Modules Wont Load In Bo

[mikecheung]

Problem:

I am having a problem in which recently my modules wont load in the BO. The header and footer of the BO loads fine.

 

Culprit:

I have searched for a solution all day yesterday and after doing a couple of reinstalling of Prestashop 1.5.3.1, I found that the culprit lies in a xml file that the platform creates located at:

 

config/xml/must_have_modules_list.xml (2.7mb)

 

Without this file, the modules load just fine. The problem is everytime i delete it, it gets created again.

 

Question:

My question is, what is this file used for? Why is it causing this problem and How do I fix or prevent this file from being created?

 

Your assistance will be greatly appreciated.

[mikecheung]

Just in case someone else faces the same problem, I found a quick fix for now, I opened up the xml file, deleted everything in it and saved the file.

[realayumi]

Just in case someone else faces the same problem, I found a quick fix for now, I opened up the xml file, deleted everything in it and saved the file.

 

I tried and doest not work.

[vekia]

this file is downloaded from prestashop server to display advertises on your back office modules list.

 

in tools.php file located in your /classes/ directory change this function: addonsRequest($request, $params = array()) to:

	public static function addonsRequest($request, $params = array())
	{
		return false;
	}

effect:

no more adverts on modules list. now you can remove this xml file.