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Shortcut icons are missing from my Firefox homepage

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johncottonsport replied 3 hours ago
johncottonsport
johncottonsport

I always use C Cleaner to clear unneeded my unneeded data once a month. It does not usually affect my Firefox shortcuts on the Firefox homepage. It was also after Firefox had updated to version 158.0 . I did this on Wednesday (14th October) and all of my pinned Firefox shortcuts have gone missing. They have not come back, and no other shortcuts are being shown after I have since visited any websites. What has happened to them? Will this be corrected? Regards John

I always use C Cleaner to clear unneeded my unneeded data once a month. It does not usually affect my Firefox shortcuts on the Firefox homepage. It was also after Firefox had updated to version 158.0 . I did this on Wednesday (14th October) and all of my pinned Firefox shortcuts have gone missing. They have not come back, and no other shortcuts are being shown after I have since visited any websites. What has happened to them? Will this be corrected? Regards John

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jbr
jbr
  • Top 10 Contributor

Using CCleaner on Firefox profile folder is known to be causing integrity issues and data loss. Please don't do it. (Not sure if this can be fixed without having e.g. a backup or a system restore point to roll back to.)

johncottonsport
johncottonsport Question owner

Thanks for your response. I have not had any problems with C Cleaner before (have had for over 10 years). But I will bear it in mind. Thank you.

James
James
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Yes I agree that CCleaner should be set to not touch anything Firefox related.

johncottonsport
johncottonsport Question owner

Thanks for your confirmation, James. Just got to try and get shortcuts back on homepage now.

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