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Update not working from HELP>ABOUT

I used to have Firefox update itself using automatic updates, and occasionally I would manually trigger an update by checking the HELP>ABOUT menu. For some time now, I… (read more)

I used to have Firefox update itself using automatic updates, and occasionally I would manually trigger an update by checking the HELP>ABOUT menu. For some time now, I am getting an error message inside the ABOUT pop-up window. The current message is "Unable to check for updates due to internal error".

I've un-installed and re-installed several times. It doesn't happen on other computers I own where updates work just fine.

I tried searching, but couldn't find anything relevant

Any ideas how to fix this?

Thanks !

Asked by pomerus 2 months ago

Last reply by sheepgate 21 minutes ago

Is it possible to Clear data but keep cookies?

Hi I want to clear data but the only option FF is offering is with cookies. I want to delete all but cookies. Image: https://imgur.com/jwLXxFx Here it only says Cookie… (read more)

Hi

I want to clear data but the only option FF is offering is with cookies. I want to delete all but cookies.

Image: https://imgur.com/jwLXxFx

Here it only says Cookies AND Site Data. But I want Site Data without Cookies. Can I somehow manually delete those files? Or manually selectively empty some tables in SQLite databases that FF uses? If yes then what files/databases exactly?

Asked by wybqogzigoxruxdhnp 4 hours ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 hour ago

scroll bars cover website-widgets (check boxes) (110.0.1 64-Bit)

scroll bars cover website-widgets (check boxes) (110.0.1 64-Bit)!! e.g., when trying to activate a checkbox at the right edge (Amazon, marking an item to cancel an order)… (read more)

scroll bars cover website-widgets (check boxes) (110.0.1 64-Bit)!! e.g., when trying to activate a checkbox at the right edge (Amazon, marking an item to cancel an order) that is not possible because the firefox scrollbar (right side) covers the Amazon checkbox, so it is impossible to mark it, and so the order cannot be cancelled!

This is an unacceptable malfunction!!

(OTOH, on MSEdge, the scrollbar sits to the right of the checkboxes without ever covering them, so it's obvious that this is specific Firefox malfunction!!!)

Asked by dsyleixa 2 weeks ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 hour ago

Thunderbird email V. 102.9.0 (64 Bits)

I need someone here to please help me with resetting my Thunderbird email Version 102.9.0 (64 Bits). The Settings are messed up and I don't know how to reset them! You ca… (read more)

I need someone here to please help me with resetting my Thunderbird email Version 102.9.0 (64 Bits). The Settings are messed up and I don't know how to reset them! You can contact me at my two email addresses [emails removed from public forum] Thank you in advance for helping me!!! Carl

Asked by TISSIM 1 day ago

Last reply by david 15 hours ago

Firefox quit working keep getting this error message when I try to open program. Windows cannot find ‘C:\Program Files\Mozilla FirefoxFirefox.exe’

Firefox quit working. when I click on the Icon on my computer desktop I get the following pop-up window. Windows cannot find ‘C:\Program Files\Mozilla FirefoxFirefox.exe’… (read more)

Firefox quit working. when I click on the Icon on my computer desktop I get the following pop-up window. Windows cannot find ‘C:\Program Files\Mozilla FirefoxFirefox.exe’

When I click on the Icon in my taskbar I get this pop-up window . Windows cannot find ‘C:\Users\hgmv8\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\Taskbar\Firefox.Ink’ Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again.

I have downloaded the latest version of Firefox but still get the error messages

Asked by hgmv86a 7 hours ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 2 hours ago

Change the new double-line-spacing in Thunderbird 102.6.1 Local Folders and Message panes to single-line-spacing as it has been in the past.

Somehow the option for line-spacing has changed itself in this most recent 102.6.1 "update". The Messages listing display format in the Inbox (and all other folders) was … (read more)

Somehow the option for line-spacing has changed itself in this most recent 102.6.1 "update". The Messages listing display format in the Inbox (and all other folders) was like this until recently:

Local Folders

  Inbox
  Message 1
  Message 2
  Message 3
  Message 4

Message spacing now:

Local Folders

  Inbox
  Message 1
  Message 2
  Message 3
  Message 4

Help! Thanks to anyone who could suggest a solution.

