What can you do to access Password options in the Security window if your Firefox browser won't display the options?
I want to stop and prevent my Firefox browser from saving website passwords, which I understand can be done using the Security window.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/security-and-passwords-settings?esab=a&s=passwords&r=1&as=s
Unfortunately, once opened, the Security window doesn't display the password options check boxes for me even though that's what the support site says the browser should do it. Neither can I get the Security window to extend to display the other potential options, which leads to me think there aren't any other options.
Any ideas what I can do about this problem? I'm running Mac OS 10.8.5 and Firefox 30.0. Thanks for any advice!
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To rule out extensions as a possible culprit in the dialog's dysfunction, could you try opening it in Firefox's Safe Mode? That's a standard diagnostic tool to bypass interference by extensions (and some custom settings). More info: Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode.
You can restart Firefox in Safe Mode using either:
- 3-bar menu button > "?" button > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
- (menu bar) Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
Firefox should close and then display a small dialog: click "Start in Safe Mode" (not Reset)
Any difference?
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To rule out extensions as a possible culprit in the dialog's dysfunction, could you try opening it in Firefox's Safe Mode? That's a standard diagnostic tool to bypass interference by extensions (and some custom settings). More info: Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode.
You can restart Firefox in Safe Mode using either:
- 3-bar menu button > "?" button > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
- (menu bar) Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
Firefox should close and then display a small dialog: click "Start in Safe Mode" (not Reset)
Any difference?
(The following definitely relevant to Windows, but I'm not sure about Mac)
Another thing Safe Mode does is ignore the localstore.rdf file, which contains toolbar/window/dialog layout information and sometimes can become corrupted. To eliminate localstore.rdf as a factor, you can rename the file and customize from scratch.
Open your current Firefox settings (AKA Firefox profile) folder using either:
- "3-bar" menu button > "?" button > Troubleshooting Information
- (classic menu bar) Help > Troubleshooting Information
- type or paste about:support in the address bar and press Enter
In the first table on the page, click the "Show in Finder" button.
Leaving that window open, switch back over to Firefox and Exit/Quit
Pause while Firefox finishes its cleanup, then rename localstore.rdf to something like localstore.old
Start Firefox up again. Any improvement?
Starting Firefox in Safe Mode seemed to do the trick! I was able to access the check boxes after I restarted with my add-ons disabled. Thanks for the suggestion!