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Is is possible to disable the Autorun feature for downloaded video files in Firefox? I tried the Settings, Privacy & Security, Autoplay changing the setting to Block Audio & Video, but after the file downloads it still runs automatically.

Hey Firefox community,

Hoping for some smart advice here! Our company relies heavily on Firefox for daily tasks, including accessing our Gmail accounts. The thing is, we need to regularly back up these Gmail accounts – not just the browser's cache or basic downloads.

I've tried the manual Google Takeout method, but it's just not practical for ongoing, multi-account backups. It feels like I'm doing a "dance" every time, and it's super time-consuming.

My question is: What's the best way to consistently and reliably back up Gmail emails when accessing them through Firefox? Like how to download old emails from gmail just in a better way. Are there any neat tricks or perhaps specific third-party email backup wizard tools that integrate well, or are simply excellent at what they do, beyond the browser's direct capabilities?

I'm looking for a more automated or efficient solution. Any insights from those who manage significant email archives would be hugely appreciated!

Thanks!

firefox updated to 128 esr all of a sudden (i didn't click update or download for this) and when i went to open firefox, the appearance and everything changed. it looked like google chrome and none of my bookmarks and settings and layouts were there. they just DISAPPEARED. i tried googling how to to fix this and for some reason every time i search it takes me to another search engine instead of google. (this is beside the main point though). I'm so frustrated right now since all my bookmarks are gone (literally having a breakdown). I tried looking through the help articles and all of them just say to use the backup profiles or that there are bookmarkbackup files in my profile folders or that firefox would download a folder with files from the old version but none of that happened. I looked into my folders for older profiles trying to find places.sqlite files but NOTHING. there is literally NO backups or profiles dated to before July 16 2025; the day it updated (shown in screenshot) and there is NO bookmarkbackup files anywhere. i have signed in to firefox prior and had my devices synced for awhile and no issues so there should have been previous profiles and data saved onto my computer. Please help, I really need my bookmarks back!

Hello, I manage a healthcare education website (https://thelabon.com/contact-us/) and I'm focused on optimizing privacy and performance for users accessing our medical content through Firefox. Currently I have not embedded it yet I am using only an image of the map instead. What are the recommended Firefox settings, extensions, or practices to ensure user privacy, especially when embedding external tools like Google Maps or analytics services? Any guidance would be appreciated!

Good Day kindly note that i have tried my login and password, no luck i would like to change the password to see if that is the issue.

If that is not the issue i could change the login details.

Kind Regards

Bug in FireFox ... gives me a blank screen when trying to access this link : https://harrisonburg.org/music_scene/song_list/songs/Werwolves_studio.mp3

Has worked well for years, but with updates you broke it.

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Sez Firefox private networking is no longer available. I never used that and don't now. I have Mozilla VPN. I can see my profile, why does this saved site https://accounts.firefox.com/oauth/?client_id=e6eb0d1e856335fc&redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffpn.firefox.com%2Foauth%2Fsuccess&response_type=code&state=pkce2-73df1a7810d7e59bcc90cdf7dce94dbe81186b2af33facd6a9a49f5ee733ac54b38542da4a6ae482&scope=profile%2Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fidentity.mozilla.com%2Faccount%2Fsubscriptions%2Fiap%2Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fidentity.mozilla.com%2Faccount%2Fsubscriptions&access_type=offline&action=email&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mozilla.org%2F&device_id=3751a95733644170af51ae7fe87afce9&flow_begin_time=1670109611613&flow_id=4f67ccaa7d57818e15d7ae6f5560db4e9fffb5b1751ecb0626e834bb2208ecea&user_agent=MozillaVPN%2F2.11.1%2B(sys%3Awindows%2B11) take me to the wrong place.

Please advise. I use Mozilla VPN quite often, mostly from Android phone (Google Pixel 9 Pro XL)

At some point a few months ago, perhaps as a result of a Firefox update, it became difficult to log in to some sites that I've always logged into successfully (ex: NYT). In at least a dozen websites that I try to log in, an error message says that I may be a robot and will not allow me to proceed.

So now, instead of Firefox being my default browser, I've switched to Safari. I've used Firefox for over 20 years, so I'd like to continue using it, but this issue is a critical problem.

hi firefox, today i get an update of firefox, after updating my browser my all the saved bookmarks, history and my login details are wiped out. kindly check this why is it happened and resolve this thing. the data saved in browser is important for me, help me to recover it

I recently ported from chrome to firefox about 3 days ago and was tryin to access the dropdown menus on this website https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/government-id/bc-services-card/your-card/get-a-card

I realized it wasn't working so I turned off my adblocker (ublock origin), refreshed the site and still not working.

Also attempted to use troubleshoot mode and still does not work.

Cleared cache + cookies and used troubleshoot mode and nothing working still.

I lastly checked the website was working by opening the same link on chrome after all that and it works perfectly fine over there. Any ideas what could possibly be the issue?? I basically have a fresh install of firefox with no changed settings besides anything that might of been copied over from Chrome when firefox automatically asks you to migrate your stuff over, and used the troubleshoot mode + clearing cookies and cache

I am not ale to log into https://www.talktobuona.com/ It is not Warning: Potential Security Risk Ahead How can I log into this site?

Every time I access the web I get a report from Norton saying "Threat secured". It attaches every single website that I open. See attachment for some exmaples (only variabole part of message shown apart from first one).This is occuring 50+ times a day but does not occur using Edge, so it appears to be related to Firefox. PLEASE help. Norton have not helped with this. Thank you- Colin O'Brien

Why why why does your browser constantly drop sync between my iphone and macbook? It's extremely frustrating to have to constantly sign in - a process that can often take repeated attempts, because reasons. Really poor and a big reason why I'm considering going back to chrome if it's not sorted. Was never once an issue with chrome in over 5 years of use. Happens weekly with firefox

Today i cannot sign in to facebook from my Mozilla page why ?? i can sign in from other places ,like google ... every time i try go to facebook from Mozilla i get the message Sorry! Something went wrong :( Why ???

I have had this problem on several websites, but most recently Xfinity.com. Pages in their rewards page have buttons to accept a reward. These buttons don't show up in Firefox, but if I use Chrome they appear and work properly.

My copy of Firefox, installed on a MacBook Air, has suddenly decided not to open. When I click the icon I see a brief flicker on the screen but the application does not open. Version is 140.0.4. Has anyone else experienced this?