I use Chris Pederick’s Web Developer toolbar (FireFox addon) all the time, it’s a must for any designer/developer looking to debug HTML/CSS. However it suddenly disappeared after I updated Firefox to 3.0.6 and Skype to version 4.0.0.206.
After frantically hunting for a solution I finally found out what the problem was. Skype naughtily installs a FireFox addon which appears to be uncompatible with the Web Developer toolbar for some bizarre reason.
Simply going to Tools » Addons in FireFox and disable or uninstall the Skype extension for Firefox 2.2.0.102 and viola, your toolbar is back in place!
Fantastic – Thank you – worked perfect – I got to ask how in the heck did you figure that out?
brad
Hey Brad, glad it helped you out! I got stuck for at least 10 minutes before I figured it out. I went through my list of addons to see if there were any conflicts and noticed the Skype addon which I didn’t physically add myself, uninstalled it and breathed a sigh of relief when my toolbar came back!
Thank you very much. I was also facing this problem. I got the solution from you.
No problem!
For me it was the WASP firefox addon that was in conflict with the Web Developer toolbar.
I disabled every other add on and no fix happened. You should they don’t have to be uninstalled?
Thanks it also worked for my TwitterFox AddOn.
Nice find man – that had been bugging me :)
many thanks for this :)
Thanks Craig. I was like, What tha’! Glad I found your fix. Worked great!
Thanks a lot Craig!!! I was really upset without my beloved WebDevelper bar :)
Thanks heaps, I am so glad to have found this fix!
Thanks. Yours was the first to come up in google. It was very upsetting this morning trying to work on a design and find my toolbar missing. I tried enabling and disabling and was at a loss as to why it would not show up on the toolbars menu. It’s amazing you traced it to the Skype extension, which I find annoying anyway.
No problem guys, I freaked out as much when it disappeared! Just glad that this post has helped so many! :)
Thanks Craig for the info, you are a genius
Happy days…. This has been driving me crazy… I must have reinstalled the plugin about a million times.. updated firefox.. uninstalled firefox….
Thanks skype.. : (
Thanks for the fix…. Much appreciated…
Thanks mate! One whole month of pain sorted!!!
Much appreciated…
Phew! finally after months my Web Dev add-on not working its finally on. Skype sucks.
I had the same issue, but uninstalling Skype didn’t completely fix it for me. I used DerrickE solution @ http://chrispederick.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=2238 (customizing the toolbar and restoring the default set) and my beloved toolbar is back. Thanks for the tip!
Yes, like Ryan said… “one month of pain”, although in my case is probably more than a month…
Another fix I found while searching on google is to right-click on Web Developer toolbar and go to “Customize”… once you’re in, just click on the “Restore Default Set” button… and voila!
I have also uninstalled Skype Extension just to make sure… I had it disabled anyway…
Cheers,
Alex Mos
Dear thanks for providing this solution, it simply worked great.
Thanks for your post. It is very helpful :)
Hey… I had the same problem… it was a problem with ThinkVantage password manager, I uninstalled that software from my machine but the addon was still there making noise… just disabled it and presto…
It didn’t work for me – I have googled this and tried all the solutions I have found posted. I absolutely can’t work efficiently without my web dev add-on!!!! :(
Thank you, thank you, thank you – I blew about a month on this one until it bugged me so bad I googled it – I needed to restore default set on the toolbar too – but man – I am so happy. Thank you
Favicon Picker 3 was causing the problem for me. I uninstalled it and, viola, the Web Developer Toolbar was back.
For me the problem was Microsoft .Net Framework Assistant that I disabled as it can’t be uninstalled.
Thank you! Solved my problem! :-)
Jetpack for me, thanks for the nudge in the right direction though!
Same here – WD seems to be incompatible with “Facebook add a diskile button” AddOn …
Great thanks – mine was the .net addon – disabled and the toolbar is back!
Hi!
Firefox 3.6.6. It seems that neither Skype, nor Microsoft’s addon. Web Developer toolbar disappeared :( Fortunately can access options thru menu.
thanks… this post solved my problem.
Thanks, Skype was not the problem in 2011.. hell knows which add-on destroyed Web Developer toolbar – had to uninstall almost all of them..