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browser support

I tried going online this morning and was met with an update screen. When I tried to go to any site I was met with a blue dot going back and forth and no other response.… (read more)

I tried going online this morning and was met with an update screen. When I tried to go to any site I was met with a blue dot going back and forth and no other response. It didn't matter which site I tried, it wouldn't connect with any of them. Thinking it might be a problem with my isp, I tried through Edge and was able to connect with the sites. I did try reloading Foxfire and restarting my computer, bur neither seemed to have any effect. And yet I'm able to connect to Mozilla, go figure.

Asked by jeffgoertz 1 year ago

Last reply by jeffgoertz 1 year ago

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After the latest update, I can't open Microsoft applications. I have to save them to a file.

After the latest update, I can't open Microsoft applications. I have to save them to a file. When I get an email with a Word or Excel file attached, I HAVE to save it. Be… (read more)

After the latest update, I can't open Microsoft applications. I have to save them to a file. When I get an email with a Word or Excel file attached, I HAVE to save it. Before the update, the system always opened it so I could look at it first.

I went to settings and Applications, but in the window where it says, "Choose how Firefox handles the files you download from the web or the applications you use while browsing." There are no Microsoft options.

I was able to change the PDF docs to open rather than save, but I need to do the same thing with Word, Excel, PPT, etc.

Please help

Asked by ajones4 1 year ago

Answered by Terry 1 year ago

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I cannot access websites that do not want ad-blockers, even though I am not using one.

I am on Lubuntu, and was trying to download something for a game I play, but when I went to download, it said I must have my ad-blocker disabled. I do not have any extens… (read more)

I am on Lubuntu, and was trying to download something for a game I play, but when I went to download, it said I must have my ad-blocker disabled. I do not have any extensions. I even tried getting an ad-blocker that I can turn on or off for different sites, but it did not work.

Asked by lightningwarrior2000 1 year ago

Answered by -elison- 1 year ago

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When Firefox was updated, it lost all of my saved tabs.

This is the first time, that an update lost all of my tabs. Is there a way to access previous sessions, other than the most recent one? I would like to access a session f… (read more)

This is the first time, that an update lost all of my tabs. Is there a way to access previous sessions, other than the most recent one? I would like to access a session from last week, and see if I can get my tabs back. I'm very unhappy about this and I've not been able to restore my tabs. The current tabs are place holders, and they do the reflect what I had before the update.

Asked by heddyfran1 1 year ago

Answered by Dropa 1 year ago

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IN WHATSAPP PDF FILE DOWNLOAD problem

HELLO mozilla TEAM IN WHATSAP PDF FILE I DOWNLOAD I JUST CLICK IN PDF FILE AND THE PDF PAGE IS OPEN IN MOZILLA OLD version I DOWNLOAD PDF I JUST CLICK AUTO DOWNLOAD PLZ… (read more)

HELLO mozilla TEAM IN WHATSAP PDF FILE I DOWNLOAD I JUST CLICK IN PDF FILE AND THE PDF PAGE IS OPEN IN MOZILLA OLD version I DOWNLOAD PDF I JUST CLICK AUTO DOWNLOAD PLZ I WANT SAME LIKE OLD version PDF FILE DOWNLOAD

         THANK U

Asked by HABIB.PEARL244 1 year ago

Last reply by squirell 1 year ago

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Browser Extensions

Browser extensions at times---particularly when I have multiple tabs open, will NOT REMAIN TOGGLED OFF. (i.e. DISABLED) I slide the toggle to OFF, and in roughly 10 seco… (read more)

Browser extensions at times---particularly when I have multiple tabs open, will NOT REMAIN TOGGLED OFF. (i.e. DISABLED) I slide the toggle to OFF, and in roughly 10 seconds it toggles itself back on. So, Short of closing the multiple tabs I have open and or clearing my caches and shutting down my browser and restarting it, is there a way to DISABLE extension(s) that WILL NOT remain DISABLED by making some change in the "INSPECT" menu or in the "about:config" menu? This is REALLY ANNOYING!

