burns.p, have you checked that the password being entered on the page matches what you are expecting as you type, by enabling any 'show password' option on the sign in form?
So…
Chris, on the New Tab page there should be a settings button that displays options for what to show on new tabs. You can turn off various elements here.
aaronlew777, just to check, did you rename the backup file on the old laptop then check to see if the logins have returned in Firefox on the old laptop?
aaronlew777, sometimes missing passwords can be retrieved using the logins-backup.json file in the Profile folder on the hard drive. Although this would need to be done sooner rat…
S, you could try testing the integrity of the databases to see if there are any errors.
To try this go to the Firefox help menu, select "More Troubleshooting Information", scro…
rainfish26, if you go to Tools menu / Settings then search for "Search for text when you start typing" and uncheck it, does this help?
(If this setting does not take effect str…
srob9295, sometimes missing passwords can be retrieved using the logins-backup.json file in the Profile folder on the hard drive. Although this would need to be done sooner rather…
mediavant, sometimes you can press ctrl+Z when in either the bookmarks library or bookmarks side panel, to undo a delete of bookmarks.
Another possibility is to try restoring a…
Normally the side panel is either open in a window or it isn't. There is no independent open / close state for individual tabs within a window.
If opened in one tab it is now o…
ericcallner, first you could try the steps in the section "Restoring from backups" here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them
If tha…
mmtronic.com, normally Firefox opens with the sidebar in whatever state it was in in the last window to close.
Have you tried ensuring that the side panel is closed in all Fire…
Nathan, if you want to test whether the folder that you found contains the missing data, you could try launching it as a profile using Firefox's command-line options.
But befor…
Nathan and colincustard, you could try the steps in the following article, and Hopefully you will find the missing data in another profile:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/r…
jmszn, hopefully the following article will help get the information back:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update
anthony, do you use a primary password and have you already entered it before starting?
One other consideration, are you in a private or normal window?
As an alternative, if…
persister, if you have an intact copy of your old profile folder then this article may help:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles
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Brian, in my history menu (the one that opens after pressing alt+S) I have "Restore Previous Session" as the third item. Is that not there for you?
Or have you tried pressing c…
radek11, just thought I'd mention that in the meantime an add-on can give you the functionality that you are after.
Saka Key, for example, lets you define your own custom keys …
radek11, if you go to Tools menu / Settings then search for "Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order" and enable it, does this give you the functionality that you want…
Keith, did the menu in which you selected "Choose File" show a list of dated bookmark backups? If so, did you try selecting one of these options directly? (ignoring the "Choose Fi…
jdw-dbc, you suggest that there would be "no reason to think there would be negative user or PR consequences" to preventing login field access for add-ons.
I personally wouldn'…
emma, the only thing I can suggest is to search your harddrives for bookmark backup files to see if any exist outside of the locations that you have already checked.
The backup…
jdw-dbc, Just some thoughts.
Regarding a blanket prohibition on accessing login fields, is there some standard text box labelling or other mechanism that all sites use that ca…
David, sorry that you lost your passwords. You might be able to restore them, see here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update
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Marian, sorry that you lost your bookmarks. You might be able to restore them, see here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update
jdw-dbc, there may be legitimate reasons for some add-ons to interact with passwords. Password managers say.
I do not know why some sort of two tier permission system has not b…
ksosalla, if you open the bookmarks library (on Windows press ctrl+shift+O) then you can move and reorganise your bookmarks using standard cut, copy and paste operations.
Ruki Rule, sorry that you lost your information. You might be able to restore the missing profile data. See here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-a…
Kevin, if your data still exists on the other PC, then I would try to back it up before you run Firefox again on that computer.
This is of course to avoid Firefox syncing and r…
Nick, if your primary concern is preserving your passwords, then you only need to ensure that the following two files make it from the old profile to the new profile:
* key4.db
…
don, have you ruled out the basics? Sound can stop for several reasons, including:
* the website has its own keyboard shortcut for muting its audio, which might have been inadver…
John, have you tried manually creating a new profile?
