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So this crazy new update has broken my Firefox in these ways:

1. All my bookmarks on my bookmarks bar have been deleted. 2. I can't drag any new links to the bookmarks bar 3. Overflow menu for apps is empty and will only let me drag Firefox defaults to it such as settings. Dragging apps to it is impossible. It "is" possible to pin items by using the Chrome puzzle piece..

Firefox: 109.0 OS: Windows 10 Pro

Using troubleshooting mode has no effect.

Dear,

I need to recover my Mozilla (Firefox) account on my computer after this latter crashed. Unfortunately, apparently I don't have the good password. Probably I used an automatically generated password which I don't remember.

I still have my account connected on my Android smartphone, but I can't access the account details (no way to recover my password or change through this device?!), and I can't export my bookmarks. Also, apparently all my identifiers and passwords were not synced on my smartphone :-( Hence somewhere all my precious information are available, but stupidly enough I can't access it anymore and resetting the password warns me that I might (is it even a certainty or a possibility?) lose everything. It seems that I cannot even produce a revovery key (to reset pwd without losing data as mentioned in the Help pages) as I can't connect on a desktop browser anymore (but well on my Android version). I am lost and just stupidly blocked - this is SO frustrating, I initially thought it would be a good idea to put everything in Mozilla - well...

Is there ANY way to actually recover my account without losing data on my desktop Firefox, given I still have access to the email account associated to the Mozilla account (and to the original emails from the creation of my accounts) and I still have access to my Firefox account on the Android app but this one doesn't seem to allow to do anything interesting in my case??

Thanks a lot!

Hello, when I'm on a website that could use my microphone or camera, I am not getting the prompt to ask for permission to use them. I have tried manualy giving the website permission in CTRL-I website settings. But that did not fix it. I have tried the same websites in google chrome, and my mic works then.

Current situation: I have 2 monitors. I have the option of auto hide taskbar in desktop mode turned on. On the primary monitor, when I maximise firefox window( not full screen, the button between close and minimise, looking like a square), and hover my cursor towards the bottom, my taskbar doesn't unhide. However when I unminimise( clicking the middle button on the top right again), the taskbar unhides correctly. Also to note, my secondary monitor works completely fine ie, when firefox is maximised I can unhide taskbar on hovering near the bottom.

All of a sudden when I press F6, it starts a Google search (see image) instead of just focusing the address bar. This is rather annoying because I use F6 all the time to go to a different page (e.g. type "mail" and then follow the autocomplete to mail.google.com) and that doesn't work if it wants search google for mail instead.

How do I revert this to its normal behaviour?

