In Mozilla Firefox, you install extensions, themes using its Add-ons Manager which can be accessed using "Tools -> Add-ons" option in menubar.
The first tab in Add-ons manager window is "Get Add-ons" which suggests new add-ons list which you can install in your browser.
This tutorial will teach you how to disable this tab. You can use this tutorial to hide this tab from add-ons window.
So here we start the tutorial:
1. Open firefox and type about:config in the addressbar and press Enter. It’ll confirm, click on I’ll be careful, I promise! button.
2. Now type showpane in the Filter box. It'll show a single entry "extensions.getAddons.showPane" in the result box.
3. Either double-click on this entry or right-click on it and select "Toggle". It'll set its value to "False".
4. That's it. You have done. Now again open "Tools -> Add-ons" and the "Get Add-ons" tab will not be visible any more.
NOTE: If the "Get Add-ons" tab is already hidden in your browser and you want to get it back, then follow the same tutorial and set the value to "true" in step 3.
This article was posted by VG in following section: Mozilla Firefox.
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Omi Azad
The question is why we need to use this. :(
VG
^^ Actually it finds the extensions list on mozilla site, thus spending your bandwidth if you are on limited net connection. So its better to disable this function if you don't need it. :)
Also sometimes this tab is automatically disabled, so this tutorial can also be used to get it back as I mentioned at last.
Venkatesh
hi vishal, i don't know if this question can be raised in this space.. but i do have a problem and need your help in solving it. .
my computer(p4, 128 mb ram, 1.8 ghz speed...been using this for almost 5 years now) is restarting, after even a few minutes of working on it. i had a problem with my smps and got it replaced. and it worked fine for a while (at least a week). Now this new problem... can u help me solve this problem...
VG
^^ It might be a hardware problem. Ask your hardware guy to check it.
Nighted
Hey, that's a great tip but not what I was looking for.
I've tried searching but may be using the wrong terms. When installing or updating add-ons, the add-ons manager shows everytime when starting Firefox.
I really want to disable this very annoying feature. Does anyone know how to do this? Thanks!
shrapnel09
I'm with Nighted. I'm looking for a way to disable the Add-Ons window from popping up when Firefox starts everytime after an add-on is installed or updates. Anybody have a solution?
Tyler
Moxilla is working on a better way to notify the use of when an addon is installed.
mozilla
But how do we hide the 'Updates' tab after it finds an update, but we choose not to update it?
Siddhartha Dugar
Any clue how to do this in Firefox 4?
VG
^^ It no longer works in 4.0.