You can create one by entering "about:profiles" into the address bar, selecting "Create a New Profile", and following the …
FireKyuubi, the root certificate that Firefox uses to verify add-ons has expired. You can read about this here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/root-certificate-expiration
…
vagnrose, if you have recently updated to version 136.0, then a few people have experienced Primary Password bugs like the one that you have described. The developers are aware of…
Linch Vord, you can change the default search engine that Firefox uses by following the guide here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-your-default-search-settings-firef…
diazjayden890, sometimes Windows will keepp some user data after a reset, depending on the options chosen.
Do you have a (possibly hidden) "C:\Windows.old" directory?
If you…
kd7jhw, unfortunately I am unaware of a straightforward way to do this.
One possible method for duplicating a window is to first duplicate all its tabs in the same window, and …
Antiquetuck, as a workaround you can bookmark all private tabs, then later reload them before deleting the folder that you saved them to.
You can bookmark all tabs in several w…
Belial, sorry if this is too obvious a step, but did you try renaming "logins-backup.json" to "logins.json"?
(after first making another backup copy of it, and while Firefox is n…
ponwtr, I believe that the only way to find the location of a bookmark in the search results is to right-click it and select "Show in Folder". This works for both library and side…
tdhoover, were the links pure URLs? If so, then you might want to try Firefox command line links instead.
That is, links of the form:
[path to the Firefox executable] -new-tab…
Ahmad, you may need to manually enable the revamped sidebar as follows.
# go to about:config (enter this into the address bar and press enter)
# accept the risk
# search for …
jvmillersports, have you tried pressing ctrl+shift+X while the cursor is in the address bar? This moves the URL left or right. You can easily focus the address bar by pressing ctr…
Fizbanic, yes, for anyone else with this issue its worth checking not only Firefox's own tab mute settings or Windows / the OS volume settings, but also the sound card's own setti…
Rusy, glad you found a solution for the lack of audio. Sorry can't help with the sound devices question, but if you wished, you could ask a new question and perhaps someone else c…
13m47, unfortunately I can't help with file undeleters as I do not use them myself.
Note, if a file fails or is manually stopped, then later independently redownloaded, the suc…
Fizbanic, some more thoughts.
Have you rebooted the computer since discovering the issue?
Is Firefox still muted with normal speakers (if you have any besides the headphones…
jrbraid, the new side bar is only being auto-enabled for some users at the moment. Not sure what the criteria that they use is, but it seems that that machine met the criteria / g…
Fizbanic, just to clarify, did you check Windows own volume mixer settings, rather than a 3rd party application's mixer? And was Firefox running when you went there?
sailor47dale, some possibilities to consider.
1. Is the Firefox tab muted? If you right-click on the tab header at the top of the screen, is there an "Unmute Tab" option?
2.…
Fizbanic, some possibilities to consider.
1. Is the Firefox tab muted? If you right-click on the tab header at the top of the screen, is there an "Unmute Tab" option?
2. Wha…
13m47, did any of the downloads fail, after which you restarted the download using the same filename?
I have had Firefox delete files if the first attempt failed, and I redownl…
jrbraid, you can try the following on any computers that are not showing the new side bar. Note though that the Firefox that is installed on that computer must be reasonably up to…
Rusy, some possibilities to consider.
1. Is the tab muted? If you right-click on the tab header at the top of the screen, is there an "Unmute Tab" option?
2. What happens if…
rvcanada, if your new profile does not contain your bookmarks, then you may still be able to find them in bookmark backup files within old profile folders on your hard drive. But …
Wombat, speaking as a user I would check On the Mozilla accounts page under Security, to see if there are any options for generating a new set of codes.
The accounts page is at…
krtemp-online, speaking as a Firefox user I am not sure if there is a direct way to store a username without a password in the Firefox password manager.
What some users do is t…
dripsalot616, a hotkey for the AI side panel is on the radar of the developers.
There are discussions on Bugzilla of ctrl+alt+Z being used for the new side panel, and ctrl+alt+…
tamemtamim700, do you have a "C:\Windows.old" folder on your hard drive? You may be able to recover previous Firefox data from there if so. (You may need to enable the viewing of …
Charlie, I've had similar problems in the past. What worked for me was to enter just the numbers part of the router's IP address into the address bar.
