CB5E7F5A8BDC}: http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/ - Εργαλεία διαχείρισης τοπικών εγκαταστάσεων
- Multiple Tab Handler 0.3.2009062901 - [e-mail]: http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/_multipletab.html.en - Provides features to close (, reload, etc.) multiple tabs at once.
- Multiproxy Switch 1.30 - {BB080420-8088-F650-3D47-13799CCD6159}: http://multiproxyswitch.blogspot.com - MPS lets you switch local proxies in Firefox and Thunderbird, and do more.
- Nightly Tester Tools 2.0.2 - {8620c15f-30dc-4dba-a131-7c5d20cf4a29}: http://www.oxymoronical.com/web/firefox/nightly - Useful tools for the nightly tester.
- NoScript 1.9.5 - {73a6fe31-595d-460b-a920-fcc0f8843232}: http://noscript.net - Πρόσθετη προστασία για τον Firefox. Οι ειδικοί συμφωνούν: Το Noscript δίνει μεγαλύτερη ασφάλεια στον Firefox :-)
- OPIE 1.2.3 - [e-mail]: http://customsoftwareconsult.com/extensions - Import/Export extension preferences
- Organize Status Bar 0.6.3 - {35106bca-6c78-48c7-ac28-56df30b51d2c}: http://yellow5.us/firefox/osb/ - Organize your status bar icons.
- Password Exporter 1.1 - {B17C1C5A-04B1-11DB-9804-B622A1EF5492}: http://passwordexporter.fligtar.com - Export and import your saved passwords.
- PermaTabs Mod 1.9.2 - {20291fcc-1471-46c8-8213-0911f5ce6d66}: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/7816 - Create non-closable tabs that stick around between sessions
- Personal Menu 4.2.0 - [e-mail]: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/3895/ - Create your own menu and save more space.
- PlainOldFavorites 1.0.3 - {7E7165E2-0767-448c-852F-5FA8714F2C37}: http://www.iosart.com/firefox/plainoldfavorites/ - Use Internet Explorer Favorites directly from Firefox
- Print Preview 0.7.1.4 - {a1f99b9c-30d3-4848-a646-afd282011a72}: http://www.snide.com/freesoftware/ - Creates a Print Preview toolbar button and context menu item.
- QuickPageZoom 1.6.2 - {8FFE139B-90A7-4460-A972-9D2738997F6D}: http://es.geocities.com/jucarlosa/quickaddons/ - Adds two icons to the status bar and context menu items that enable quick access to the Full Page Zoom feature.
- ReminderFox 1.9.1 - {ada4b710-8346-4b82-8199-5de2b400a6ae}: http://reminderfox.mozdev.org - Displays and manages reminders and ToDo's
- removetabs 0.3.0 - {41a40cb1-aa9e-47c6-a207-66b9f5875870}: http://www.asukaze.net/soft/removetabs/ - Remove tabs on the left/right side of selected one.
- Save File to 1.3 - [e-mail]: http://savefileto.mozdev.org/ - Save files to user-defined folders and their sub-folders straight from context menu.
- Silvermel XT 0.1.0 - [e-mail]: http://www.silvermel.net - Extends Silvermel Styles
- Simple Mail 2.74 - [e-mail]: http://userlogos.org/extensions/simplemail - Mail client
- Splash 2.0.2 - [e-mail]: http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/ - Adds a splash screen. Supported in Firefox, Flock, Thunderbird, Sunbird, eMusic Remote, Songbird and Sunbird. (en-US)
- Tab Mix Plus 0.3.7.4pre.090516 - {dc572301-7619-498c-a57d-39143191b318}: http://tmp.garyr.net - Περιήγηση σε καρτέλες με πρόσθετη επιτάχυνση.
- Tab Scope 0.2.2.11 - [e-mail]: http://www.xuldev.org/tabscope/ - Preview and navigate tab contents through popup.
- Tiny Menu 1.4.10 - {d33c2f7c-b1e6-4d46-ab0e-be1f6d05c904}: http://trac.arantius.com/wiki/Extensions/TinyMenu - Αντικαταστήστε την αρχική εργαλειοθήκη μενού με ένα μικρό αναδυόμενο μενού.
- Toggle Private Browsing 1.8 - [e-mail]: http://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox%20Toggle%20Private%20Browsing - Toggle private browsing with a toolbar button, status bar button or toggle Firefox to always start in private browsing mode
- WindowsUpdate 1.1.11 - {35106bca-6c78-48c7-ac28-56df30b51d2b}: http://yellow5.us/firefox/windowsupdate/ - Προσθέτει την επιλογή Windows Update στο μενού εργαλείων του Firefox.
- WorldIP 1.1.6 - {f36c6cd1-da73-491d-b290-8fc9115bfa55}: http://www.wipmania.com/plugins/ - Show flag, country, IP address and HTTP server of the current page in the status bar.
- Yes popups 0.9.8b - [e-mail]: http://www.patheticcockroach.com/mpam4/index.php?p=64 - Temporarily disable popup blocking. Inspired by the Popups Must Die! extension. To toggle popups on/off, either click on the icon or press CTRL+SHIFT+Q.

