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ZOOM is wrong it zooms in or out randomly

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Zoom is not stable. It zooms in or out in the same page without me asking, not using the commands, also varies beteween tabs, It's very annoying never happened before. I use a brand new laptop with windows 10. Firefox version 45.0.2.

Zoom is not stable. It zooms in or out in the same page without me asking, not using the commands, also varies beteween tabs, It's very annoying never happened before. I use a brand new laptop with windows 10. Firefox version 45.0.2.

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Ok I'm gonna update to 46.0 but if problem persists, what can I do?

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options)
key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?

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You can rename/remove the content-prefs.sqlite file (content-prefs.sqlite.old) in the Firefox profile folder to reset all website specific data like the page zoom.

You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder:

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I appreciate your help guys but I really don' t understand what I gotta do once I'm here...

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Type about:support in the address bar and press enter.

Under the page logo on the left side, you will see Application Basics. Under this find Profile Folder. To its right press the button Show Folder. This will open your file browser to the current Firefox profile. Now Close Firefox.

Locate the content-prefs.sqlite file. Then rename or delete it. Restart Firefox.