firefox disappeared from start menu and desktop
Firefox showed a generic icon on the desktop, and on the start menu. It looks like the files in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox directory are gone. I was abl… (read more)
Firefox showed a generic icon on the desktop, and on the start menu. It looks like the files in the C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox directory are gone. I was able to get the icon back by sending the exe file as a shortcut from C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox to the desktop and that works.
Can anybody tell me why this happened. I have already scanned the computer with Windows Defender and no issues were found.
Firefox
Linux Mint 18. All video playback is jerky, like pressing and releasing 'pause' every 2 seconds.
I tried disabling hardware acceleration and webgl. I tried a Firefox restore too. Nothing works. Video playback in Chromium and Opera works fine. Please help.
Still don't seem to be able to automaticallyhave new tabs opened in container tab
Started fiddling with container tabs. Immediately decided if they're really more secure and useful I should have EVERYTHING open in container tabs, so I wanted to open a… (read more)
Started fiddling with container tabs. Immediately decided if they're really more secure and useful I should have EVERYTHING open in container tabs, so I wanted to open a new tab (which opens google.com) and have it AUTOMATICALLY open in a container tab. Followed the instructions - reopened it in a container tab, closed down Firefox. Reopened, hit new tab and NO container.
Went looking and found some OLD (2 years ago) discussions where OTHER people wanted this capability. Lots of back and forth, semi-sort-of indication it would be coming, then NOTHING. It appears that capability (to automatically open new tabs in a container) isn't there... So, is there an add-on that WILL do this? Or is Facebook the only thing that actually needs to be in a container tab?
Address bar autocomplete doesn't work properly
When typing in the address bar, I see suggestions underneat, but the autocompleted url are always just popular websites, not the websites from my history I would like to … (read more)
When typing in the address bar, I see suggestions underneat, but the autocompleted url are always just popular websites, not the websites from my history I would like to see autocomplete, so I could just type a few letters, then press enter. I changed the parameters a few times still doesn't work. Why don't the last two URL here don't autocomplete in the address bar ?
remove the "share link" and "share" context menu options?
Right-clicking a link produces a context menu with "share link" at the top rather than the more normsl "open link in new tab". Opening the menu produces "share" at the t… (read more)
Right-clicking a link produces a context menu with "share link" at the top rather than the more normsl "open link in new tab". Opening the menu produces "share" at the top instead of "new tab". I will never use "share" or "share link" and it is counterproductive to have them where I expect other options, so I wish to remove them, either from within the app or via an addon.
Cannot access na.wargaming.net, auto-directs me to ru.wargaming.net
NA website is not down as I was able to access it through Chrome, eu.wargaming.net also works perfectly.
When I'm logged in, I click on Sync and it says to check my email, but I dont get an email
The message says, "check your email to verify your account", but I NEVER get an email and there is nothing out of the ordinary with my email account. I get plenty of ema… (read more)
The message says, "check your email to verify your account", but I NEVER get an email and there is nothing out of the ordinary with my email account. I get plenty of emails and I'm very familiar with how my email works, including block senders and safe senders, which firefox is in, etc.... why wont firefox send me an email if it says it sends one?
Web application page freezes with the latest version of Firefox browser v68
In one of our customer web application, when we select any drop down control, the page freezes for 10-12 sec and page become unresponsive. After 12 sec, the page becomes … (read more)
In one of our customer web application, when we select any drop down control, the page freezes for 10-12 sec and page become unresponsive. After 12 sec, the page becomes back to normal. This is specifically happening when we accessing that control for first time. When accessing subsequent times, it works normal. We thought its due to volume of data, that is bound to the control. But its not. Its happening for drop down with 1 or 2 items. After analysis, we narrowed down that it is due to huge DOM content (13K nodes in DOM) loaded in initial page load. So, we cut down nodes to 7K and found minor improvement in page responsiveness.
This functionality is working fine in Firefox browser up to version 54.0, with DOM size of 13K nodes. Post v54 up to latest v68, the problem started occurring that the page becomes unresponsive, when we select drop down. But, this functionality is working fine in Chrome browser without any lag with same amount of DOM loaded in it.
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New observation on 30-Jul:
When firefox is launched, the browser is launched with Default browser profile and the profile data are stored in local folder path "C:\Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\3ozvc1f9.default"
We observed that, if we delete all contents in default folder and launch the application in Firefox browser, the functionality is working fine, incredibly very normal & fast. Again if we logout & close browser window, open new browser window & access application, the page freeze when we access the drop down control. Until we cleanup default folder contents again, the issue occurs. If we clean the folder content, access application, page works, log out & login in same browser window, the issue does not occur.
