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I stopped the plug-in and now I can't do anything on Firefox?

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I was on youtube and got a pop up saying that my plug-in stopped and I could continue or stop the plug-in. I clicked "stop plug-in" and now when I open Firefox, it does not let me type anything into the web browser or click on anything. Nothing is opening. How do I fix this? What happened?

I was on youtube and got a pop up saying that my plug-in stopped and I could continue or stop the plug-in. I clicked "stop plug-in" and now when I open Firefox, it does not let me type anything into the web browser or click on anything. Nothing is opening. How do I fix this? What happened?

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hello Sarahsmuse, please try to press the shift-key while you're launching firefox and reset the browser (this will keep your bookmarks and passwords).

Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings

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Hello

Change a Firefox setting to turn these plugins back on

  1. In the Location bar, type about:config and press Enter.
  • The about:config "This might void your warranty!" warning page may appear. Click I'll be careful, I promise! to continue to the about:config page.
  1. Search for plugins.load_appdir_plugins
  2. Double-click plugins.load_appdir_plugins to change its value to true.
  3. At the top of the Firefox window, click on the File menu and select Quit . When you restart Firefox the plugins will be enabled.


Please Reply Back to us and let us know if it worked for you or not.

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I can't type in anything in the location bar. It won't let me

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hello Sarahsmuse, please try to press the shift-key while you're launching firefox and reset the browser (this will keep your bookmarks and passwords).

Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings