Can't uninstall add-on from Firefox

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    Will

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    I downloaded the Facebook toolbar for Firefox thinking it'd be useful but it's more annoying than anything so I wanted to get rid of it.

    But it won't uninstall. I can disable it, but I can't uninstall it.

    Anyone know how I can get rid of the stupid thing?
     
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    Neil

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    Try doing it via add/remove programs, it might have been it's own windows install.
     
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    Will

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    I couldn't uninstall the add-on at all and I had to resort to uninstalling Firefox as a whole. The worst part is every time I reinstalled Firefox all the add-ons were still there. So I had to scour my hard drive for every trace of Firefox to get rid of the entire thing so I could start fresh. Needless to say I'm kind of mad about that.
     
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    Tomi

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    Should have checked your profile folder, and removed all traces of the extension in there.
     
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    Will

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    I didn't know it worked in this manner until after I'd uninstalled it. After I'd uninstalled Firefox I didn't know which "plugin" was the Facebook toolbar. So you can see the problem.

    It's solved now anyway.
     
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    erasethepain

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    id like to uninstall download helper so if anyone knows how let me know.
     

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