This has been happening for about two / three years. I'm just now inquiring for help with this issue. I'd be surprised there isn't some way to disable browser extensions that WILL NOT remain disabled, using advanced methods, i.e., something a intermediate PC user that can tweak / change.

Asked by ml44012 2 years ago

Last reply by ml44012 2 years ago

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How to use different themes on different profiles

I have three Firefox profiles: A, B, and C. I tried to give them all different themes. A has a red theme and keeps it consistently. B, my default profile, should have a g… (read more)

I have three Firefox profiles: A, B, and C. I tried to give them all different themes. A has a red theme and keeps it consistently. B, my default profile, should have a green theme, and C should have a black theme. However, when I change B's theme to green, the theme on C also changes to green, and when I change the theme on C to black, the theme for B also changes to black. I don't know what I did differently for A! How can I make my profile themes stick for B and C?

Asked by ashmoretbalailah 1 year ago

Answered by ashmoretbalailah 1 year ago

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Opening PCAP files with Wireshark

Until recently, when I would capture a PCAP file from a device through the web GUI, I would be able to click on the PCAP (packet capture) file and it would open the file … (read more)

Until recently, when I would capture a PCAP file from a device through the web GUI, I would be able to click on the PCAP (packet capture) file and it would open the file in Wireshark. As of this week, it stopped doing that and now only allows me to save the file and I need to look for the file and double click on it to open the file. I lose a lot of time doing that. Looked at the mime types already installed but there is no pcap to allow me to associate with Wireshark. I am running macOS Monte Rey on an M1 platform. I was working fine before.

Thanks

Asked by manny4 1 year ago

Last reply by manny4 1 year ago

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Problems playing videos.

Certain site show what looks to be Chinese writing in the menu and description. Videos for those site will not play. This just happen today. Is there something going o… (read more)

Certain site show what looks to be Chinese writing in the menu and description. Videos for those site will not play. This just happen today. Is there something going on with firefox? what would be the best fix?

Asked by jameswldrn537 1 year ago

Last reply by Terry 1 year ago

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email attachments fail to download

Downloading email attachments fails with Firefox. OK with Explorer 11. This problem began four days ago. Please tell me how to fix this. Lee Ransom - [removed phone# … (read more)

Downloading email attachments fails with Firefox. OK with Explorer 11. This problem began four days ago. Please tell me how to fix this.

Lee Ransom - [removed phone# from public]

Asked by leeransom 1 year ago

Answered by jonzn4SUSE 1 year ago

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Can't get rid of a firefox panel that appears whenever I open volume control settings in windows notifications panel

Hi all Wondering if you can help. Every time I try and turn my volume up or down a box appears (see screenshot) that relates to firefox. I have tried every which way to s… (read more)

Hi all Wondering if you can help. Every time I try and turn my volume up or down a box appears (see screenshot) that relates to firefox. I have tried every which way to stop it happening. If anyone can help with this I'd appreciate it thanks L

Asked by caeciliametella 1 year ago

Answered by TechHorse 1 year ago

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Download icon in toolbar pops open when I download a file

It used to be that when I downloaded something, the icon would light up and I could click it to open if I wanted to, but now it pops open whenever I download something. T… (read more)

It used to be that when I downloaded something, the icon would light up and I could click it to open if I wanted to, but now it pops open whenever I download something. This is very annoying as I often don't want to immediately open the folder that I downloaded to. How do I change this back to not opening automatically?

Asked by Rachael 1 year ago

Answered by Terry 1 year ago

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Avast Passwords eol version?

Recently Firefox updated. It cleared all of my bookmarks and browser history isn't reloading my last session. I can get the bookmarks from Chrome. The big issue is how do… (read more)

Recently Firefox updated. It cleared all of my bookmarks and browser history isn't reloading my last session. I can get the bookmarks from Chrome. The big issue is how do I reintegrate Avast Passwords eol version? Without this I need to use Chrome which isn't my ideal choice.

Asked by dartallis 1 year ago

Answered by dartallis 1 year ago

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How to request a change AKA contact Firefox / Mozilla itself?

