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When I have Firefox 67 (FF) set as my default browser in Windows 10, embedded hyperlinks in third party applications won't open in FF. If I change my default browser to Edge or Chrome these links will open in either application but if I switch back to FF as the default browser they won't open again in FF.

Is there a setting somewhere I could have accidentally set when implementing the privacy features within FF or is there some other reason someone can assist with as to why this would start happening.

Thanks.

Since updating to Firefox 67, myself and my clients either have a **.default or a **.default-release profile. This is despite the fact that we only have one version of Firefox installed and some computers have the -release profile whereas others don't for some reason.

I am aware that a number of people have reported this. However, it's not clear if this is a bug where there is only one version of Firefox installed or intended result.

My main question is going forward will Firefox be using the -release format or the .default profile? In other words, was there a bug in a Firefox version causing it to create a -release profile even if there if there was only one Firefox version installed or is it just a case of some computers have not phased in the new profile name yet. This would explain the inconsistencies between computers.

The reason that this is a problem is because I use a script to install ublock origin and also to copy a user.js preferences file to configure Firefox. I am now having to copy to both -release and .default profiles on every computer and I have designed the script to install ublock to a -release profile.

I would prefer to have one profile moving forward, but need to know whether this will be .default-release or simply .default. Thank you

Symptom: I cannot connect to any Mozilla.org websites. I cannot update Firefox. I cannot get any Mozilla approved add-ons to download. I have tried to connect to Mozilla.org using all of the Big Three browsers out there and I have the same problem of not being able to connect to Mozilla.org or any of Mozilla's affiliated websites on any of the browsers. I am using Windows 10 and currently have the Firefox 68.0.1build. I have separately ran three different top-tier antivirus programs on my desktop PC and nothing noteworthy was found. I completely uninstalled the antivirus programs and still no connection to Mozilla.org. I tried DNS flush and tried a different DNS server, I tried resetting the modem and router, checked the PC's date and time settings, ensured that no parental controls were enabled, ensured that JavaScript was enabled, removed all Firefox extensions, restarted Firefox in safe mode, uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox and still have the same problem. I tried connecting to Mozilla.org with a free online proxy VPN and was finally successful although Mozilla's GUI didn't completely load correctly. I am able to quickly and efficiently connect to every other website on the web with any browser including Firefox, but none of the web browsers including Firefox will connect to any Mozilla affiliated or Mozilla extension websites on my PC. When trying to access any Mozilla.org website, the page buffers for several minutes and then the page display's the error code PR_CONNECT_RESET_ERROR. Sometimes I get an auto-update message on my Firefox browser that states that a new version is available and so I click to download the new version and all I get is buffering and no downloading. Then a new message appears after a few minutes stating that Firefox didn't download correctly and that I need to reinstall Firefox. I uninstall Firefox but cannot access any Mozilla.org website to reinstall Firefox because after clicking the link to access the Mozilla webpage there is nothing but buffer and no access. Using the free online web based VPN I was able to reinstall Firefox, but I still have to same issues. If I run Windows 10 in safe mode with networking I am able to access all Mozilla.org websites and install Firefox extensions. Is there any known fix to get this issue fixed while running my PC in normal mode apart from completely uninstalling and reinstalling Windows?

In Firefox version 66.0.4 when I download a .jnlp-file it provides the option to either save the file or open it in Java Web Start. Now that I updated to Firefox version 67.0 I can only save the file. The option to directly open the file using Java Web Start is not available anymore.

For maybe a couple of weeks now, the FF icon on the Taskbar has been most of the time blank white. The desktop icon is fine, and everything else works OK. Occasionally, but not always, if I right-click the taskbar icon and select Delete, the icon is not deleted, but suddenly the FF icon is there. Other times the icon is deleted.

If I then right click the desktop icon and select Pin To Taskbar, it appears on the taskbar but with a blank icon.

I'm baffled.

FF 67, automatically updated Win 10 64-bit

There were a couple of posts asking the same thing I am, but no answers to either of the. You used to have that Theme and Font Size Changer but I hear that is not very useful anymore. Is there any other way to increase the text on tool bars and menus? It's just way too small. Text on web pages is fine but I can't hardly read the tool bars and menus unless I really squint. Why would you want to make it so terribly small with no way to adjust it?

Did Firefox 67 create this issue. When Asked to login to a website with SAVED PASSWORD......... Now appears an item to view Saved Login.......... Which list all sites and Usernames & Passwords............That firefox ever collected.

Also when dis the yellow background for the Login Field get initiated............

HOW TO REMOVE THIS SO CALLED FEATURE .............. NOT REALLY WANTED ............ The FIREFOX OPTION in see SAVED Passord information was good enough!!!

When accessing a youtube video using Firefox on my Mac I get the following error:

"Video unavailable This video is restricted. Try signing in with a Google Apps account."

When accessing the same video using Firfox on my Android phone is plays fine. When accessing the same video using Chrome on my Mac is plays fine.

I checked the Firefox settings on my Mac and couldnot see any obvious problems. I tried changing some of the options but that made no difference.

Grateful for any help you can provide.

When using Google, if I download two files named "unknown" it will save the second as unknown (1) and so on and so forth however when I use FireFix and I attempt to download two files with the same name I will have to type a new file name out and its quit annoying.

Is FireFox just lame like this or is there a work around / fix?

My wifi plan is of 50 Mbps. When checked on Firefox via Ookla speedtest it shows only 9 to 10 Mbps. It has been showing this since the past week, before that it was accurate to 50 Mbps. Also when checked on Ookla Speedtest app on Windows, the speed is accurate (50 Mbps). I was trying to attach screenshots but it is stuck on 'Loading'.

At the moment there is container feature, but it doesn't really work like how I prefer it to be.

1. A container is limited to a tab, not a Firefox window 2. Something similar to Chrome profile would be great. 3. My current flow is that each window is per profile, meaning that one window is for work, one for personal, etc.

Will Firefox consider this as a future improvement, or Firefox doesn't prefer this kinda of workflow?

Hi,

 When I do a search w/ Google it doesn't work w/ Firefox. Typically I get " your search did not match any documents"

Google works fine w/ Chrome. Also, other search engines work fine w/ Firefox. Any help appreciated. Thanks

I am using Video Download Helper with companion app, when downloading videos, the DownloadHelper will uses only one process of Firefox with very high CPU and memory usage. . Ans cause it does not take advantage of all the CPU cores it is very slow, and uses high memory for that process and will make all tabs in Firefox slow.

It seems that this process is the core process for Firefox, although it is a sub-process. It is the process that almost doesn't uses GPU memory.

When finished, if I killed this Firefox process to clean memory, cause it will just accumulate the memory in that specific process, all the tabs in the Firefox will crash and can't be refreshed, until I close Firefox and open it again.

Usually when I kill a Firefox process that is not responding, it will crash a few tabs and they can be refreshed after that.

Is there anyway that can make the companion app uses all processes for Firefox, so it will distribute the CPU usage to all cores, and if used a high memory it will be distribute the memory to all process and will be easier to clean.

I keep getting the following message on Firefox:

"Some users of AVG Internet Security Software are unable to access their saved passwords and logins"

I don't like the look of it and there are two click buttons, neither of which I have touched.

Screen shot attached.

Anyone have any idea what this is?

I want the new tabs to open next to the current tab and not at the end of my 644 tabs. Use to open next to the current tab and then I had to reset FF and now I can't get it back the way I had it. What do I need to add or change to get the behavior I want and had? Thanks, Ed

Hi. I need to open the jnlp file but each time it shows me the message "Open executable files? ..." How can I disable this message and open the executable file? Thank you! Thanks!