I've been suffering this problem, and had problems with other extensions too (Xmarks and Web Developer).
This morning my computer did a lengthy Windows Update. Shortly after that Firefox popped up a message to say that two Windows Add-ons were considered likely to interfere with other add-ons, did I want them disabled. You bet I did ! So I accepted. Firefox restarted, and all my extensions have been OK since. (Fingers crossed). The two miscreants are Plug-ins: Windows Presentation Foundation (which you can disable) and another called something like 'Windows .NET helper', which I can't actually find, so perhaps FF uninstalled it. Firebug is now visible, and can be launched and run (though I've not tested exhaustively). I suggest anyone with a similar problem should disable the 'Windows Presentation Foundation' plug-in, and see what happens from there. Good Luck, Tim Dawson On Oct 17, 1:25 am, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > I really don't think you should be deleting files in the profile. At > most you should create a new profile, but others report that in this > case it does not help. > > I think the best course of action is to look in to Firefox Support. > > Let us know. > jjb > > On Oct 16, 5:07 pm, CarynG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Nora, appreciate the update and counsel. > > > Here's my issue: I'm not an inexperienced computer user and I can't > > find an extensions folder - nor can I find those extensions.* files > > people have said to delete. Something is very strange. Do you happen > > to have a path to this folder? I noticed today that Delicious isn't > > working either (same issues). > > > Many thanks! > > > Caryn > > > On Oct 16, 8:18 am, Cassiopeia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I should also add that this is occuring with other extensions too, not > > > just Firebug. It appears to be an issue with Firefox v. 3.5.3. > > > > Nora > > > > On Oct 16, 10:05 am, Cassiopeia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > You will need to install it by hand. Follow the instructions in the > > > > link below. It's #4. It worked for me. > > > > >http://osdir.com/ml/firebug/2009-09/msg00087.html > > > > > Nora > > > > > On Oct 15, 7:29 pm, CarynG <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Noah, have you gotten this resolved. My issue is identical and > > > > > installing a new profile didn't help. Thanks! > > > > > > On Oct 8, 1:04 pm, noahpke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Tim, > > > > > > > Your note about the extension files has helped shed some light. But > > > > > > still no FB. > > > > > > > Here is what I did. > > > > > > > Closed FF. > > > > > > Deleted extensions.* from my profile directory. > > > > > > Opened FF > > > > > > Went to getfirebug.com and clicked install > > > > > > Went through install process. > > > > > > Clicked restart FF after install > > > > > > FF restarted > > > > > > No FB. > > > > > > > Here is the extension log file. > > > > > > > 2009-10-08 12:56:03 - safeInstallOperation: install operation > > > > > > (caller- > > > > > > supplied callback) failed, rolling back file moves and aborting > > > > > > installation. > > > > > > 2009-10-08 12:56:03 - safeInstallOperation: failed to remove the > > > > > > folder we failed to install an item into: > > > > > > C:\Users\Noah\AppData\Roaming > > > > > > \Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\9e5ekmtl.default\extensions > > > > > > \[email protected] -- There is not much to suggest > > > > > > here... maybe restart and try again? > > > > > > 2009-10-08 12:56:03 - ExtensionManager:_finishOperations - failure, > > > > > > catching exception - lineno: 565 - file: undefined - [Exception... > > > > > > "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) > > > > > > [nsIFile.remove]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" > > > > > > location: "JS frame :: > > > > > > file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/components/nsExtensionManager. > > > > > > js > > > > > > :: removeDirRecursive :: line 565" data: no] > > > > > > 2009-10-08 12:56:06 - safeInstallOperation: install operation > > > > > > (caller- > > > > > > supplied callback) failed, rolling back file moves and aborting > > > > > > installation. > > > > > > 2009-10-08 12:56:06 - ExtensionManager:_finishOperations - failure, > > > > > > catching exception - lineno: 1658 - file: undefined - [Exception... > > > > > > "Component returned failure code: 0x80520015 > > > > > > (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED) [nsIZipReader.extract]" nsresult: > > > > > > "0x80520015 (NS_ERROR_FILE_ACCESS_DENIED)" location: "JS frame :: > > > > > > file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/components/nsExtensionManager. > > > > > > js > > > > > > :: extractExtensionFiles :: line 1658" data: no] > > > > > > 2009-10-08 12:56:07 - ExtensionManager:_finishOperations - failure, > > > > > > catching exception - lineno: 4987 - file: > > > > > > file:///C:/Program%20Files/Mozilla%20Firefox/components/nsExtensionManager. > > > > > > js > > > > > > - TypeError: entries[i] is null > > > > > > > I have three other extensions installed. Google TB, Selenium, .Net > > > > > > Framework Assistant. I had Alexa Sparky installed. After I deleted > > > > > > extensions.* the first time it said it was not compatible with FF > > > > > > 3.5.3 (although it was working previously). > > > > > > > And for Vista users the profile directory is here: > > > > > > > C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\ > > > > > > [profileid].default\ > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > -Noah --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
