Trying to transfer my FF profile from old computer to this one. Nothing in your help pages is working. The file is not corrupt. Any help will be appreciated.
I have done everything that is in the support answers, but to no avail. When I open FF in my jalopy (10 yr old computer), all my current bookmarks, and history for the p… (read more)
I have done everything that is in the support answers, but to no avail. When I open FF in my jalopy (10 yr old computer), all my current bookmarks, and history for the past 5 years are still there. After copying the profile, and the entire Mozilla folder (separate attempts), and over-copying the folder in my new computer, there is no change; the files only go back to when I first installed FF on it. None of your support answers say anything about whether to copy the jalopy files into the local, or roaming folders, so I copied it into both. Still no difference.
In a related migration/replace problem, I cannot sync my new computer with the old, even though they're both in the same account name. The jalopy and new computer names are both recognized in the jalopy, but the new computer doesn't pick up the old computer name. This was the first thing I tried to reconcile the two machines. I am extremely frustrated, and at my wits end dealing with this problem. Any reasonable assistance and solutions are appreciated. Thank you.
P.S. If there is a response, will I receive an email or message on my FF account, or do I have to read through 800 instances to find the answer?
Firefox
Repeatedly says to close the open firefox before I can compete install, but there is none open
I stopped the AV, I deleted all old files for Firefox, there is no other firefox open or even installed, but the new one wont' install.
Building mozilla from source code on CentOS-8
Hi, I am trying to build the latest ESR and ESR31 on CentOS 8. I am trying to run the bootstrapper but it is unable to find some packages for both ESR sources ( i.e. 31… (read more)
Hi,
I am trying to build the latest ESR and ESR31 on CentOS 8. I am trying to run the bootstrapper but it is unable to find some packages for both ESR sources ( i.e. 31 and 68 ). Am I doing something wrong with my assumption of building mozilla from source on CentOS 8 ? Please help!!
Auto update crashed my computer going to 71.0 and then Firefox was broken. Reinstalled and lost all data
Firefox auto update locked up my Win 7 computer while updating from 70.1 to 71.0 and I had to hard restart. When back into Windows, Firefox was broken. I had to reinstall… (read more)
Firefox auto update locked up my Win 7 computer while updating from 70.1 to 71.0 and I had to hard restart. When back into Windows, Firefox was broken. I had to reinstall Firefox to get it running and all bookmarks and saved logins were totally lost. I tried restoring them from backups but no success. I was able to move bookmarks over from another computer, but I am having no success finding the key3.db and logins.jsons files on the computer with working bookmarks and saved passwords. The computer I am trying to move the saved logins from is Windows 10, or as I call it, bloated utter crap. I need help moving those files over to the computer that had the Firefox problem, which is Windows 7. The computer that I am posting this from is the Windows 10 one that I haven't had the problem with.
Transferring Passwords form Firefox 45.9.0 to 70.0.1
Without using Sync, what is the easiest way to transfer my Firefox passwords from my old Mac (running OS X 10.6.8) to a new Mac (running 10.15.1)? Is it as simple as movi… (read more)
Without using Sync, what is the easiest way to transfer my Firefox passwords from my old Mac (running OS X 10.6.8) to a new Mac (running 10.15.1)?
Is it as simple as moving the old logins.json and key3.db files from the old Firefox Profile folder to the new Firefox Profile folder?
Can I copy the old Firefox Profiles folder and replace the Profile folder in the new Mac with a copy (to get all my bookmarks & passwords)?
Everything is properly set w/2 DT's, but still won't sync. Had done it previously, w/no changes from me. Solution?
