If you Firefox web browser gets stuck after the installation of a Firefox extension, read ahead to know what to do
There are various measures available on the internet that educate the end user of the Firefox web browsing software application and enable them to solve the problems resulting from the installation of an errant Firefox extension on their computer. If any end user discovers that the functioning of the Firefox web browsing software application had changed for the bad after the installation of a particular Firefox extension or a particular Firefox theme, the best option available to the end users was to do uninstall that particular Firefox extension or that particular Firefox theme.
If the Firefox web browsing software applications starts despite the errant Firefox extension or Firefox theme, the whole process of getting the Firefox web browser software application back on track was very simple. The problem becomes complicated only when the Firefox web browsing software applications refuses to load. If the Firefox web browsing software application does not load despite repeated attempts by the end user, it becomes difficult for the end user to disable the newly installed Firefox extension or Firefox theme.
The add-on manager as found in Mozilla Firefox version 2.0 and the extension manager as found in versions before Firefox version 2.0 functions only from within the web browser. The Firefox add- on manager does not function independently of the Firefox web browser. That is to say, if the Firefox web browser does not load, the end user cannot activate the add-on manager to uninstall or disable the errant Firefox extension or Firefox extensions. This scenario leads to a vicious cycle where the functioning of the Firefox web browser can be normalized by uninstalling the Firefox extension and the Firefox extension can be uninstalled only after the function of the Firefox web browser becomes normal.
To break this vicious cycle, the only option available within the end user of the Firefox web browser is to start the Firefox web browser in the safe mode. In the safe mode, the Firefox web browser loads without any Firefox extension or Firefox themes. Once you load the Firefox web browser in the safe mode, all you have to do is to open the add-on manager and uninstall the newly installed Firefox extension. Once this is done, the Firefox web browsing software application should load normally as it always did. If the Firefox web browsing software applications does not load despite the newly installed Firefox extensions or themes being disabled, it is obvious that the changes made by a particular Firefox extension has caused long term and permanent changes in the configuration of the Firefox web browser.
In such a scenario, it is best to load the Firefox web browser in the safe mode again and disable all installed Firefox extensions and Firefox themes. Once all external additions to the Firefox web browser has been removed, loading the Firefox web browser in the normal mode should not be very difficult.Most of the end users will not be ready to uninstall all the Firefox extensions installed on the computer. However, there is absolutely no point in seeking to keep the Firefox extensions safe at the cost of rendering the Firefox web browser defective.
Since all Firefox extensions are available for free on the internet, the process of reinstalling the Firefox extension is not as problematic as it seems. Once the Firefox extensions have been uninstalled and the operation of the Firefox web browser has been restored to normal, the end user can always log on to the internet and download the Firefox extensions that had been installed on the computer. The Firefox web browsing software application user can continue using the web browser with all the extensions installed in it.
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