Firefox Support Forum

Hi all -

Instead of firing up FF and then clicking on the toolbar icon - "Open a Private Browsing Window" every time, is there a way to create a Desktop Shortcut to click on which brings up FF in Private Browsing mode?

Perhaps I can place it in my quick launch toolbar.

Also -

Is it possible to set a default "homepage" for Private Browsing mode?

Any help always appreciated. Thanks.

Somehow I changed my settings for downloading files....it used to give me the option to either open or save the file and now a window pops up to only save it. I am not sure how to change this back to give me the option to open it.

I used to make a backup or saved copy of my favorites with internet explorer on my XP computer and the result was an easily opened list of all my links in order. Recently I installed firefox and I now tried to do the same thing. I did a backup to my bookmarks and could not open the file initially. After some searching I was able to open the file with several programs but all of the results were useless. I kept getting a document with tons of data from the extreme left to right side of the screen in no format or in a usable list. So how can I get the backup or a saved copy in microsoft windows works (not word) processor like all my other windows XP documents are in?

I would like to check my history for time of day, as well as for the date. Is this a feature that is common? How do I set it to work showing the time, as well as, the date? Thank you.

I've been try to change my home page for a week and it keeps come to findamos.com each time I restart firefox and when i restart my computer it also takes off my appearance.

I just installed a fresh windows xp on my pc and I'm using the latest FF 26.0,but from the start i cant get to some pages,like in youtube,some pages doesnt come up and i get the "This connection is untrusted" page,in the technical details it says "youtube.com uses an invalid security certificate,the certificate is not trusted because no issuer chain is provided.(Error code:sec_error_unknown_issuer). also when i open FF add-ons manager tab Extensions,Appearance,Plugins and Services are ok but the Get Add-ons tab is not working,i get the same page as i stated above with the same technical details (instead of youtube.com it's services.addons.mozilla.org) and same error. I've tried all solutions on the web and on this forum like reset FF, adjust time & date, using the "Skip cert error" add-on, deleting the cert8.db file, and so on - none of them helped me with this problem. If it helps i use Avast! antivirus and window firewall,no other software on that pc. I'm pretty clueless about what else i can do,any suggestion that might help? Thanks!

browser.newtab.url http://search.conduit.com/?ctid=CT3323739&octid=EB_ORIGINAL_CTID&SearchSource=69&CUI=&SSPV=&Lay=1&UM=2&UP=SP3D9ADE83-F3E

I can find no add on, tool bar, or extension for this. I did a search on my hard drive and it returned nothing as well.

about:support shows it listed under Important Modified preferences.

Already transferred files & folders from old laptop to new one, but Firefox & associated bookmarks did not make the transfer. I've downloaded Firefox to the new laptop, but can't find any useful info on how to import the bookmarks.

When I try to connect to the embedded web server in my network attached printer at https:\\192.168.0.3, I get the following error:

| Secure Connection Failed | | An error occurred during a connection to 192.168.0.3. | | You have received an invalid certificate. Please contact the server administrator or email | correspondent and give them the following information: | | Your certificate contains the same serial number as another certificate issued by the certificate | authority. Please get a new certificate containing a unique serial number. | | (Error code: sec_error_reused_issuer_and_serial) | | The page you are trying to view cannot be shown because the authenticity of the received data | could not be verified. | | Please contact the website owners to inform them of this problem. Alternatively, use the command | found in the help menu to report this broken site.

I have read many of the notes on this error, but have not been able to add a permanent exception to resolve the issue.

If your only solution is to tell me to: 1.Restart my computer 2.Start Firefox in safemode 3.Use another hotkey to open a new tab that's not middle mouse button.

Then don't even bother replying. As I've done the first two and it made no difference and 3rd option is a solution at all.

This is frustrating and I'm slightly upset that after reading 20+ Pages of the same problem dating back from 2011 that there are no answers.

I am on a fresh install Windows XP (Yes I know old school) with firefox version 27.0.1.

I have no idea how to even find out if my Active X (whatever that is) is enabled, much less enable it if it isn't. According to the info I'm reading, I have Windows XP with Firefox version 3.5.9

I go to the installation page, click on download now, a page comes up showing images of the three steps to download but it never starts. I click on the "if it doesn't start click here" but it just takes me to a products page and I never get to download

i have firefox web browser and google chrome, i am able to print a page in pdf on chrome but not in firefox why? so how can i print a page in pdf on firefox please suggest me.

I've been using Firefox the last 5 years, and so far I have not had any problems. I have a 64-bit Windows 8 OS. I used to play Friv flash games at http://www.friv.com/, but it has not been updated for a long time, so I started playing at http://frivgames.racing/, http://kizigamesxl.org/ and http://friv2.racing/. Yesterday I updated Adobe Flash Player and now I can not to play any game! When I go to the page with the game, there is a gray background...

What's wrong?

I just updated Shockwave and now have three versions in my plugins: 11.6.5.636, 11.6.5.636 and 11.6.7.637. I can disable the two older, but not remove them.

Should I and how if so?

Thanks.

I use Windows XP Pro the current release of Firefox and I wan to open a new tab as ablank page rather than a Zone Alarm search window ! I'll supply any more details as required. Thanks

The question sums up my needs. Where are "Previous Sessions" stored? I have backed up my "C" drive, My Documents, My Pictures, etc., so, I should be o.k. with bookmarks. But, I would also like to be able to access previous sessions.