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Why does Firefox keep defaulting to its own settings?

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  • תגובה אחרונה מאת compjute

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Every few days now, I open my browser to find a black screen and I have to reset all my own preferences again, untick 'highlights' and 'tips' re-tick restore previous session/top sites - everything. I've uninstalled firefox and reinstalled it, removed the user data files and cache but it won't stop doing it - it's exasperating. Is there something I haven't ticked or unticked that is making this do this all the time please? I'm not a techy, so be gentle...

Every few days now, I open my browser to find a black screen and I have to reset all my own preferences again, untick 'highlights' and 'tips' re-tick restore previous session/top sites - everything. I've uninstalled firefox and reinstalled it, removed the user data files and cache but it won't stop doing it - it's exasperating. Is there something I haven't ticked or unticked that is making this do this all the time please? I'm not a techy, so be gentle...
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Thank you Tyler. I will do that and wait a few days to see if it does it again.

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Please update to Firefox 68, and let me know if you still see this issue.

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Thank you Tyler. I will do that and wait a few days to see if it does it again.

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If you lost personal data then it is possible that a new default-release profile folder has been created. See "Determine if Firefox has created a new profile":

You can open the about:profiles page via the location bar to check whether multiple profiles are present and what profile Firefox currently is using.


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Thank you Cor-el. I shall wait and see if Tyler's suggestion works but if not, I shall do as you suggest.