Trying to sync between this computer and the one I'm replacing. Both are properly set up to sync, but when I choolse "sync now," nothing happens. It functioned properly… (read more)
Trying to sync between this computer and the one I'm replacing. Both are properly set up to sync, but when I choolse "sync now," nothing happens. It functioned properly until yesterday (12/04/19), now nothing.
mozilla firefox version 63 esr
Hi, i need to download older 63 esr. Please share the link immediately. Thanks Mani
Unable to download Firefox ESR 60.9 latest verison MSI installer
We are deploying Firefox for our organisation. MSI installer not found for ESR verison. for others only its available. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-… (read more)
We are deploying Firefox for our organisation. MSI installer not found for ESR verison. for others only its available. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/#product-desktop-esr
todays update stopped me from using Microsoft solitare games -need help
Was able to connect to Microsoft to play sollitare games - clicked on GET and error message come up. It said "cannot open this page" then it said "The address wasn't unde… (read more)
Was able to connect to Microsoft to play sollitare games - clicked on GET and error message come up. It said "cannot open this page" then it said "The address wasn't understood' . then it said Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because one of the following protocols (ms-windows-store) isn't associated with any program or is not allowed in this context." then it said "you might need to install other software to open this address." I need help. I know nothing about fixing computer problems please help!!!
Why is 64-bit Firefox running from Program Files (x86)?
I've just found out that a 64-bit version of Firefox has been available for a couple of years now! Why hasn't my version of Firefox hasn't been automatically upgraded to … (read more)
I've just found out that a 64-bit version of Firefox has been available for a couple of years now! Why hasn't my version of Firefox hasn't been automatically upgraded to the 64 bit version?
I decided to try manually installing the 64-bit version, so I went to the download page (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/?q=English%20(US)#product-desktop-release) and specifically downloaded the 64-bit version. But to my surprise, this program wanted to install to Program Files (x86)!
To my further surprise, I checked in the Task Manager, and the version I'm already running has no asterisk next to it, suggesting that it's 64-bit. Yet it's installed in Program Files (x86)!?
According to this Mozilla support page: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/custom-installation-firefox-on-windows, the 64-bit version of the program is supposed to be installed in Program Files.
This is so confusing. Can anyone help?
firefox won't sync and dumped all my passwords and preferences
Regrettably, I updated firefox on my computer. It wiped out all my preferences , passwords, and bookmarks. When I tried to sync them back from my phone, the phone (with b… (read more)
Regrettably, I updated firefox on my computer. It wiped out all my preferences , passwords, and bookmarks. When I tried to sync them back from my phone, the phone (with both wifi and mobile data) wouldn't connect to firefox login, though it has no problem getting to other places on the internet. It also told me I had cookies turned off, even though I didn't. I checked three times.
Is there some way to retrieve the lost data so I can transfer it to a decent browser and get rid of FF forever? Thanks.
I've just downloaded 64 bit Firefox on my Mac with the Catalina OS and now I have to sign into Firefox everytime I open it. Is this the new normal?
I've just downloaded 64 bit Firefox on my Mac with the Catalina OS and now I have to sign into Firefox everytime I open it. Is this the new normal?
Uninstall current Firefox from W10 Desktop PC
There are several posts on this site regarding uninstalling Firefox. I am running current Firefox on current W10 64bit 1903 desktop PC using Ethernet with Spectrum as my… (read more)
There are several posts on this site regarding uninstalling Firefox. I am running current Firefox on current W10 64bit 1903 desktop PC using Ethernet with Spectrum as my ISP. I am having a couple of problems in Firefox that are not happening in current Chrome. 1. Page-not-found 2-8 times a day that resolve every time by simply clicking the "retry" (or something close to that) button. I reset my router to "factory" and installed most current router firmware but that did not help. Netgear Support has been unable to help. 2. In current LastPass addon, I have to re-login to LastPass every time I start Firefox - did not used to do that (a year ago), and in Chrome or Edge that does not happen. I have re-installed the LastPass add-on. I have upgraded Firefox many times and have cleared history/cache many times. So now I want to COMPLETELY remove Firefox, reboot, and then install Firefox from scratch. Can someone please point me to the web page that tells me how to properly remove all of Firefox so that I can re-download/install it from the beginning? I do not care about retaining my Firefox settings or other from my current Firefox install.
Firefox has been uploading insane ammount of bandwidth (180gb) this month...