It appears that every time, we have to clean up default profile folder contents, if we access application in new browser window.
Firefox Quantum 67.0(64-bit) has just been delivered to my PC and now I don't have access to my passwords. I failed following directions on how to syncnc(?)
I tried to follow directions to sync(?) with the last version of Firefox on my computer but failed. However as a result of trying to create a Firefox/Mozilla account I n… (read more)
I tried to follow directions to sync(?) with the last version of Firefox on my computer but failed. However as a result of trying to create a Firefox/Mozilla account I now have a new 4th gmail email address I don't need and a new facebook account I don't want but no sync and no passwords. At one point it seemed like they wanted me to download an app to my mobile phone which is not connected to the internet. I am not a techie and don't understand a lot of what's written as answers to FAQ. Thank you for any help you can give me.
Remove items from Firefox taskbar context menu
Hello, I have the following "about:config" preference [b] browser.taskbar.lists.tasks.enabled/b = faulse but I am still having the issue of the "Firefox" item appearing i… (read more)
Hello,
I have the following "about:config" preference
[b] browser.taskbar.lists.tasks.enabled/b = faulse
but I am still having the issue of the "Firefox" item appearing in the windows taskbar context menu for Firefox:
https://i.postimg.cc/tgmNp1Tm/Firefox-Taskbar-Context-Menu.jpg
How do I remove this? Is there a shellex registry key entry that I can remove?
Previously setting this preference to faulse removed everything except the "close window" function...
Profiles/addon crosstalk (without sync)?
I am using lastpass. In the last week or so, it promted me to download the latest version. I clicked onto the update, its little progress window popped up, but nothing ha… (read more)
I am using lastpass. In the last week or so, it promted me to download the latest version. I clicked onto the update, its little progress window popped up, but nothing happened... I contacted the support, they wrote i should reisntall Firefox... i said HAHA, and:
With running profile-main, what ran our from Intallation-main, in the background i started installation-secondary, and created a new profile, profile-test ( it is a fully blank one). So two instances ran, with two seperate profiles. Downloaded the addon in profile-test. It promted me to update, i clicked onto it, the progress bar ran through. I closed the browser with profile-test, and returned to profile main to report what happened... But before that i checked the state of the addon in the main profile, and it changed to the updated state!
What happened, and how risky or safe or usual is this?
I thought profiles can not effect each other. Maybe the addons not seperating themself enough on OS level?
How do I simply keep the current active browser tab in use to the far left ?
How do I simply keep the current active browser tab in use to the far left ?
Thanks, Steven
Attempts to disable Synch broke login to Send. How to correct?
I've been using Firefox for years, but I didn't create a Firefox account until today. The reason why I created that account is that some features of Firefox Send are only… (read more)
I've been using Firefox for years, but I didn't create a Firefox account until today. The reason why I created that account is that some features of Firefox Send are only available when logged in, such as the ability to set number of downloads to something other than the default.
I don't need or want Synch, so I unchecked all the various data categories when creating account. Before proceeding to use Send, I set up two factor authentication. After I finished using Send, I disconnected from Synch and closed Firefox. I then opened Firefox again and logged back in to my Firefox account. I then checked my Synch settings and some of the data categories were checked despite my having unchecked all the categories when I created my Firefox account. Not knowing what else to try, I tried disconnecting my device, which appeared to be successful, and then closed Firefox again.
I then opened Firefox and tried logging in to Send to experiment with its features. User name and password were accepted and I entered the correct code for two factor authentication. I was then met with this message from Firefox: "Something went wrong!".
Later I learned via Google search that the correct way to disable Synch is described here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1220660
How do I remedy the login problem on Send at this point? Am I required to use Synch to use the logged in version of Send?
Can't see small icons on Facebook with main account, can see them with another have screenshots
I have two accounts on this machine. With one account the small icons in the blue bar of the Firefox Facebook screen shots are displayed, with the other account they are… (read more)
I have two accounts on this machine. With one account the small icons in the blue bar of the Firefox Facebook screen shots are displayed, with the other account they are not. Why? I need to fix this. Screen shots attached.
