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Help-when I'm in private browsing, Firefox automatically jumps back to non-private browsing, even when I'm just reading news articles.

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Skeezix20
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I like to read news articles, search the internet, and check my emails in Private Browsing mode. Starting a few months ago, about 95% of the time (1 to 5 minutes into running Firefox), it will automatically jump back to the non-private window. When I go back to the private browsing window, it usually holds from that point. It doesn't happen much when I'm in AT&TYahoo mail. Mostly it happens when I'm reading news articles or searching for something on the internet. I get the automatic updates from Firefox. Is my copy of Firefox somehow corrupted? How can I fix this very annoying problem? Thank you.

I like to read news articles, search the internet, and check my emails in Private Browsing mode. Starting a few months ago, about 95% of the time (1 to 5 minutes into running Firefox), it will automatically jump back to the non-private window. When I go back to the private browsing window, it usually holds from that point. It doesn't happen much when I'm in AT&TYahoo mail. Mostly it happens when I'm reading news articles or searching for something on the internet. I get the automatic updates from Firefox. Is my copy of Firefox somehow corrupted? How can I fix this very annoying problem? Thank you.

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Note that this can be caused by tabs in the non private window that use the plugin-container with the Flash plugin.

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Hi, Thank you for your question. The exact question was also asked before, however I am happy to answer this again. The new window that opens may default to non private if you have use the shortcut. Otherwise if you right click and open new private window, this can be a work around.

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Note that this can be caused by tabs in the non private window that use the plugin-container with the Flash plugin.