Disabled Extensions: [3]
- Bookmark Duplicate Detector 0.7.5 - {ba243cb0-b824-4a26-9418-73ee795d9b9d}: http://bookmarkdd.mozdev.org/ - Detects Duplicate Bookmarks when bookmarks are added.
- DragNDrop Toolbars 0.0.0.7 - [e-mail]: http://www.c-est-simple.com/dndtb - Your toolbars become Drag'N Dropable !
- Hide My Ass! 1.2 - [e-mail]: http://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox%20Hide%20My%20Ass%21 - Simply click the icon located at the bottom right of your web browser to surf the current page you are viewing anonymously.

Extensions Summary: 64

Installed Themes: [2]
- Default - {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd}: http://www.mozilla.org/
- Silvermel 1.1.1 - [e-mail]: http://www.silvermel.net
Modified Charamel

Installed Add-Ons: (24)
- Adobe Acrobat: nppdf32.dll
 - Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape
- IE Tab Plug-in: npietab.dll
 - IE Tab Plug-in for Mozilla/Firefox
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U5: npjava11.dll
 - Java Plug-in 1.6.0_05 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U5: npjava12.dll
 - Java Plug-in 1.6.0_05 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U5: npjava13.dll
 - Java Plug-in 1.6.0_05 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U5: npjava14.dll
 - Java Plug-in 1.6.0_05 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U5: npjava32.dll
 - Java Plug-in 1.6.0_05 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U5: npoji610.dll
 - Java Plug-in 1.6.0_05 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
- Java(TM) Platform SE 6 U5: npjpi160_05.dll
 - Java Plug-in 1.6.0_05 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
- Microsoft® DRM: npdrmv2.dll
 - DRM Netscape Network Object
- Microsoft® DRM: npwmsdrm.dll
 - DRM Store Netscape Plugin
- Mozilla Default Plug-in: npnul32.dll
 - Default Plug-in
- Picasa: npPicasa3.dll
 - Picasa plugin
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.5.5: npqtplugin7.dll
 - The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the <A HREF=http://www.apple.com/quicktime/>QuickTime</A> Web site.
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.5.5: npqtplugin6.dll
 - The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the <A HREF=http://www.apple.com/quicktime/>QuickTime</A> Web site.
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.5.5: npqtplugin5.dll
 - The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the <A HREF=http://www.apple.com/quicktime/>QuickTime</A> Web site.
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.5.5: npqtplugin4.dll
 - The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the <A HREF=http://www.apple.com/quicktime/>QuickTime</A> Web site.
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.5.5: npqtplugin3.dll
 - The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the <A HREF=http://www.apple.com/quicktime/>QuickTime</A> Web site.
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.5.5: npqtplugin2.dll
 - The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the <A HREF=http://www.apple.com/quicktime/>QuickTime</A> Web site.
- QuickTime Plug-in 7.5.5: npqtplugin.dll
 - The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the <A HREF=http://www.apple.com/quicktime/>QuickTime</A> Web site.
- Shockwave Flash: NPSWF32.dll
 - Shockwave Flash 10.0 r22
- Silverlight Plug-In: npctrl.1.0.30716.0.dll
 - 2.0.40115.0
- Windows Media Player Plug-in Dynamic Link Library: npdsplay.dll
 - Npdsplay dll
- Windows Presentation Foundation: NPWPF.dll
 - Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers

