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Wo archive tread sia. Meɖekuku bia biabia yeye ne ehia kpeɖeŋu.

why is it ok to have addons that can not be removed in firefox? (in my opinion it is not...:-))

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wj.vandenbrink
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Trying to deactivate a skype-extension/addon i was confronted with the fact that it could only be deactivated, not removed. That created frustration and waisted my time by the fact that i had to find out how to remove it anyway, outside of firefox (removing it totally from my computer, while i wanted i out of firefox)

Trying to deactivate a skype-extension/addon i was confronted with the fact that it could only be deactivated, not removed. That created frustration and waisted my time by the fact that i had to find out how to remove it anyway, outside of firefox (removing it totally from my computer, while i wanted i out of firefox)

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the-edmeister
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That's a Windows SOP for programs like Skype to provide add-ons for Firefox; most of the time those add-ons aren't actually "inside" Firefox, but remain with the "program files" for the program that installed it. The disable /enable or remove features are many times controlled by the program that installed the add-on; but a few do allow the disable / enable feature in Firefox to appear and be operational.