Well this happened after a Firefox Update with that i also suspect that using a User.js can aslo cause it would you like to look for the problem pls.

```js // /* You may copy+paste this file and use it as it is.

*
* If you make changes to your about:config while the program is running, the
* changes will be overwritten by the user.js when the application restarts.
*
* To make lasting changes to preferences, you will have to edit the user.js.
*/

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* Betterfox                                                                *
* "Ad meliora"                                                             *
* version: 107a1                                                           *
* url: https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox                              *

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/** TRACKING PROTECTION ***/ user_pref("browser.contentblocking.category", "strict"); user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.emailtracking.enabled", true); user_pref("urlclassifier.trackingSkipURLs", "*.reddit.com, *.twitter.com, *.twimg.com, *.tiktok.com"); user_pref("urlclassifier.features.socialtracking.skipURLs", "*.instagram.com, *.twitter.com, *.twimg.com"); user_pref("privacy.partition.always_partition_third_party_non_cookie_storage", true); user_pref("privacy.partition.always_partition_third_party_non_cookie_storage.exempt_sessionstorage", false); user_pref("beacon.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.uitour.enabled", false);

/** OCSP & CERTS / HPKP ***/ user_pref("security.OCSP.enabled", 0); user_pref("security.remote_settings.crlite_filters.enabled", true); user_pref("security.pki.crlite_mode", 2); user_pref("security.cert_pinning.enforcement_level", 2);

/** SSL / TLS ***/ user_pref("security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken", true); user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.expert_bad_cert", true); user_pref("security.tls.enable_0rtt_data", false);

/** FONTS***/ user_pref("layout.css.font-visibility.private", 1); user_pref("layout.css.font-visibility.trackingprotection", 1);

/** RFP ***/ user_pref("browser.startup.blankWindow", false); user_pref("browser.display.use_system_colors", false);

/** DISK AVOIDANCE ***/ user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false); user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.forceMediaMemoryCache", true); user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 2); user_pref("browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit", true); user_pref("browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled", true);

/** SHUTDOWN & SANITIZING ***/ user_pref("privacy.history.custom", true);

/** SPECULATIVE CONNECTIONS ***/ user_pref("network.http.speculative-parallel-limit", 0); user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", true); user_pref("browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.places.speculativeConnect.enabled", false); user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false); user_pref("network.predictor.enabled", false); user_pref("network.predictor.enable-prefetch", false);

/** SEARCH / URL BAR ***/ user_pref("browser.search.separatePrivateDefault.ui.enabled", true); user_pref("browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh", true); user_pref("browser.search.suggest.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.quicksuggest.sponsored", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.quicksuggest.nonsponsored", false); user_pref("network.IDN_show_punycode", true);

/** HTTPS-ONLY MODE ***/ user_pref("dom.security.https_only_mode", true); user_pref("dom.security.https_only_mode_error_page_user_suggestions", true);

/** DNS-over-HTTPS (DOH) ***/ user_pref("network.dns.skipTRR-when-parental-control-enabled", false);

/** PROXY / SOCKS / IPv6 ***/ user_pref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true); user_pref("network.file.disable_unc_paths", true); user_pref("network.gio.supported-protocols", "");

/** PASSWORDS AND AUTOFILL user_pref("signon.formlessCapture.enabled", false); user_pref("signon.privateBrowsingCapture.enabled", false); user_pref("signon.autofillForms", false); user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false); user_pref("editor.truncate_user_pastes", false); ***/

/** ADDRESS + CREDIT CARD MANAGER ***/ user_pref("extensions.formautofill.addresses.enabled", false); user_pref("extensions.formautofill.creditCards.enabled", false); user_pref("extensions.formautofill.heuristics.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.formfill.enable", false);

/** MIXED CONTENT + CROSS-SITE ***/ user_pref("network.auth.subresource-http-auth-allow", 1); user_pref("pdfjs.enableScripting", false); user_pref("extensions.postDownloadThirdPartyPrompt", false); user_pref("permissions.delegation.enabled", false);

/** HEADERS / REFERERS ***/ user_pref("network.http.referer.XOriginTrimmingPolicy", 2);

/** CONTAINERS ***/ user_pref("privacy.userContext.ui.enabled", true);

/** WEBRTC ***/ user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.proxy_only_if_behind_proxy", true); user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.default_address_only", true);

/** GOOGLE SAFE BROWSING ***/ user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_potentially_unwanted", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_uncommon", false); user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", false);