Comment 1

[u88484]

What were these three that you tried with a new profile?  Did you try a different set a three?

Comment 2

[GEM]

1). Adblock Plus 1.0.2
2). All-in-One Sidebar 0.7.10
3). Tiny Menu 1.4.10
4). Silvermel 1.1.1 (Theme)

Tried also with the default theme as well as with other "initial" extensions but still with no success.

Please let me know if anything else is needed.

Comment 3

[u88484]

Ok, well if you can't reproduce reliably or tells of how to reproduce this reliably, then there is nothing we can do.  Actually not really anything we can do anyways since this was caused by extensions.

Comment 4

[GEM]

You've asked about a reliable Error re-production procedure. I gave you all the necessary data to do so. 
Anyway, here is how I've managed to re-produce the problem:
Using Another Laptop (Win-XP SP3) which had already installed Firefox 3.0.11 (Greek Locale) and more or less with the same extensions body installed, procceded with the Firefox build in procedure regarding the updates. As excpected, the procedure turned out with the upgrade to Firefox 3.5. I completed the upgrade following all the provided instructions and finally I had Firefox 3.5 but unable to manually update extensions & themes anymore !!. Please note that the old Firefox 3.0.11 worked with full success !! The only way one could override the Error is to Uninstall All the extensions & themes leaving just the default one !! I don't know if it's originally caused by an extension or not, but Firefox 3.5 seems to be unable to handle it !!  I'm pretty sure that's it's a Firefox 3.5 Bug !!
So, if you really want to re-produce the problem, I suggest the following steps:
1). Make a Firefox 3.0.11 installation
2). Install a few of the mentioned extensions & themes (even 3-5 are enough)
3). Check the manually upgrade procedure regarding extensions & themes (should report No Error).
4). Using the build in procedure of Firefox, upgrade to Firefox 3.5
5). Check if you're able to manually update the extensions or themes under Fx 3.5

Comment 5

[GEM]

Another test of mine which points that it's a Firefox 3.5 Upgrade problem from Firefox 3.0.11 is the following:
Tried to disable one by one all my installed extensions (& themes) leaving just one.
After the Fx restart, manually extensions upgrade check failed again !!. Tried the above for more than 10 times having each time another extension active (just to make sure that I wasn't too lucky using the first extension...) but still the same behavior !!.
The only way that the manually extensions upgrade check won't failed is when i start Firefox in Safe mode. Although Safe mode claims that the extensions are deactivated, it's certainly not the same when one deactivates them in Normal mode !!
Any suggestion ?

Comment 6

[GEM]

Is anyone over that bug or I'm waisting my time ?
Please place a post in order to know that there's hope...

Comment 7

[u88484]

Like I said earlier, "Actually not really anything we can do anyways since this was caused by extensions."  This bug is INVALID since you can only reproduce with those extensions.  You need to get in touch with those extension authors, let them know what is happening and then get them to fix it.  There is nothing in the Firefox code that needs changing here and that is why this is INVALID.

Comment 8

[GEM]

Did you read my comment #5 ?
Please propose me any extension you're sure it's ok. I'll remove all my installed extensions and I'll try the one suggested by you. I'm pretty sure it will appear again (I'm so certain because I've already done it !!)