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Is there a way to add a secondary email on the account if you have lost access to the primary email?

I have lost access to the primary email on the account. I have 2fa setup on the account and I have backup recovery codes. When I go to add another email it sends a code t… (read more)

I have lost access to the primary email on the account. I have 2fa setup on the account and I have backup recovery codes. When I go to add another email it sends a code to the primary email, which has no access. Is there a way to use either 2fa or backup codes instead of the code sent to primary email?

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I am trying to sync Firefox to my mobile device but I do not have an authentication app set up for Firefox.

Trying to sync Firefox to my mobile device. I get to this point where Firefox on my computer says: Enter authentication code to continue to account settings Open your aut… (read more)

Trying to sync Firefox to my mobile device. I get to this point where Firefox on my computer says:

Enter authentication code to continue to account settings Open your authentication app and enter the authentication code it provides.

It wants a 6 digit code. But I don't have an authentication app. How can I set one up for Firefox to sync to my mobile device?

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浏览器自动更新后会清除C盘用户下的所有文件

火狐浏览器更新后会自动清除C盘用户下的所有文件,安全软件阻止都阻止不了,下面是记录,已经被清除2次了,对火狐已经不爱了。 防护项目:启动目录(扩展保护) 目标文件:C:\Users\一个菠萝丶\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup 操作结果:已阻止 进程… (read more)

火狐浏览器更新后会自动清除C盘用户下的所有文件,安全软件阻止都阻止不了,下面是记录,已经被清除2次了,对火狐已经不爱了。

防护项目:启动目录(扩展保护) 目标文件:C:\Users\一个菠萝丶\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup 操作结果:已阻止 进程ID:17268 操作进程:C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe 操作进程命令行:"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" --backgroundtask removeDirectory C:\Users\ "" 0 * --metrics-id Quota 父进程ID:14652 父进程:C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe 父进程命令行:"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

防护项目:启动目录(扩展保护) 目标文件:C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp 操作结果:已阻止 进程ID:10652 操作进程:C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe 操作进程命令行:"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" --backgroundtask removeDirectory C:\Users\ "" 0 * --metrics-id Quota 父进程ID:13088 父进程:C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe 父进程命令行:"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

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Do I need to download/upgrade

Hi, I was just contacted and completed a survey, and signed up for your newsletter. I saw what looks like new products. I wondered if I need to download/upgrade?. Thankin… (read more)

Hi, I was just contacted and completed a survey, and signed up for your newsletter. I saw what looks like new products. I wondered if I need to download/upgrade?. Thanking you

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How can I get rid of NYPost pop-ups?

I get pop-up "alerts" in Firefox from the NY Post--thousands--so many that simply dismissing them without looking at them is time consuming. I don't see any way to stop … (read more)

I get pop-up "alerts" in Firefox from the NY Post--thousands--so many that simply dismissing them without looking at them is time consuming. I don't see any way to stop them, no "unsubscribe" and nothing in Firefox settings, but there must be a way. Can you help me?

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Thunderbird keeps freezing up without crash report

Good morning Since this morning (05/03/2026) Thunderbird freezes within a minute or two of opening the program. Everything in the program freezes up. I cannot even close … (read more)

Good morning

Since this morning (05/03/2026) Thunderbird freezes within a minute or two of opening the program.

Everything in the program freezes up. I cannot even close it.

I am running Version 140.8.0esr on a Windows 10 PC.

Initially I was getting a pop up warning message that ask me to confirm if I wanted to send an email with attachments of over 20 MB. There were 3 or 4 such messages. I had not tried to send such emails.

I checked the Outbox in Local folders for old messages, but it was empty. I also checked the Unsent messages files in Local Folders in the Profile folder. I deleted the Unsent Messages.msf file to no effect. I renamed and replaced the Unsent messages file. Also no change.

I checked for crash logs but there are none.

I have run out of ideas as to what to try next. Does anyone have any advice?

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microphone help

I'm in an Alzheimer's study that wants to turn on my microphone so I can do one of the things in the study but I can't find where to do this. I went to microphones and ty… (read more)

I'm in an Alzheimer's study that wants to turn on my microphone so I can do one of the things in the study but I can't find where to do this. I went to microphones and typed in the name Brain Health Registry but it doesn't give me a place to turn on the microphone. Hope you can help so I can finish their quiz for today. As far as I know, I have the latest version because it updates when it needs to but I couldn't even find the version I have.

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Recover Original Profile after ESR Install

Ok, I screwed up. I was trying to solve a problem I've been having with regular releases of Firefox and it occurred to me try the ESR release so I downloaded and instal… (read more)

Ok, I screwed up.

I was trying to solve a problem I've been having with regular releases of Firefox and it occurred to me try the ESR release so I downloaded and installed it. The good news is that it solved my problem, the bad news is that I just barrelled into it without thinking, assuming that my logins and bookmarks would just transfer over like with regular releases. They did not. It turns out I should have made a backup of those things first and I can't open the old regular release of Firefox to properly back-up those things now. Oops.

I've been reading lots of forum posts here and elsewhere trying to get those files into ESR and I haven't been successful. From the profile manager I've located the profile that still contains that info and I've tried:

Copying and pasting the "logins.json" and "key4.db" files from the "default-release" profile into the ESR profile which didn't work.

From "about:profiles" I also tried to "launch profile in a new browser" of the default-release profile so I can open that profile and properly back-up bookmarks and logins but I get a prompt to create a new profile which I tried several times and only resulted in several profiles of the ESR release.

Then it occurred to me that If I could just delete all instances of ESR and open the old default-profile then I could back-up the logins and bookmarks, THEN download and install ESR again and import those files but before diving into that I need to make sure that won't loose my original default-release profile info.

So experts, does that sound reasonable? Delete all instances of ESR so I can open the regular Firefox? What's the best way of going about that?

Thank you.

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my setting backup

hi. i change my windows and now I need to restore my old setting and bookmark to new pc but i have not any backup file i was thinking my account save all of my data &… (read more)

hi. i change my windows and now I need to restore my old setting and bookmark to new pc but i have not any backup file i was thinking my account save all of my data & setting in cloud but now i cant access to my setting and bookmarks

what can i do? pls help me

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Customize Layout

Since the last update, not this recent one, there has been a huge empty space at the top of the home page. I had to close the search so my favorites wern't off the botto… (read more)

Since the last update, not this recent one, there has been a huge empty space at the top of the home page. I had to close the search so my favorites wern't off the bottom of the screen. I'd really like to remove the Firefox logo, move my favorites to the top of the page and the search under that. Can you make it more customizable?

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My data was not synced before reinstalling my PC

Good afternoon, I restarted my windows computer because it was buggy and right before reinstalling I synced the Firefox account so that whenever I reinstalled Firefox in… (read more)

Good afternoon, I restarted my windows computer because it was buggy and right before reinstalling I synced the Firefox account so that whenever I reinstalled Firefox in the PC once more I could have all my bookmarks.

Now while setting up, I find out none were synced? It doesn't appear and obviously I don't have access to the "old" browser to manually download the html file. This was weird because last time I downloaded Firefox in another device and logged into my account it automatically synced and configured everything as it was.

Please advice if there's any way to restore my bookmarks at least because I need them for work.

Many thanks. Kind regards.

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