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How can I permanently save my option to "Ask to save logins and passwords for websites"

mpcp

In Options, Forms & Passwords, when I select "Ask to save logins and passwords for websites," it will fill in passwords for saved sites. When I close Firefox, and reopen, it doesn't remember this setting and doesn't fill in my passwords. I have to manually select this option again and reload the page. How can I get this option to save permanently?

In Options, Forms & Passwords, when I select "Ask to save logins and passwords for websites," it will fill in passwords for saved sites. When I close Firefox, and reopen, it doesn't remember this setting and doesn't fill in my passwords. I have to manually select this option again and reload the page. How can I get this option to save permanently?

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Hi, mpcp. For his problem it is advisable to follow this simple guide created by Mozilla support:

if there are any problems you can contact us under our discussion.

Thanks.

Modified by Mattia

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The link you gave was what I read before I submitted the question.

As an experiment, I tried launching Firefox in Windows by right-clicking the icon, "run as administrator." I selected the option, and when I closed and reopened Firefox, it saved the setting permanently.

Modified by mpcp

As an experiment, I tried launching Firefox in Windows by right-clicking the icon, "run as administrator." I selected the option, and when I closed and reopened Firefox, it saved the setting permanently.

Where is this icon "run as administrator"

Note that some external Password Managers (Roboform, Trend Micro) can cause this issue to happen.

cor-el said

Note that some external Password Managers (Roboform, Trend Micro) can cause this issue to happen.

I don't use any outside password managers

This setting is stored in a pref named signon.rememberSignons.

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