Asked by misterr1000 2 months ago

Last reply by waynevanb 7 hours ago

ImAP server

Suddenly getting error message "Unable to connect to your IMAP server. You may have exceeded maximum connections to this server. Use Advanced IMAP server settings to redu… (read more)

Suddenly getting error message "Unable to connect to your IMAP server. You may have exceeded maximum connections to this server. Use Advanced IMAP server settings to reduce the number of cached connections" I am on the lastest

Thunderbird version  I changed the cached connections number from 5 to 1. I turned off all devices and waited overnight. Still getting the unable to connect message today.

Asked by jdellachiesa 1 day ago

Last reply by Toad-Hall 11 hours ago

Auto resume downloads

Hi I'm trying to download large files but they keep failing due to problems at the host. I can resume the download when this happens but I don't want to keep doing this. … (read more)

Hi I'm trying to download large files but they keep failing due to problems at the host. I can resume the download when this happens but I don't want to keep doing this. Is there any way to auto-resume?

Asked by mike_coreit 1 day ago

Last reply by James 1 day ago

Deleted a profile in my Firefox files and now I can't open the browser anymore.

I created a second profile through this: Click the menu button, click Help and select More Troubleshooting Information. The Troubleshooting Information tab will open. Un… (read more)

I created a second profile through this: Click the menu button, click Help and select More Troubleshooting Information. The Troubleshooting Information tab will open. Under the Application Basics section next to Profile Folder, click Open Folder also here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profiles-where-firefox-stores-user-data

after I did that, I decided to delete the file of that profile in my folder, so now every time I open Firefox it says "Your Firefox profile cannot be loaded. It may be missing or inaccessible." And then it closes the browser.

I don't know how to fix this - I have two other profiles in my Firefox user's folder (release default and default)

Asked by Pixie 1 day ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 day ago

websites won't load in firefox, but will in chrome

I've been to several websites in the last couple of days that won't load in firefox, but will in chrome ( which I had to download to order groceries and I am not super ha… (read more)

I've been to several websites in the last couple of days that won't load in firefox, but will in chrome ( which I had to download to order groceries and I am not super happy about it ). the most egregious was today, I tried to order groceries from a major grocery store: meijer.com and the main page opened but if I like searched for "coke" it would freeze and nothing would load. not just coke, but also any other search term

Asked by incognimaus 1 day ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 day ago

Firefox crashes Pixel 6a

Once a while Firefox would freeze up and when that happens it would without fail reboots the phone if the phone goes to sleep and if I don't force close the app quickly. … (read more)

Once a while Firefox would freeze up and when that happens it would without fail reboots the phone if the phone goes to sleep and if I don't force close the app quickly. It might've done so anyway without putting it to sleep but I haven't tested leaving the screen on long enough. I noticed that if I was quick enough and force stop the app the phone doesn't reboot, but that window is really short. Maybe 2 seconds or so. Suffice to say force stopping didn't always work since the window is so short. When Firefox freezes other apps and phone functions work normally. It's been ongoing for a while through multiple updates. I see some people have already reported this same issue here. Can Mozilla fix this please? I have uBlock origin addon installed thanks. Also this never happened with my Pixel 3 phone which I was using up until a few months back so maybe it's pixel 6a specific. Alot of people have this same issue with pxiel6a from googling. It can freeze on any site I visit but one example is reddit.

Asked by bluechair 2 days ago

Last reply by ysfff 1 day ago

Thunderbird

I keep getting the message about to many server settings open. I have reduced the number to and the problem still persists, and I cannot receive any emails. What needs t… (read more)

I keep getting the message about to many server settings open. I have reduced the number to and the problem still persists, and I cannot receive any emails. What needs to be done?

