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Make links of firefox addons?

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Zippydsmlee
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Its not really a migration question but can be helpful to those who wish to mange their stuff without the use of other people's computers(the cloud).

I would like to turn all my addons into a text or html file of links or names. Why? The addons are going wonky again a few folders seem to be walmare but not reporting to be malware, its a huge pita to , manually write down each one. Basically, I need to nuke my install and reinstall it all fresh then reinstall all my addons. This is no easy feat when you use 20+ addons. And yes this seems to happen regularly after a couple of years.

Another question, If I sync'd just the addons would it let give me the addons fresh from the file repository without anything extra folders/files or will it just save my current addon folder corrupt files and all?

Also if I just synced addons it won't mess with my bookmarks or settings, will it?

Its not really a migration question but can be helpful to those who wish to mange their stuff without the use of other people's computers(the cloud). I would like to turn all my addons into a text or html file of links or names. Why? The addons are going wonky again a few folders seem to be walmare but not reporting to be malware, its a huge pita to , manually write down each one. Basically, I need to nuke my install and reinstall it all fresh then reinstall all my addons. This is no easy feat when you use 20+ addons. And yes this seems to happen regularly after a couple of years. Another question, If I sync'd just the addons would it let give me the addons fresh from the file repository without anything extra folders/files or will it just save my current addon folder corrupt files and all? Also if I just synced addons it won't mess with my bookmarks or settings, will it?

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FredMcD
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When I find an add-on that I like, I always copy the link to its webpage to a folder on my system.

As to what add-ons you now have; Type about:support in the address box and press Enter. Under the main banner, press the button; Copy Text To Clipboard..

Now Copy this to a text file. Part of the report will be what add-ons are installed.