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in history menu show all history Firefox only showing today and yesterday's history , older history exists but just not shown up , i tried reset Firefox , reinstall it and even remove and create new profile but nothing worked . i also deleted the "places.sqlite" file and that didn't solve it either . i find my older history when i use search history and it also appear in my history sub menu after i installed add-on history Submenus which show last 7 days only but can not delete or copy my history items. two weeks ago show all history was showing my history for the last six months , i did not clear my history , my options privacy is set to remember history and use custom settings for history did not work out too . anybody have an idea what to do to solve this ?

in history menu show all history Firefox only showing today and yesterday's history , older history exists but just not shown up , i tried reset Firefox , reinstall it and even remove and create new profile but nothing worked . i also deleted the "places.sqlite" file and that didn't solve it either . i find my older history when i use search history and it also appear in my history sub menu after i installed add-on history Submenus which show last 7 days only but can not delete or copy my history items. two weeks ago show all history was showing my history for the last six months , i did not clear my history , my options privacy is set to remember history and use custom settings for history did not work out too . anybody have an idea what to do to solve this ?

Modified by user1100385

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
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Deleting places.sqlite would normally delete all your history. Can you get it back from the Recycle Bin and store it is a safe place in case you need it?

I'm not sure why the Library dialog isn't working correctly for you. Does it not even list older categories such as Last 7 Days?

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You can check the file with this extension:

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maybe i wasn't clear enough , i made backup for my history before i delete places.sqlite and wait for three more days but still last 7 days folder did not appear , show all history contain two folders only for today and yesterday , i made backup again and deleted my profile and after three more days the same thing happened again, my older history is saved and i find it when i use search history but it's just not shown up.

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Chosen Solution

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
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Since you have deleted places.sqlite completely and Firefox is creating a new one, it's hard to imagine repeated database corruption.

To rule out a potential problem in Firefox's program folders, I suggest the following:

(1) If needed, download a fresh installer for Firefox 30 from https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/ to a convenient location. (Scroll down to your preferred language.)

(2) Exit out of Firefox.

(3) Rename the folder

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox

to

C:\Program Files\OldFirefox

(4) Run the installer you downloaded in #1. It should automatically connect to your existing settings.

The new installation of Firefox should discover your existing profile. Does it read places.sqlite correctly?

Note: Some plugins may exist only in that OldFirefox folder. If something essential is missing, look in these folders:

  • C:\Program Files\OldFirefox\Plugins
  • C:\Program Files\OldFirefox\browser\plugins
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thanks guys , but nothing worked out yet . Places Maintenance add-on didn't help , the same thing happens in Safe Mode , Appearance is set to DEFAULT theme , deactivate all plugins didn't work either and The new installation of Firefox discovered my existing profile with the same problem. i use Firefox 30 and bookmarks works fine . my history is saved but still i can only view today and yesterday in the library.

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If you use the search box in the upper right of the Library dialog to search for something very common (like www), how far back to the results go?

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thanks , that really helped . when i searched for www i found almost my entire history . the good news that it is saved but still can not figure out why the last 7 days and last months folder does not appear

Modified by user1100385

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finally problem solved , i found out that my internet download manager was causing conflict with my library so i removed idm add-on and reinstall the program and every thing is back to normal , thanks for help.

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I have no idea where to post this question so I just try here. I too just discovered the same. Suddenly I only see history for today and yesterday. This are the only two options available. I have not deleted older history. I know how to delete history selectively but I never delete it entirely. Where did it all go?! All I see is today or yesterday when I select all history. No this week or this month. What happened? Where did it all go? Is it just hidden somehow. Very disconcerting and frankly I find all the responses incomprehensible.