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Why can't I ise the Google tool bar with Firefox 5?

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I upgraded to Firefox 5 but lost my Google Tool Bar. It says it is not compatible with Firefox 5..... Why not and will it be soon?

I upgraded to Firefox 5 but lost my Google Tool Bar. It says it is not compatible with Firefox 5..... Why not and will it be soon?

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Google needs to test their toolbar with Firefox 5 and change one little item in their code to make it compatible with Firefox 5.

Many users have gotten Google's toolbar to work with Firefox 5 by installing the following Add-on. Add-on Compatibility Reporter adds a "Compatibility" button to Add-ons > Extensions and forces compatibility of Add-ons.




You need to update the following. The Plugin version(s) shown below was/were submitted with your question and is/are out of date. You should update to avoid known security issues with the version(s) you have installed. Click on "More system info..." to the right of your question to see what was included with your question.

  • Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_24 for Mozilla browsers
  1. Check your plugin versions on either of the following links':
  2. Update the Java plugin to the latest version.

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