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Recently I am facing this weird issue where every time I open FireFox, all my previous tabs are gone and it starts with a fresh window.

This happens even after the Account Syncing is turned ON under "Accounts And Sync" and "Open previous windows and tabs" is checked under the "Home and Startup" settings.

Hope someone can help me out as it is very frustrating to open the same tabs again and again!

I recently updated to Firefox 158.0 on my MacOS, which is on OS 27.0.1 and all of a sudden, my Prime Video home page won't play videos. It just shows the spinny circle where I should be able to hit play, and in fact I cannot click on anything on the page. I can close it and open amazon again, but as soon as I go to Prime Video, it freezes up. I've tried deleting cookies and clearing the cache, restarting my Mac, but nothing seems to help.

The top row in Firefox browser doesn't have any tabs, it looks as pictured in screenshot (Chrome below for comparison). I only see the icon and text for a page, but that isn't enough to know clickable area, and it makes it unintuitive.

I tried several browser themes but none of them changes this. There doesn't seem to be a setting for hardware acceleration anymore that used to solve it for some users in the past based on a search on topic.

Maybe this really is how it's meant to look but the design just went backwards from what we want to see; tabs are no longer tabs but something vague. Can never please everyone i suppose, but i want old back.

I recently updated my primary email address in my Mozilla/Firefox account, and deleted the secondary email address. But while some of your emails are coming to the new address (hc3baldwin@gmail.com), some are still being sent to the old address (chuckbaldwin@juno.com), then Juno forwards them to the new Gmail address. The header info shows that they came via Juno. I don't understand why all references to the old Juno address haven't been deleted from my account.

I have created and uploaded an add-on which has been verified and tentatively been approved. But when I search for the add-on on the add-on tab it is not available. No matter what keywords I try, not even the full name of the add-on.

How long does it usually take between the approval e-mail and it showing up amongst the Firefox add-ons?

The add-on in question is uTorrentAdderDerivate.

This is my first time on this site, so I'm not sure how to ask a question, and I'm asking it here. [初めてこのサイトに来たので、どの様に質問すればいいか良くわからず、ここで質問させて頂きます。]

To put it simply, the problem is that "the cause of my PC's malfunction might be related to image files created using Firefox's screenshot function." [結論から言えば「pcが故障した原因が、Firefoxのスクショ機能で作った画像ファイルの影響かもしれない」という問題です。]

Recently, when I copied and moved data to an external HDD for backup purposes, some data failed to transfer. [先日、外付けのＨＤＤにバックアップの為に、データをコピー＆移動した際に、一部のデータだけ移動できてない事態が発生しました。]

I realized that the screenshot images I had created with Firefox a while ago were the cause of the failure. Two days after creating the backup, when I tried to start my PC, a black screen with white text saying "A problem occurred and the PC could not start" appeared. [そこで昔Firefoxで作ったスクショ画像が移動できない原因だと気付いたのですが、バックアップを作った2日後からpcを起動しようとすると、黒い画面に白い文字で「問題が発生した為、起動できませんでした」と出る様になりました。]

I tried various things with the support of the PC manufacturer, but the PC is now intermittently starting up, sometimes working and sometimes not, and it seems the PC has malfunctioned. [製造元のpc会社のサポートを受けながら様々な手を尽くしたのですが、pcの電源を入れる度に起動できたりできなかったりする症状となり、pcが故障してしまった様なのです。]

At this point, I was thinking, "Did connecting the HDD cause the malfunction?" [この時点で私は「ＨＤＤを接続したのが故障の原因？」と考えていました。]

I was about to send the PC to the manufacturer for repair, and while creating a new backup, I noticed, "I can't delete these screenshot images, and I can't change the file names either?" [pc会社にpcを送って修理してもらおうと思い、新しくバックアップを確保する作業中に「このスクショ画像、削除できないしファイル名も変更できない？」と気付いたのです。]

Upon investigation, I found a website (in Japanese) that states it's a bug in Firefox's screenshot function. https://tete009.seesaa.net/article/520544017.html [調べてみるとFirefoxスクショ機能のバグだと書いているサイトを見つけました。(日本語のサイトです)]

Apparently, Firefox's screenshot function is designed to forcibly save files even if they contain characters that cannot be used in the filename or have an impossible number of characters.