/** MOZILLA ***/ user_pref("identity.fxaccounts.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.tabs.firefox-view", false); user_pref("dom.push.enabled", false); user_pref("permissions.default.desktop-notification", 2); user_pref("permissions.default.geo", 2); user_pref("geo.provider.network.url", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%"); user_pref("geo.provider.ms-windows-location", false); // WINDOWS user_pref("geo.provider.use_corelocation", false); // MAC user_pref("geo.provider.use_gpsd", false); // LINUX user_pref("geo.provider.use_geoclue", false); // LINUX user_pref("browser.region.update.enabled", false); user_pref("permissions.manager.defaultsUrl", ""); user_pref("webchannel.allowObject.urlWhitelist", "");

/** TELEMETRY ***/ user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", "data:,"); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.coverage.opt-out", true); user_pref("toolkit.coverage.opt-out", true); user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false); user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false); user_pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.discovery.enabled", false); user_pref("breakpad.reportURL", ""); user_pref("browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport", false); user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit2", false); user_pref("captivedetect.canonicalURL", ""); user_pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false); user_pref("network.connectivity-service.enabled", false); user_pref("default-browser-agent.enabled", false); user_pref("app.normandy.enabled", false); user_pref("app.normandy.api_url", ""); user_pref("browser.ping-centre.telemetry", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry", false);

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/** MOZILLA UI ***/ user_pref("layout.css.prefers-color-scheme.content-override", 2); user_pref("toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets", true); user_pref("app.update.suppressPrompts", true); user_pref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1); user_pref("browser.compactmode.show", true); user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.vpnpromourl", ""); user_pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false); user_pref("extensions.htmlaboutaddons.recommendations.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr.addons", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr.features", false); user_pref("browser.preferences.moreFromMozilla", false); user_pref("browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled", false); user_pref("browser.aboutwelcome.enabled", false); user_pref("findbar.highlightAll", true); user_pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", false); user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.enable-new-indicator", false);

/** FULLSCREEN ***/ user_pref("full-screen-api.transition-duration.enter", "0 0"); user_pref("full-screen-api.transition-duration.leave", "0 0"); user_pref("full-screen-api.warning.delay", 0); user_pref("full-screen-api.warning.timeout", 0);

/** URL BAR ***/ user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.engines", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.topsites", false); user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.calculator", true); user_pref("browser.urlbar.unitConversion.enabled", true);

/** NEW TAB PAGE ***/ user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.topsites", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories", false);

/*** POCKET ***/ user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);

/** DOWNLOADS ***/ user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false); user_pref("browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel", false); user_pref("browser.download.manager.addToRecentDocs", false); user_pref("browser.download.always_ask_before_handling_new_types", true);

/** PDF ***/ user_pref("browser.download.open_pdf_attachments_inline", true);

/** TAB BEHAVIOR ***/ user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0); user_pref("dom.disable_window_move_resize", true); user_pref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs", true); user_pref("browser.bookmarks.openInTabClosesMenu", false); user_pref("clipboard.plainTextOnly", true); user_pref("dom.popup_allowed_events", "click dblclick"); user_pref("layout.css.has-selector.enabled", true);

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user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0); user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay_in_oopif", 0); user_pref("browser.startup.preXulSkeletonUI", false);

/** EXPERIMENTAL ***/ user_pref("layout.css.grid-template-masonry-value.enabled", true); user_pref("dom.enable_web_task_scheduling", true); user_pref("layout.css.animation-composition.enabled", true);

/** NETWORK ***/ user_pref("network.ssl_tokens_cache_capacity", 32768); user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 20000); user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 3600); user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpirationGracePeriod", 240); user_pref("network.buffer.cache.size", 262144); user_pref("network.buffer.cache.count", 128);

/** GFX ***/ user_pref("gfx.webrender.all", true); user_pref("gfx.webrender.precache-shaders", true); user_pref("gfx.webrender.compositor", true); user_pref("gfx.canvas.accelerated", true); user_pref("gfx.canvas.accelerated.cache-items", 32768); user_pref("gfx.canvas.accelerated.cache-size", 4096); user_pref("gfx.content.skia-font-cache-size", 80); user_pref("image.cache.size", 10485760); user_pref("image.mem.decode_bytes_at_a_time", 131072); user_pref("image.mem.shared.unmap.min_expiration_ms", 120000); user_pref("layers.gpu-process.enabled", true); user_pref("media.memory_cache_max_size", 1048576); user_pref("media.memory_caches_combined_limit_kb", 2560000); user_pref("media.cache_size", 2048000); user_pref("media.cache_readahead_limit", 9000); user_pref("media.cache_resume_threshold", 6000);

