Plugin displayed by clicking 'Tools - Add-ons - Plugins' is NOT displayed in the about:plugins page.
I am attempting to "Manually uninstall a plugin", per the instructions on the "Troubleshooting plugins" page. The plugin in question is displayed in the plugins list obtained by clicking 'Tools - Add-ons - Plugins'. However, it is NOT displayed in the about:plugins page, so I can't execute the rest of the steps given. How do I uninstall a plugin under these circumstances?
This happened
Not sure how often
== I found an unwanted plugin installed in my Firefox.
Alle svar (2)
Disabled plugins are shown NOT in about:plugins. If you look at Tools > Add-ons > Plugins and the particular plugin shows an "Enable" button, then it is disabled. You will need to enable the plugin and restart Firefox to get the path information if that is what you are seeking. See the following quote from: http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:plugins
Note: Starting in Firefox 3 and SeaMonkey 2, disabling a plugin via "Tools -> Add-ons (or Add-on Manager) -> Plugins" will remove it from the about:plugins list; re-enabling a disabled plugin will add it back to the list.
Other Issues: ~~red:You have installed plug-ins with known security issues. You should update them immediately.~~
Install/Update Adobe Flash Player for Firefox (aka Shockwave Flash): your ver. 10.0 r22; current ver. 10.1 r53 (important security update 2010-06-10; see: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-14.html) ~~red:Check your version here~~: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/ See: Updating Flash -use Firefox to download and SAVE to your hard drive (save to Desktop for easy access) -exit Firefox (File > Exit) -In Windows, check to see that Firefox is completely closed (Ctrl+Alt+Del, choose Task Manager, click Processes tab, if "firefox.exe" is on the list, right-click "firefox.exe" and choose End process, close the Task Manager window) -In Windows, double-click on the Adobe Flash installer you just downloaded to install/update Adobe Flash -when the Flash installation is complete, start Firefox, and test the Flash installation here: http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=tn_15507&sliceId=1
- NOTE: On Vista and Windows 7 you may need to run the plugin installer as Administrator by starting the installer via the right-click context menu if you do not get an UAC prompt to ask for permission to continue (i.e nothing seems to happen). See this: http://vistasupport.mvps.org/run_as_administrator.htm
- NOTE for IE: Firefox and most other browsers use a Plugin. IE uses an ActiveX version of Flash. To install/update the IE ActiveX Adobe Flash Player, same instructions as above, except use IE to download the ActiveX Flash installer. See: ActiveX
- Also see: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash ~~red:AND~~ How do I edit options to add Adobe to the list of allowed sites
Thanks TXGuy,
With a little guesswork, I found and uninstalled the plugin. (There aren't that many places a plugin would be installed.) I think you were probably right though. The plugin was disabled, so that's why I didn't find it. I'll remember this for next time.