As a result, I suspect, as a layperson, that this may have caused my PC to malfunction. [どうやらファイル名に使用できない文字と不可能な文字数でも、Firefoxスクショ機能では無理やり保存する様にできているらしいのです。 その結果、pcの故障が起こったのではないか？と素人ながら私は考えました。]

Frighteningly, this screenshot image can only be copied, and a mysterious, unidentifiable image file that cannot be deleted, moved, or renamed has already been copied to my HDD. I can't delete it even if I want to, and I don't know what will happen if I do. [恐ろしい事にこのスクショ画像はコピーだけはできる様で、ＨＤＤには既に「削除・移動・ファイル名変更が不可能な得体の知れない不気味な画像ファイル」がコピーされており、消したくても消せないし、消したら何が起こるか分からない状況なのです。]

I'm so scared I can't sleep, and my cold symptoms have worsened. [怖くて眠れず風邪の症状が悪化しました。]

If this is the cause of the malfunction, I think I should immediately share this information with everyone and ask for help, which is why I'm asking this question here. [もしもこれが故障の原因ならすぐに皆さんに情報共有し、助けを求めるべきではないかと考え、今回ここに質問させて頂きます。]

I plan to send my PC to the manufacturer soon to have it professionally resolved. [近日中にpcは製造会社に送り、プロの手で解決して頂く予定です。]

However, the HDD is from a different company, and the warranty has expired, so I don't think I can ask them to delete the images. [しかしＨＤＤは違う会社だし、保証期間も過ぎてるので、画像の削除は頼めそうにありません。]

If it's not too much trouble, I would be grateful if you could tell me how to delete the screenshots on the HDD. [差し支えなければＨＤＤにあるスクショ画像の削除のやり方など教えて頂ければ幸いです。]

(I tried deleting them with 7-Zip, but it responded that it could only read the images on the HDD, not delete them.) [(7-Zipで削除する方法は試しましたが、ＨＤＤの画像は読み取りだけで削除はできないと反応されました)]

I apologize for the length of this message, but I would really appreciate any advice from those with experience. [長くなりましたが、何卒、先達の皆様の御意見をお聞かせ願えますでしょうか。]

after fire fox update, enhancer for you tube video speed control does not work, when changed to faster speed, speeds up for a milli second then returns to 1X speed,

I asked this about four months ago, and did not get any answer, so I am asking again. Sorry for the repetition.

Here is the problem: when I highlight a short passage of text (~3-4 words), and right-click, the context menu always shows the translation entry as "Translate to Dutch". (See first image.) If I accept that, the input language is assumed to be English, so I actually have to change both drop-downs. (See second image.)

If the passage is long enough (> ~4-5 words), the context menu will show "Translate to English", which is what I want, and as an aside, Firefox is almost always correct in detecting the input language.

I can understand it being hard to detect the input language from a short phrase, but why does the output language default to Dutch? And is there a way to change this behavior?

Thanks.

Hello, I used to have the VPN button but now I don't. I'm on Firefox v158.0 in the USA, on my personal laptop (so no enterprise policies to interfere). Here's what I've tried:

• Customize toolbar: no, the icon isn't in there either
• Start Firefox in Troubleshooting Mode
• Refresh Firefox
• Ensure "Allow Firefox to improve features, performance, and stability between updates" is on
• Sign out and back in to my Mozilla/Firefox account

I miss this feature already because it makes me feel better about using public wifi. What else can I try?

Thanks!

Hi Firefox Team and Forum,

I'm planning on using Firefox on a shared device (Windows 11 with common login shared with other people), however, I'm concerned that signing into my Firefox account and syncing the passwords will create a local folder on the shared device with the passwords on my Firefox account.

Is there a way to NOT have the passwords stored locally on the shared device? Or will the passwords be deleted from the shared device everytime I sign out from the Firefox browser?

If this is not possible on the current version of Firefox, are there any plans to implement it? Chrome can delete the locally stored passwords after signing out.

Thank you

Would you please share any Firefox-specific fix for my Windows 7 laptop.

I did exact comparison of printing (using same printer) Firefox 115.43.0 web pages (which no longer print)  and Opera version 95.0.4635.90 web pages that print fine.

I use my Brother MFC‑J895DW wirelessly with Windows 7 laptop. Firefox shows “Print Preview Error”; Firefox’s XPS file won’t open, while Opera’s XPS file opens and prints.

I also tried a fresh profile, Troubleshoot Mode, resetting printer settings, and reinstalling Firefox. Still can't get Firefox web pages to print.

FYI, my Windows 10 desktop is able to get Firefox web pages to print on same Brother device.

Thank you for your time and suggestions.