Firefox is now forcing me to use Yahoo! search toolbar and will not even show Google as an option
Even when I search in Preferences --> Search --> Find more search engines, Google does not even appear in the results. When I visit Google.com, the green plus sign … (read more)
Even when I search in Preferences --> Search --> Find more search engines, Google does not even appear in the results. When I visit Google.com, the green plus sign does not appear on the magnifying glass in the search toolbar, but it shows up on almost every other site. Even on this Mozilla Support site, the green plus sign appears and I can add this to my search toolbar, but I can't add Google.
This all started when I updated my Mac to Catalina, but I don't see why that would affect my ability to simply add Google to my search toolbar. Someone please help, this is driving me insane.
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Not getting logon or terms page when I connect to a public wifi
When I connect to a public wifi I get connected to their network. However, the terms acceptance page won't load, which means I can't agree to terms, which means that I ca… (read more)
When I connect to a public wifi I get connected to their network. However, the terms acceptance page won't load, which means I can't agree to terms, which means that I cannot get connected to the internet. There was no problem through Tuesday, 12/10/19, but starting on Wednesday the terms pages quit loading.
Firefox does not delete all cookies in my "today" history
At the end of each day I select "history" and "delete recent history." Then I click the "today" tab and execute the delete (I keep a small number of older cookies because… (read more)
At the end of each day I select "history" and "delete recent history." Then I click the "today" tab and execute the delete (I keep a small number of older cookies because I want them there, but I want everything added today to go away). But not all of the cookies from today's activity are being deleted. Why is this? How can I fix it? (I am using Firefox 71.0 on Windows 10. My only plug-in is U-Block.)
Ctrl+shift+T to restore closed tabs does not work anymore (with version 71.0)?
Updating to Firefox 71.0 was a catastrophe. I lost all my open tags though RESTORE PREVIOUS SESSION was enabled. I had quite a while, till I figured out how Firefox reall… (read more)
Updating to Firefox 71.0 was a catastrophe. I lost all my open tags though RESTORE PREVIOUS SESSION was enabled. I had quite a while, till I figured out how Firefox really does restore previous sessions. The lost tabs though were gone.
But one problem is remaining. I can not restore closed tabs with 71.0. Ctrl+shift+T does not work anymore.
How can I enable it again Or is there a new combination for it
Usernames visible in private window after master password entered in normal window
I have a master password set and this works as expected. However, if I start a private window after inputting the password in the normal window, all the usernames (not p… (read more)
I have a master password set and this works as expected. However, if I start a private window after inputting the password in the normal window, all the usernames (not passwords) are visible in the private window. This looks like a breach of privacy? I would have expected that a new private window would have to request the master password to be re-entered. Is this by design?
Backward compatible session manager
On PC, I used to use the addon Session Manager : http://sessionmanager.mozdev.org/ It creates files that go by the extension ".session", and I have a folder with very man… (read more)
On PC, I used to use the addon Session Manager : http://sessionmanager.mozdev.org/ It creates files that go by the extension ".session", and I have a folder with very many of those.
I don't know if up to date session managers work with the same file type, or whether it's a standard. I am looking for an addon that can at least read and open them. And preferably, that one can save and process sessions in this file type, to keep some continuity with my old profile. And still better, some cross browser session manager, so I can open those old files in, say, chrome too.
Have a problem with reopening last closed sesion. Option is turned on, I unistal it and still have this issue .
Option about saving previous sesion is turned on. I already unsiltal firefox, clear history, cookies, etc. After close and reoped only main page is visible without last … (read more)
Option about saving previous sesion is turned on. I already unsiltal firefox, clear history, cookies, etc. After close and reoped only main page is visible without last opened.
<enter> key not using URL bar auto-suggestion
When I type a few characters into the url bar, I see a list of completions from sites I've visited before, and the completion from the top match is highlighted in the URL… (read more)
When I type a few characters into the url bar, I see a list of completions from sites I've visited before, and the completion from the top match is highlighted in the URL bar. For example, if I type 'ny' into the search bar, I see a list of sites pop up with 'ny' in the url, and the URL bar itself now contains the original 'ny' characters followed by a highlighted string of 'times.com' since that's the site with nt in it that I've visited the most. So far, so good. The problem comes when I press <enter> however. Instead of taking me to the New York Times website as I intended, the browser reacts as if I only typed in ny in the search bar and hit <enter>, and it ignores the auto-suggestions that it just displayed. (In this case, it takes me to ny.com, which is not what I want). How do I get <enter> key presses to go to the completed url? Here is a screen cast showing exactly what I'm talking about: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L4a_lLG0QRPRU6aKSvoUIa8MOvRwBCHm/view?usp=sharing
Windows 10, Firefox 71 seems FF is auto fill in a password on a site I never had happen before. I've gone to saved passwords and it's "not list there.