That is, rather than ente…
TNT666, I don't think that it is out of the realms of possibility for a corrupted places.sqlite file (where Firefox stores bookmarks) to have also exported corrupted data to a htm…
Supporting an OS takes time and resources for development and testing etc. However many people still use Windows 7, significantly more use later versions.
Software developers h…
brad9126, I think that Youtube has added a volume balancer / normaliser feature. Perhaps it is enabled in your Firefox profile but not in your profiles for other browsers?
If y…
Firefox, you can see a list of all stored logins by selecting the Firefox menu button (usually found near the top right of the screen and has three horizontal lines) and selecting…
Rafał, sometimes missing passwords can be retrieved using the logins-backup.json file in the Profile folder on the hard drive. Although this would need to be done sooner rather th…
wharressey, see here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recover-user-data-missing-after-firefox-update
EDIT: I see that jscher2000 has already supplied the link.
charles.r.krause, you can bookmark all tabs in several ways. For example:
* press ctrl+shift+D
* open the bookmarks menu (press alt+B) then select "Bookmark All Tabs"
* right-c…
tomg1216, you can see a list of all stored logins by selecting the Firefox menu button (usually found near the top right of the screen and has three horizontal lines) and selectin…
SHAYLYNNB, you can see a list of all stored logins by selecting the Firefox menu button (usually found near the top right of the screen and has three horizontal lines) and selecti…
TNT666, sometimes people see lines that contain the term "error", for example "- The task queue was cleared by an error in another task." or "- Unable to check places.sqlite integ…
TNT666, both old and new bookmarks are stored in the same database, so if a corrupted set of bookmarks was transferred then you might continue to see problems with both the origin…
TNT666, just to clarify, when you installed from scratch on the latest computer, did you completely abandon all your old user data, or did you transfer the previously existing boo…
TNT666, did you copy the same profile folder or profile files between computers? Or have you been using a particular add-on throughout the period that you have been having this tr…
Judie, you might be able to restore bookmarks from Firefox's own backups. See the "Restoring from backups" section here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-fr…
Kuziwakwashe “KCSwagger” Chikwete, are you sure that you copied the logins and key4 files to the current active profile?
To open the active profile folder, you can do the follo…
xXPredzioXx, it might be possible to recover some data from local profile files on your computer. Here are some instructions for hopefully restoring bookmarks and passwords.
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jameserush, sometimes missing passwords can be retrieved using the logins-backup.json file in the Profile folder on the hard drive. Although this would need to be done sooner rath…
terryswileyfox, glad that you found a way to access your router's options.
If you wanted to, you could leave feedback for Mozilla regarding this at Mozilla Connect:
https://co…
jscher2000, thank you for submitting a bug report. For some visually impaired users who have difficulties in using the mouse, this goes beyond a matter of being inconvenient, as t…
grampymunn, you may be able to find bookmark backup files on your hard drive, but note that before searching you may first need to enable the viewing of hidden files and folders.
…
terryswileyfox, I've had similar problems in the past. What worked for me was to enter just the numbers part of the router's IP address into the address bar.
That is, rather th…
apsolution27, this has come up before and unfortunately I do not think that there is any way to recover data that has been deleted from the Sync server.
However, you might be a…
asghar_mohd, for instructions on how to transfer a profile see the "Restoring a profile backup" section here:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-fi…
Brian, Firefox maintains backups of bookmarks in a folder named "bookmarkbackups" within a profile folder. So you could try searching the old drives for folders with this name.
…
kovanda.physics, on Windows at least, alt+left and right are standard Windows global hotkeys for navigating backwards and forwards.
In Firefox these are used for navigating bac…
adamskiolk13, sometimes missing passwords can be retrieved using the logins-backup.json file in the Profile folder on the hard drive. Although this would need to be done sooner ra…
Myke, sometimes missing passwords can be retrieved using the logins-backup.json file in the Profile folder on the hard drive. Although this would need to be done sooner rather tha…
Evgeny_tsxqxyg5f7, I understand that you are seeking only an account deletion, and are not seeking access to the user data associated with the account.
But I doubt even that ca…
