Every time I start Firefox it repeats the add-on compatibility check
I understand the need to check compatibility with newer versions of Firefox. But in my installation (FF4) , it performs this check EVERY time I start up Firefox, and - as the message says - it takes several minutes.
After this check, everything works fine, inclusive all my plug-ins
Previous versions did not have this problem.
I tried already setting all copmpatibility settings to false: extensions.checkCompatibility.4.0 false
and so on
Is anything else casuing this check at startup of Firefox?
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Make sure that you do not use that profile folder with other Firefox versions.
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Modified by mikeclark
Use the advanced config editor (about:config), look for plugins.update.notifyuser and double-click it to set it to FALSE.
Modified by David Spalding
Thank you for this suggestion; however, this setting was already set to false, and nevertheless the check is started avery time I start Firefox
That check can be caused by the presence of outdated plugin or by some specific plugin like the The "MetaStream 3 Plugin r4" plugin.
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i had this problem too. in your C:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\yourprofilename directory you will find a file called "user.js". i had upgraded from firefox 6.0.1 to 6.0.2, but for some reason this file did not get updated properly. using notepad i edited this file and changed all references to 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 instead (change your version number as appropriate of course). that fixed the problem for me.
Thanks to Cor-el posting. I follow the link and read the information provided in the Preferences Not Saved page. In my case I found that the users.js was locking certain preferences. I follow the instructions and proceed to delete the users.js file in my Firefox profile directory. I re-launched firefox and the add-on compatibility check did not repeat again.