How do I re-enabled an extremely important add on that was disabled by a Firefox version upgrade?
I had the two factor authenticator add-on installed in Firefox and a version update disabled that add-on. This add-on has CRITICAL information stored in it. How do I re-enable this add-on while retaining the data in the add-on? It would be nice to have a warning before a new version installed that it was going to do something like this...
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-firefox-latest-version?cache=no Did you update Firefox to the latest version 66.0.4 May 5, 2019 Fixes add-on certificate issue. 66.0.5 May 7, 2019 Further improvements to re-enable web extensions
67.0 May 21, 2019 67.0.1 June 4, 2019
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Hi MichaelAnd, are you saying that an update to Firefox disabled the extension, or an update to the extension made it incompatible with your old version of Firefox?
What is the wording of the message on the Add-ons page explaining why the extension is disabled?
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-firefox-latest-version?cache=no Did you update Firefox to the latest version 66.0.4 May 5, 2019 Fixes add-on certificate issue. 66.0.5 May 7, 2019 Further improvements to re-enable web extensions
67.0 May 21, 2019 67.0.1 June 4, 2019
Sorry, a Firefox update disabled the add on. I clicked to update the add on and that failed. Now I just have a message that reads "Two Factor Authenticator could not be verified for use and has been disabled." I tried changing the setting in about:config, but not sure if I need a different version of FF for that to work, or if I need to restart the browser first (I have a lot of tabs open currently).
I'm on version 65, so I will update and try this now. Thanks.
FredMcD said
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/update-firefox-latest-version?cache=no Did you update Firefox to the latest version 66.0.4 May 5, 2019 Fixes add-on certificate issue. 66.0.5 May 7, 2019 Further improvements to re-enable web extensions 67.0 May 21, 2019 67.0.1 June 4, 2019
Updating fixed it, you guys rock! Thanks very much to both of you for your quick support! I don't even get support this good from paid software vendors.
Hello MichaelAnd,
Would you be so kind as to mark FredMcD's post as Chosen Solution ? ("Solved the Problem" button to the right of his post)
Thank you in advance !
Done. Thanks!
McCoy said
Hello MichaelAnd, Would you be so kind as to mark FredMcD's post as Chosen Solution ? ("Solved the Problem" button to the right of his post) Thank you in advance !
Glad to help. Safe Surfing.