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Firefox 4 fails to install any add-ons. After they are downloaded the 'installing' bar gets stuck in the beginning and never finishes.

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bucozar
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Firefox 4 fails to install any add-ons. After they are downloaded the 'installing' bar gets stuck in the beginning and never finishes. After I updated from 3.6, FF4 sees none of my previous add-ons. When trying to install new ones I see no error dialog or message, the installing bar just doesn't go anywhere.

Firefox 4 fails to install any add-ons. After they are downloaded the 'installing' bar gets stuck in the beginning and never finishes. After I updated from 3.6, FF4 sees none of my previous add-ons. When trying to install new ones I see no error dialog or message, the installing bar just doesn't go anywhere.

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To anyone out there still with this issue, The fix that worked for me was to create a new user profile. Give it a try, if it works you can just move your settings and stuff over. Oli

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To anyone out there still with this issue, The fix that worked for me was to create a new user profile. Give it a try, if it works you can just move your settings and stuff over. Oli

bucozar
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Thank you for this olirav - I can finally ditch ff 3.6 and start using ff4 ! Feel stupid now for not trying to create a new profile myself :)

For anyone else creating a new profile; here are instructions to create a new profile and how to keep your passwords, bookmarks, filled forms etc:

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing%20profiles

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering%20important%20data%20from%20an%20old%20profile

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