Where or to whom can I send a request / recommendation / beg to get the Firefox browser actually to change something? I know what the community will say -- asked and ans… (read more)

Where or to whom can I send a request / recommendation / beg to get the Firefox browser actually to change something? I know what the community will say -- asked and answered. And no disrespect to the community at all -- it's very valuable and has been helpful to me -- but I am interested in putting this request before someone at Mozilla / Firefox who actually has the authority to decide it and do it.

FYI, not to be too mysterious about it, I think the Privacy & Security setting on Notifications would be improved by putting in a permanent option to let a user stop notifications when he or she has taken a screen shot. Allowing it to be paused now requires the user to go back in and change the setting each time he or she opens Firefox. For me, that's dozens of times a day.

On a broader scale, why not give the user the option permanently? We are, I hope, a land and community of people who prefer choice over mandates, even partial ones, when the substance of the choice or mandate does not pose a risk to others.

Thanks.

Asked by Txasslm 1 year ago

Last reply by James 1 year ago

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Facebook

So I get the FB white screen(Using Firefox)...and your recommended fixes don't work. Im using a Windows OS..and it quit after a Windows update. If I install Microsoft B… (read more)

So I get the FB white screen(Using Firefox)...and your recommended fixes don't work. Im using a Windows OS..and it quit after a Windows update. If I install Microsoft Browser it works. I don't trust too many folks nowdays, but do you suppose Gates would install something on my updates to shut you down? Just wondering. I can access FB on my Android with your browser. (No Windows updates there) Should I put the tin foil hat away?

I really don't want Microsoft Browsers cause Im not a gates fan, but given the state of affairs...smells fishy to me.

Asked by Mzinzer 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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Lost Shortcuts on TOOLBAR after restoring bookmarks file

I have lost my shortcuts in the TOOLBAR. This happened after I attempted to RESTORE bookmarks from the MANAGE BOOKMARKS - from a BOOKMARKS file from a different PC. The R… (read more)

I have lost my shortcuts in the TOOLBAR. This happened after I attempted to RESTORE bookmarks from the MANAGE BOOKMARKS - from a BOOKMARKS file from a different PC. The RESTORE ran for a while, then failed with an error message of some sort. Well, I decided to do an END TASK in FILE MANAGER to end Firefox.

Since I had a good copy of my bookmarks file from another PC, I thought I could copy that into the PROFILE directory somewhere, but at that point FILE MANAGER only showed me bookmark files in a BOOKMARKSBACKUP folder.

Rather than guessing where to put the 'good' BOOKMARKS file from my other PC, I decided to just restart Firefox.

After I did, I was pleasantly surprised to see that my bookmarks seemed to be restored ok (previously, there were many duplicates entries, possibly dozens of duplicates for each bookmark - for some reason, that made SEARCHING the bookmarks impossible - I would type on or two characters in the SEARCH box and FIREFOX would hang forever.)

Anyways, I think my Bookmarks might be restored/imported properly (I don't recall which command I used at this point). But, all the shortcuts on the TOOLBAR are missing. And I had dozens.

Is there a way to restore just shortcuts to the TOOLBAR now? (since I think my others are now ok, in the menu.) Should I try the restore again? Can I just copy the bookmarks.JSON, or bookmarks.HTML file, into the PROFILE FOLDER somewhere? Any other solution other than just manually putting the shortcuts back in the toolbar?

Oh, and any idea why I had dozens of duplicate bookmarks, that made the search function impossible? (I don't want that to happen again.)

Asked by mnalep 1 year ago

Last reply by mnalep 1 year ago

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Bing/Microsoft login

When I go to log into my Microsoft Account using their Edge browser, I get the proper login window. (see attachment-upper part) When I attempt to log in to my Microsoft A… (read more)

When I go to log into my Microsoft Account using their Edge browser, I get the proper login window. (see attachment-upper part) When I attempt to log in to my Microsoft Account using Firefox I get the garbage in the lower half of my attachment, and the page DOES NOT work. It always used to work, and I don't remember changing any settings. I want to use Firefox and Bing Rewards, but if it won't let me log into my Microsoft Account I can't access Bing Rewards! I don't want to use Edge, I have always preferred Firefox. What's going on?! Thanks for any help, Dave

Asked by shaverdave 2 years ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 1 year ago