Asked by bqclark 2 days ago

Last reply by Toad-Hall 1 day ago

thunderbird failed to find the settings for my email account

Hi All of a sudden Thuderbird is unable to find one of my email servers. One day it worked. The next day it stopped receiving emails. So I deleted the account and tried … (read more)

Hi

All of a sudden Thuderbird is unable to find one of my email servers. One day it worked. The next day it stopped receiving emails. So I deleted the account and tried to add it again, but now Thunderbird can't find it.

The settings didn't change and the email account continues to work without trouble with Bluemail on my Android phone. There is no problem with the other email account on Thunderbird, which is through a different provider.

The settings are entered correctly as described by mail.com and as seen in attached screenshot. Email address entered correctly. Password entered correctly.

Please help.

Asked by jamesmorgan1 2 days ago

Last reply by david 1 day ago

Corrupt/odd font display

If I do a Google search for a Wikipedia article on a fresh launch AFTER going to Help/Troubleshooting Information/clear the startup cache, the page renders as attached. O… (read more)

If I do a Google search for a Wikipedia article on a fresh launch AFTER going to Help/Troubleshooting Information/clear the startup cache, the page renders as attached. Other pages also render oddly like this at random.

Have refreshed Firefox - no effect Tried launching with addons disabled - no effect Default theme - on, no effect Hardware acceleration off - no effect

Launching in Safe Mode DOES seem to fix it, but I cannot keep working in safe mode - anyone any idea?

Clearly something in Safe Mode is being deactivated beyond addons etc

Asked by adrian.fry 2 days ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 days ago

unsightly blue boxes around every clicked button or link

ever since the most recent update last night, these horrid blue boxes have appeared around every intractable element once clicked on (except on complex js based websites … (read more)

ever since the most recent update last night, these horrid blue boxes have appeared around every intractable element once clicked on (except on complex js based websites like twitter and youtube), no amount of farting around in about:config nor even using troubleshooting mode has gotten rid of them. caret browsing is off. windows' narrator is off. ive also tried disabling all of my plugins, which had no effect

it appears to be the exact same issue that this user was having. i tried all the solutions in that thread. no dice. i have also tried all the solutions in this reddit thread

ive attached a collage of some examples below.

ive tested these same sites in opera gx to compare, it does not exhibit this faulty behaviour.

i need this fixed as soon as possible as firefox remains my daily driver due to being the only browser that still has good plugin support and decent customization

Asked by aaaddd4747 1 month ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 days ago

emails being duplicated in folders

A while back an upgrade to Thunder bird messed up all my filters/folders: for some reason the folders were not found when an email matched a filter and that rule was then… (read more)

A while back an upgrade to Thunder bird messed up all my filters/folders: for some reason the folders were not found when an email matched a filter and that rule was then disabled. That seemed to be fixed by exiting and restarting Thunderbird and then I manually reran the filters to move the emails from the inboxes to the proper folder. But a few weeks ago I noticed that all emails that match filters are being duplicated some even triplicated and quadrupled in the folders, they are all marked as new/unread and they all have the exact same time. On further inspection I'm finding even old emails in some of these folders are being duplicated if the email was not opened and still marked new. OK I have to revise my statement not just new emails in the filtered folders but all folders even the Inbox is duplicated. I'm running win 11 with 22H update and Thunderbird 102.3.3 (64-bit)

Asked by msowards 5 months ago

Last reply by Larrydeb 2 days ago

Since the 111.01 (64 bit) update, I am unable to open my YAHOO mail account

Firefox version 111.01 (64bit). I use a desktop PC and WIN 10. Since the recent update, I am unable to open Yahoo Mail consistently. I had trouble this morning and fina… (read more)

Firefox version 111.01 (64bit). I use a desktop PC and WIN 10. Since the recent update, I am unable to open Yahoo Mail consistently. I had trouble this morning and finally it opened. I closed it and tried to open it again but it wouldn't open. THIS IS THE ERROR MESSAGE:

"The page isn’t redirecting properly. Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete. This problem can sometimes be caused by disabling or refusing to accept cookies."

This is a SERIOUS PROBLEM for me. I must be able to access my email. Please repair.

Asked by Janis_Jones 3 days ago

Last reply by cor-el 3 days ago