Firefox 71 seems to now auto fill in a password on a site I never had happen before update to FF 71. I've gone to saved passwords and it's "not listed there" I also check… (read more)
Firefox 71 seems to now auto fill in a password on a site I never had happen before update to FF 71. I've gone to saved passwords and it's "not listed there" I also checked exceptions and my surprise "it is listed" as an exception but keeps filling it in anyway. Seems nothing I do will stop it.
can't seperate bookmarks for two different accounts
Recently I bought a new PC, installed Firefox on it, logged in with my account and synced all of my bookmarks and add-ons, etc My wife is now working on my old PC, there… (read more)
Recently I bought a new PC, installed Firefox on it, logged in with my account and synced all of my bookmarks and add-ons, etc My wife is now working on my old PC, therefore I removed all old programs and installed just the basic stuff she always uses. She's also created her own account after installing the latest version of Firefox. I didn't rename the computer, only her Windows useraccount. Also created a new profile, that doesn't help either because bookmarks keep getting synced between two different accounts each on a different PC and I don't seem to get it right. Looked at the different devices that should sync under each account, that seems to be OK. But everytime I make a change in the bookmarks on one of the PC's with it's own account the other one also gets changed under that different account. Can someone help me by taking it step by step, so I can understand what it is I am doing wrong?
Locate a bookmark in library folders tree
Hello. In my bookmarks library I have a lot of folders organized in a tree with multiple branches themselves organized in hierarchic levels. Sometimes I don't find the bo… (read more)
Hello. In my bookmarks library I have a lot of folders organized in a tree with multiple branches themselves organized in hierarchic levels. Sometimes I don't find the bookmark I want to use by browsing my tree, probably because I didn't put it in the right location in the tree. I can find it by the "Search bookmarks" function but this function doesn't provide the bookmark location in the tree (and I don't see any other way to locate it). Thus I can't correct the bookmark location error in the tree.
Is there a way to locate a bookmark in library folders tree ?
Regards. j-p
Why when using Firefox do the emoji and othe type buttons not show up on Facebook?
Running Windows 8.1 and when using Firefox Facebook images disappear when i put the curser on them, Also the emoji and post a gif buttons do not show up. The picture supp… (read more)
Running Windows 8.1 and when using Firefox Facebook images disappear when i put the curser on them, Also the emoji and post a gif buttons do not show up. The picture supplied is using Explorer.
Firefox opens a new, blank, pointless, Window on start-up, while also also restoring my previous session on seperate window.
Everytime I start Firefox, it restores my previous session, but also opens a new, blank, and frankly pointless 2nd window which i have to close, before going back to my r… (read more)
Everytime I start Firefox, it restores my previous session, but also opens a new, blank, and frankly pointless 2nd window which i have to close, before going back to my restored session, it's quite annoying, and I can't find a setting to stop it from starting this new session when i open the application.
How do I change the default location of bookmarks back to asking where to put the bookmark
Recently Firefox change to putting my saved bookmarks somewhere instead of asking where I want my bookmark to go. So now every saved bookmark requires an 'Edit Bookmark'… (read more)
Recently Firefox change to putting my saved bookmarks somewhere instead of asking where I want my bookmark to go. So now every saved bookmark requires an 'Edit Bookmark'. This is stupid - I'm never going to want the bookmark where Firefox now assigns it. How do I go back to just being asked where I want to put the bookmark in the first place?
Does anyone know what encryption algorithm is used to protect my Firefox user IDs & passwords on my computer & the bit-length of the Master Password?
I expect to see AES algoritym and at least 256 bit password length (or better) to protect the ID/Password file on my computer. If not, then I will stick with my third-pa… (read more)
I expect to see AES algoritym and at least 256 bit password length (or better) to protect the ID/Password file on my computer. If not, then I will stick with my third-party password manager application.
Audio cracking on videos for example on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube
The audio on videos from YouTube/Facebook/Twitter/any website which allows video/audio play, is cracking. Mostly happens when there are multiple tabs open. What can I do?… (read more)
The audio on videos from YouTube/Facebook/Twitter/any website which allows video/audio play, is cracking. Mostly happens when there are multiple tabs open. What can I do? Also, I have tried doing a full uninstall and installing again, continues with the same problem. This did not used to happen before.
How do I prevent "pop-up" tabs from appearing?? This began happening to me a few days ago.
Occasionally when I perform some action in a tab such as click on a link or proceed to a followup page A BRAND NEW TAB APPEARS WHICH APPEARS TO BE MARKETING OR SOMETHING.… (read more)
Occasionally when I perform some action in a tab such as click on a link or proceed to a followup page A BRAND NEW TAB APPEARS WHICH APPEARS TO BE MARKETING OR SOMETHING.. Nothing to do with what I was doing, and focus is taken to this new "SPAM" tab. How do I prevent this?????
Malwarebytes has flagged the following file as a PUP, C:\USERS\DFREE\APPDATA\ROAMING\MOZILLA\FIREFOX\PROFILES\GBCUBWW3.DEFAULT- What do I do with it?
I think the Question sums it up. After my Malwarebytes scan last evening it flagged the above captioned file as a PUP. Do I leave it in quaranteen? Delete it? Or mark… (read more)
I think the Question sums it up. After my Malwarebytes scan last evening it flagged the above captioned file as a PUP. Do I leave it in quaranteen? Delete it? Or mark it as OK? I am looking for some guidance here. Denny
cannot use "online chat " options on websites when using Firefox,have to use Exploror which lets me do it!
onlin chats work ok on Exploror but not on Firefox,dont want to keep changing browser to use online chats,any simple fix ?
Firefox, Windows 7, not saving printer setting. I need to set default number of copies - 2.
I select 2 copies in printer preferences but it do not save on the next time. Each time I need do change manually to 2. How to save this setting forever?