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Private Browsing deleted download files when I closed the window??

It's not that they are not in my Firefox downloads manager, which I expected. It's that I confirmed before closing my private browsing window that they were in my Downloa… (read more)

It's not that they are not in my Firefox downloads manager, which I expected. It's that I confirmed before closing my private browsing window that they were in my Downloads folder on my C drive, and when I went back after closing the private browsing window they were gone. Under "recent files" in my file browser it showed a couple of the most recent downloads and when I tried to click to open them it said they had been moved or deleted. Entering the first couple words of the file titles in the search bar in my file browser yields absolutely nothing.

This was over 30 files or so. It will be really irritating to try to find and download all of them again. Does anyone know of any way for me to get them back???

Asked by 13m47 3 weeks ago

Last reply by Sondra Kinsey 1 week ago

Sync / Recover History from Profile

An errant setting on my backup program wrecked havoc on my FF profile. I have a backup from two weeks ago which I can go back to, but I'm trying to figure out how to get … (read more)

An errant setting on my backup program wrecked havoc on my FF profile. I have a backup from two weeks ago which I can go back to, but I'm trying to figure out how to get my browsing history from the past two weeks over to the restored profile.

Some options I thought about: and for clarity, the newer but bad profile is still loadable, I've mainly lost all my extension settings and stored data

  • Is there any tool that would sync the entries from the newer/bad profile to the older/good profile?
  • If I restore the older/good profile, would FF Sync just add back in the newer entries -- which presumably it has saved in it's system over the past two weeks?
  • I believe the places.sqlite" file from the newer/bad profile is still intact. Should I just copy that to the older/bad profile?

Asked by CWeinhofer 3 weeks ago

Last reply by CWeinhofer 1 week ago

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Printer Default

Hi Win10 PC fully up to date. Changed my printer from a Xerox to an HP laser. In the control panel, set the HP as the default printer. MS Office prints on the HP without … (read more)

Hi Win10 PC fully up to date. Changed my printer from a Xerox to an HP laser. In the control panel, set the HP as the default printer. MS Office prints on the HP without prompting. Firefox (134.0.2) always defaults to the Xerox. The HP is available in the drop down box. Restarting the PC or reloading Firefox makes no difference, Firefox always defaults to the (non existent) Xerox. MS Edge defaults to the HP. Any ideas? Regards - Andrew

Asked by Andrew 2 weeks ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 2 weeks ago

How to Automatically Trigger PDF Printing in Firefox?

In previous versions of Firefox (up to version 133), it was possible to automatically trigger printing of a PDF file by loading it into an iframe from a sandboxed iframe … (read more)

In previous versions of Firefox (up to version 133), it was possible to automatically trigger printing of a PDF file by loading it into an iframe from a sandboxed iframe and call print. However, starting with version 134, this no longer works.

Is there any other way to automatically trigger the print dialog for a PDF file in Firefox, similar to how it can be done in Chrome/Edge (e.g., by opening the PDF in a new window and directly triggering the print dialog without additional button clicks)?

Asked by yuliiashurekop 3 weeks ago

Last reply by TyDraniu 1 week ago

"This time search with" adding a youtube option while on a youtube page in firefox search bar

Hello, I am hoping someone can kindly guide me about search bar settings. Right now, I have it set up so only google and duckduckgo are available and show up as options … (read more)

Hello,

I am hoping someone can kindly guide me about search bar settings. Right now, I have it set up so only google and duckduckgo are available and show up as options in the firefox search bar.

However, when I am on a youtube page, suddenly the search bar has a little green plus circle on the magnifying glass in the search bar, and then offers to "add search engine youtube" to my search engines.

How can I stop this from happening? It only seems to happen when I am on the youtube page, and I have adjusted settings multiple times but it continues to appear.

Thank you very much for your help and guidance.

Asked by ailibaba40 2 weeks ago

Last reply by ailibaba40 1 week ago

Cookie Storage Nightmare

Back in November (2024) I began noticing an absorbent number of cookies in “Manage Cookies and Site Data” (MCSD). Considering I delete cookies with fair regularity daily,… (read more)

Back in November (2024) I began noticing an absorbent number of cookies in “Manage Cookies and Site Data” (MCSD). Considering I delete cookies with fair regularity daily, this is unusual. The amount that I am seeing now, is around 190 advertising/Tracking cookies even when I only visit one or two sites. If I remove them and recycle the page and return to MCSD they are all back in storage in only those few seconds. This process can go on forever. This occurs even when I disconnect from the internet. How is this possible, where are these companies storing this stuff on my computer and how do I remove them and/or stop them from self populating? I have a Dell 64 something, running windows 10 I have Ad Blocker and Privacy Badger, along with a few others that are not security based. See Attachments

Thanks

Asked by Hacksaw 2 weeks ago

Last reply by Hacksaw 2 weeks ago

MSN/Microsoft

How do I prevent MSN from opening Firefox? I am not interested in just blocking the site or a page, I want to block Microsoft from opening software that doesn't even belo… (read more)

How do I prevent MSN from opening Firefox? I am not interested in just blocking the site or a page, I want to block Microsoft from opening software that doesn't even belong to them.

Asked by office869 2 weeks ago

Last reply by office869 2 weeks ago

Auto fill in the search bar

Why is it when I want to go to a different website, such as youtube.com or google.com, the bar will autofill because I've been to those websites multiple times. But after… (read more)

Why is it when I want to go to a different website, such as youtube.com or google.com, the bar will autofill because I've been to those websites multiple times. But after going to spotify.com numerous times, the autofill never shows up and I have to manually type in the whole "spotify.com" because the web search bar thinks I've never been there before. Why is that and can I fix it?

Asked by Karel Kouda 2 weeks ago

Last reply by TyDraniu 2 weeks ago

Password changed is shown on Manage Account but I didn't make any change

I am locked out of my desktop Firefox because it doesn't recognize my Primary Password that I use on my laptop and my iPhone. The laptop and iPhone Firefox opens but not … (read more)

I am locked out of my desktop Firefox because it doesn't recognize my Primary Password that I use on my laptop and my iPhone. The laptop and iPhone Firefox opens but not my desktop which shows I am signed in but it also states I changed my password which would explain why my primary password doesn't work. What to do?

Asked by Stephen 2 weeks ago

Saving web pages to files on local computer

I often save web pages to file on my local computer, but they always default to ".htm". The drop down selector shows (*.htm; *.html) I always opt for ".html" but they al… (read more)

I often save web pages to file on my local computer, but they always default to ".htm". The drop down selector shows (*.htm; *.html) I always opt for ".html" but they always default to ".htm".

How can I make ".html" the default filename extension for all web pages saved to file.

Asked by arie99 2 weeks ago