/** CACHE ***/ user_pref("browser.cache.memory.max_entry_size", 153600);

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// see https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/blob/master/Smoothfox.js // Enter your scrolling prefs below this line: // recommended for 60hz displays user_pref("general.smoothScroll", true); // DEFAULT user_pref("mousewheel.default.delta_multiplier_y", 275); // 250-500 /****************************************************************************

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// Enter your personal prefs below this line:

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I'm trying to login to my Firefox sync account, and when I login with email or qr code I get stuck with the screen saying warning. Soon after I left my phone to login and came back 15 minuets, and it continued "working".

is it possible to make this opened site/s bar smaller,less wilde ,see my screenshot, this one by : nieuw tabblad like using fonts in about:config. the internet bar i find ok.

So I wanted to read PDFs trough firefox with a dark theme, looked up how to do so online, and people say to change the "about:config" option "pdfjs.viewerCssTheme" to "2" instead of "0", I did that, tried opening a PDF, nothing happend, it was still black text on white backgrounds. Tried closing firefox, reopened the pdf, nothing happened, still white backgrounds. Tried to check if it might have to do with that specific pdf file's config, created my own PDF file from a word document, tried to open it, still white backgrounds. Tried disabling extensions, (which I use four of, UBlock Origin, SponsporBlock, Return Youtube Dislike and Translate this page), didn't work. Tried enabling the option on my laptop, didn't work. Tried a bunch of other stuff and it still won't work. My Firefox version is 109 and I'm using Windows 10 I also don't want to use the console/file edit thing with grayscale(1) invertcolor(1) or whatever it was since it also reverses the colors of images instead of just the backgrounda nd text color.

Very recently Facebook (META) wants me to agree to cookies before allowing me access to my personal page. There is a pop-up blocking access. (See attached screenshot) I have used Facebook container since it first became available. What is the risk here? At this point I have not agreed to anything.

Whenever I use Firefox 109.0 (on Ubuntu 22.04) to transfer money between savings and checking in my online banking account, I get a window pop-up that says "No Apps Available". This is something going on my bank's servers and shouldn't require Firefox or any local helper apps on my end to do anything. I will post the window that pops up. Has anyone else encountered this? And is there a way to disable these pop-up?

I recently had hard drive problems and during the ensuing melee, I discovered that Firefox has stored well over 100k files with the general name {xxx...}.final. Being the curious sort--and given that these boogers are taking up almost 1Gb--I looked at a few and they appear to be related to websites that I visited. I can see keeping some recent things around, but some of this goes back, literally, to the day I bought my PC. Um...that's a lot of files and a lot of space for places I visited once and will never go to again. Some of the websites no longer exist, so obviously those files are wasted space.

I am unable to find much about this on the web, either via Google or the help here. A few people have brought it up, but no one seems to know what to do. The help here goes nuts with the search term "final" and brings up a plethora of hits containing "finally" and so forth, but nothing useful. "}.final" isn't much help, either.

The path is C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<profile name>\storage\default

Questions: 1) Can some or all of this be deleted? 2) Is there a way to tell Firefox not to be so anal about keeping so many useless things?

Given the sheer quantity of these things, it would make future backup/restores easier if I could trim some of the fat, but I don't want to mess things up, either.

Thanks...

Hello,

There is a very long list of these that are associated with my account. I've imported my Firefox settings from computer to computer for at least twenty years. I may have made mistakes that caused me to pick up malware, and want to fix this, and some of these certificates have expired.

How do I know what to keep and what to either delete or edit trust regarding?

Is there any way to quickly and easily have all of them assessed at once?

Thanks very much!

Sally

Hello. I have a problem with turning off google safesearch. I'm 28 years old so it's not a problem with google acc. I have same firefox on pc and on laptop. On pc and on smarthphone it's easily turning off and if i'm using edge or chrome on laptop it's also turned off, but if i'm using firefox exactly on google it's always turned on no matter what i'm do. Just in case, if i'm using for example bing search in firefox it's also turned off, likely it's always turned when i'm using google with combination in firefox. Methods that I already tried: 1) Turned off in computer settings (not worked) 2) Reinstalled browser (not worked) 3) Checked in my wifi settings (not worked) 4) Updated everything (not worked) Waiting for your help.