Why does Firefox 48 keep losing my passwords?
Every couple of days, all of my passwords are wiped out. I have to keep going to my Password Exporter app to restore them. I am using Firefox 48 with Win 8.1 This has been happening for about 2 months.
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Keeping backups is a great idea for such losses.
We have, now and then, had password issues in the past. I myself have lost passwords several times.
No real cause was found, but it might be an add-on.
Type about:support in the address bar and press Enter. Under the main banner, press the button; Copy Text To Clipboard.. Then in the reply box at the bottom of this page, do a right click in the box and select Paste. This will show us your system details. No Personal Information Is Collected.
There is nothing to place in a clipboard. There are no messages to tell me my passwords are no longer available. I only know it because when I log onto a site, the name and passwords do not appear.
The above lets me look at your system details. Not your passwords.
Application Basics
Name: Firefox Version: 47.0.1 Build ID: 20160623154057 Update Channel: release User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.3; WOW64; rv:47.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/47.0 OS: Windows_NT 6.3 x86 Multiprocess Windows: 0/2 (Disabled by add-ons) Safe Mode: false
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Name: Firefox Hello Version: 3.0.0 Enabled: true ID: loop@mozilla.org
Name: Multi-process staged rollout Version: 1.0 Enabled: true ID: e10srollout@mozilla.org
Name: New Tab Override (browser.newtab.url replacement) Version: 4.0.1 Enabled: true ID: newtaboverride@agenedia.com
Name: Password Exporter Version: 1.3.2 Enabled: true ID: {B17C1C5A-04B1-11DB-9804-B622A1EF5492}
Name: Pocket Version: 1.0.2 Enabled: true ID: firefox@getpocket.com
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Name: TinEye Reverse Image Search Version: 1.2.2 Enabled: true ID: tineye@ideeinc.com
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JavaScript
Incremental GC: true
Accessibility
Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0
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NSS Expected minimum version: 3.23 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.23 Basic ECC
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Experimental Features
Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox.
A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).
Is the problem still there?
Start your Computer in safe mode with networking. Then start Firefox. Try Safe websites. Is the problem still there?