So I've been using Firefox for quite a while now, both at home at work and on my phone. I've never had any issues with anything. I've had the same 3 extensions running si… (read more)
So I've been using Firefox for quite a while now, both at home at work and on my phone. I've never had any issues with anything. I've had the same 3 extensions running since the installation of Firefox(Momentum tabs, Popup blocker and uBlock Origin)
But recently, Firefox has been uploading insane amount of data to the point where it just does not make sense. I'm adding two images, 1st shows my trend over the last 4 months while the 2nd shows how much data Firefox has been sending while being on (with a reset) for about 4h.
It became an issue because i usually do not close my computer and leave Firefox open with the tabs open (on average 5) and it was consuming all that data while i was at work While a "fix" could be well, close your Firefox, if this keeps up I'll just switch browser.
As far as what tabs are kept open a few Stock images website, GogoAnime, and usually my e-mails or work where i've left it off. No streaming website is left opened
I've got no active VPN connections, I've got complete control of my network and am beyond 100% certain that the issue comes from firefox, no other IP are on my network and lastly disabling all of my extensions has not changed the behavior of Firefox. My Firefox is up to date, (70.0.1) so everything else on my computer, from windows, gpu to all other drivers
Any help would be appreciated, otherwise i'll just change browser. (tried leaving on Chrome and it hardly uploads anything whatsoever)
Creating a master password in Firefox
Hello gurus. Is there a way of creating a master password in Firefox that can be used to access all websites? I don't love the idea of creating a new password and usernam… (read more)
Hello gurus. Is there a way of creating a master password in Firefox that can be used to access all websites? I don't love the idea of creating a new password and username each time I sign up for a new online service?
I'm trying to use MozBackup to transfer Firefox and Thunderbird to my new computer, and it's not working. Help!
I have used Firefox and Thunderbird for many years, and have always used MozBackup when I upgraded to a new computer. This time, I am moving from a Windows 7 machine (bu… (read more)
I have used Firefox and Thunderbird for many years, and have always used MozBackup when I upgraded to a new computer. This time, I am moving from a Windows 7 machine (but with up-to-date Firefox and Thunderbird). I downloaded both Firefox and Thunderbird to my new machine. I used MozBackup to backup my profiles on my old machine and restore them on this machine.
Except when I open Firefox or Thunderbird, nothing has been restored. Thunderbird has no email profiles nor any saved emails, it is a perfectly clean new version asking me to set up a profile. Firefox has the tabs I opened on this machine before trying to restore the profile from my other machine. It has all the data from Firefox Synch, except that (as before the attempt at using MozBackup) all of my carefully curated folders of bookmarks from over a decade of use are gone (all the bookmarks appear to be there, but there is no organization or folders).
I have now tried uninstalling and reinstalling Firefox, Thunderbird, and MozBackup multiple times, and running MozBackup multiple times, and the same thing happens each time.
Firefox blocks down loads from https://adblockultimate.net/ - sabotaging my ad blocking
Firefox pretends that there is a connection failure. Everything else works.
why does jpeg files from one computer show up as wallpaper on a different computer?
I download a picture on computer A, then it mysteriously appears as the wallpaper on computer B, how is the picture getting to computer B, and showing up as desktop wallp… (read more)
I download a picture on computer A, then it mysteriously appears as the wallpaper on computer B, how is the picture getting to computer B, and showing up as desktop wallpaper?
Switching FF-Profilges from computers with current firefox versions to computers with older ESR Firefox using --allow-downgrade not working all the time
We are currently using the Newest Firefox (Without ESR) on our current, older computers (Windows 7 and 10). Now we have to Switch to New Computers provided from our manag… (read more)
We are currently using the Newest Firefox (Without ESR) on our current, older computers (Windows 7 and 10). Now we have to Switch to New Computers provided from our management-company with an older ESR-Firefox 68.2. Sometime running firefox --allow-downgrade works, somtimes not. This is a big Problem because a lot of passwords are saved in the profiles and the "new" passwort page makes it very complikated to simply take some Screenshots of the Passwords to a new computer. Mozilla Sync Profiles are not Allowed in Our company. Do you have some helpfull advise for this situation? We startet with 10 Computers hand started running into these Problems, but there are litarelly a few hundreds more we have to migrate!