Firefox virtually freezes with change of user on iMac
If Firefox is open on my iMac and I change to another user id on my iMac then return to the original user then Firefox virtually freezes for up to 5 minutes before becomi… (read more)
If Firefox is open on my iMac and I change to another user id on my iMac then return to the original user then Firefox virtually freezes for up to 5 minutes before becoming responsive again. Firefox was not used on the other user id. If Firefox is used on the other user id it is responsive as normal...only when returning to original user id. Any suggestions?
Dose it has auto resize for image-video separately yet?
Changing system DPI or layout.css.devPixelsPerPx screws up EVERYTHING else, changing zoom dose nothing as you have to to do it every other page, its useless. Everything … (read more)
Changing system DPI or layout.css.devPixelsPerPx screws up EVERYTHING else, changing zoom dose nothing as you have to to do it every other page, its useless.
Everything worth while about Firefox is near dead...chrome has enough addons to make up for what I lost during the mad dash to get rid of functional browser plugins that were only on FF 46,ect.... I've been using water fox to slow the madness into the giving up on firefox.... now I am just fed up with images and video being to small or to big...is it so hard to having something to resize their widow to the size of the FF window?
I don't really want to go chrome all the time, it means I'll have to toss a bunch of google address in hosts file and block them....
If it can do auto resize then would the vlc plugin screw up auto resize? I have a few plug ins to stop stuff from auto playing but don't have much else image/video wise to interfere with video.
How to disable the system handler and restore default system applications for file downloads?
When using the GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 environment variable to enable KDE integrated file open and save dialogs through XDG portal, Firefox loses the default native system appli… (read more)
When using the GTK_USE_PORTAL=1 environment variable to enable KDE integrated file open and save dialogs through XDG portal, Firefox loses the default native system applications and only shows System Handler when asking to do with downloaded files. For example, Firefox normally has an option to use Ark (KDE's archive program) for Zip files, with the XDG portal enabled I have to either use the System Handler, which does not work on my system, or manually specify the path to the Ark executable. Is there a way to disable the System Handler while still using the XDG/GTK portal for native file save and open dialogs?
FYI I am not not using the Snap or Flatpak Firefox or the one from Debian repos, I'm using the regular standalone .tar.xz Firefox.
For some reason the last screenshot isn't showing up: https://user-media-prod-cdn.itsre-sumo.mozilla.net/uploads/images/2019-07-31-08-07-06-00db1e.png
Couldn't register a second e-mail address in Monitor.
Primary address registered okay. The 2nd address I atemtped failed, as when I opened the verification e-mail, then pressed the 'verify' button, a message appeared saying,… (read more)
Primary address registered okay. The 2nd address I atemtped failed, as when I opened the verification e-mail, then pressed the 'verify' button, a message appeared saying, 'error', not signed in to Firefox.' I selected the sign in button, and a form for creating an account appeared, with no option to sign in to an existing account. Using Windows 10.
YouTube videos will not load?
o.k., I've tried the "hardware accel." solution(s), the "ad blocker off/on" solution(s), the "clear the cache/memory" solution(s), the "refresh Firefox" and "Safe Startu… (read more)
o.k., I've tried the "hardware accel." solution(s), the "ad blocker off/on" solution(s), the "clear the cache/memory" solution(s), the "refresh Firefox" and "Safe Startup Firefox" solution(s)....and guess what? Not any one video will load (and play) in Firefox/YouTube. Not any one.... Just a black screen with a white circle that spins & spins & spins, ad nauseum. Meanwhile, Chrome, Safari & Opera will all load and play teh same videos on this same laptop.... But I WANT to use Firefox!! grrrr!!!
Firefox cannot find my Seamonkey profile when I go to import it into Firefox.
I am trying to migrate my Seamonkey profile into Firefox. When I open Bookmarks/Open all bookmarks/Import and backup/Import from another browser, Firefox says it cannot f… (read more)
I am trying to migrate my Seamonkey profile into Firefox. When I open Bookmarks/Open all bookmarks/Import and backup/Import from another browser, Firefox says it cannot find any other browser on my system. If I try to run from the command line with "firefox -- migration" I do not get any migration menu.
If it is not actually possible simply to import all that data, what are the minimum files I need to copy from my Seamonkey profile into the Firefox profile, to preserve minimal functionality, including: passwords, cookies, and other website-related data; history; bookmarks; modified about:config settings helper applications
Note: This question was posted in Seamonkey; therefore, all browser information is related to that software. The installed version of Firefox is 60.8.0esr (64-bit).