Why does "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" keep getting set randomly?

Periodically I open Firefox and all my cookies have been deleted. I go into settings to find "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" has been checked (NOT … (read more)

Periodically I open Firefox and all my cookies have been deleted. I go into settings to find "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" has been checked (NOT BY ME!) again. This is very annoying as I then have to log into all my websites and go through 2FA. This is annoying to the point that I am posting on this site for help. Next step is find a new browser that doesn't screw up my work-flow randomly for no reason.

Asked by Will Totten 11 hours ago

Last reply by Denys 2 hours ago

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Why does "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" keep getting set randomly?

Periodically I open Friefox and all my cookies have been deleted. I go into settings to find "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" has been checked (NOT … (read more)

Periodically I open Friefox and all my cookies have been deleted. I go into settings to find "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed" has been checked (NOT BY ME!) again. This is very annoying as I then have to log into all my websites and go through 2FA. This is annoying to the point that I am posting on this site for help. Next step is find a new browser that doesn't screw up my work-flow randomly for no reason.

Asked by Will Totten 11 hours ago

Answered by Denys 2 hours ago

Duplicate File Downloads of tar.xz File Format

Hello, I have noticed an issue with the download process. Perhaps it can be easily fixed. ( Is this the right place to report? ) Downloading a duplicate of a .tar.xz ar… (read more)

Hello,

I have noticed an issue with the download process. Perhaps it can be easily fixed. ( Is this the right place to report? )

Downloading a duplicate of a .tar.xz archive results in a corruption of the name extension, as the suffix should be placed one dot before;

ie. "fileName(2).tar.xz" and not "fileName.tar(2).xz" ;

It actually seamed a couple of times to be a corrupted download.

Thank yoouu

Asked by RGB Trouw 23 hours ago

Last reply by jonzn4SUSE 2 hours ago

WHY ISN'T MY BROWSER REMEMBERING COOKIES?

This is a growing frustration with this browser. Has Mozilla changed something? I allow cookies and want them so when I choose a website I use all the time, I can get t… (read more)

This is a growing frustration with this browser. Has Mozilla changed something?

I allow cookies and want them so when I choose a website I use all the time, I can get to it fast AND I see firefox finish typing it. Common websirtes like Home Depot now it does not remember anything NOT ANYTHING. I AM AT SUCH A LOSS.

PLEASE HELP. In the settings and security I have it to allow for cookies. I do not tell it to delete cookies when i close the browswer yet it is not remembering my websites. I can delete cookies if i wanted to do that. Meanwile browsing is slow and it is such an aggravation. tried opal browser because I want something simple and will do what i want, like accept and keep cookies especially for sites I go to some times I cannot remember.

So please can you help with SUGGESTONS just asking this and that is not help when it goes on and one if you don't know I understand but I want to know what can cause this so i can figure out what in the world setting is off on this browser. I never had this problem before. I use Bitdefender but it is just the freebee one so it's not aggressive. I can't imagine why this and even the other chrome has stopped it may be a setting in my computer. PLEASE if you know tell me how to fixc that.

I had burglars and these scum tampered with my notebook, they did so many t hings that screwed up i thought i had it all set back but this has been off. PLEASE HELP AND THANKS IN ADVANCE I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR ANYONE AND EVERYONE'S TIME.

Asked by GINAHERE 8 hours ago

Last reply by jeff-g 4 hours ago

Harborfreight breaks when responding to a search

Again ONLY in FF harbor freight search function breaks when entering a search. Yes, please don't give me the MS ctrl-alt-del type of response about cookies.... That was … (read more)

Again ONLY in FF harbor freight search function breaks when entering a search.

Yes, please don't give me the MS ctrl-alt-del type of response about cookies.... That was done many times before posting this. The website works fine in Brave. MS Edge well, let's not speak of it in public company shall we.

So, now what the heck is happening to FF???? I have contacted HF three times and they referred me to use other browsers other than FF. No, I DO NOT have multiple extensions nor themes. FF is bare bones but for uBlock. Hardware acceleration is off and MS Clear type is on. Anybody wanna fess up, who broke this????

Asked by SheepDog 6 days ago

Last reply by SheepDog 5 hours ago

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How to get rid of these "search" results in the URL bar?

See the attached. I get these despite having search suggestions disabled. I even turned it on long enough to uncheck that grey-ed checkbox. Made no difference. Thanks … (read more)

See the attached. I get these despite having search suggestions disabled. I even turned it on long enough to uncheck that grey-ed checkbox. Made no difference.

Thanks

Asked by whitedavidp 12 hours ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 9 hours ago

What happened to the bookmarks?

When I click on Bookmarks, all I see are the following: Manage bookmarks Bookmark current tab Bookmark all tabs Bookmarks Toolbar Other bookmarks What happened to the … (read more)

When I click on Bookmarks, all I see are the following:

Manage bookmarks Bookmark current tab Bookmark all tabs

Bookmarks Toolbar Other bookmarks

What happened to the entry that shows my bookmarks ?

Asked by andrew_kennedy7 10 hours ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 8 hours ago

One website opens with a blank white screen.

When logging in to a website that I use many times every day all day, all of a sudden I log on and all I get is a blank white screen. I have tried clearing everything, re… (read more)

When logging in to a website that I use many times every day all day, all of a sudden I log on and all I get is a blank white screen. I have tried clearing everything, restarting Firefox, removing Firefox and re-installing it, rebooting the computer, starting Firefox in the safe mode but no change. The same problem shows up on three different computers on two different networks with two different ISPs. The website opens normally on Edge and Chrome. I would prefer to be able to use Firefox. Using version 139.0.4 (64-bit) on all three computers. I would really appreciate any help that is available.

Asked by Barry 2 days ago

Last reply by Barry 9 hours ago

Settings/applications

When I didn't know what I was doing, within Settings for Firefox desktop browser for Windows 10 where you can make associations for file types or applications, I began p… (read more)

When I didn't know what I was doing, within Settings for Firefox desktop browser for Windows 10 where you can make associations for file types or applications, I began putting choices in that I felt made sense at the time. I don't think I've made the best choices and I would like to change that entire section with the heading Content Type to the defaults that would have appeared in the Action column. Is there a way I can return the defaults only for Content Type without resetting everything in the browser to the state it was first in before I began customizing some areas? Thanks.

Asked by JP 1 week ago

Last reply by Ed 9 hours ago

FireFox crashes on startup - even in safe mode - with reportID inside

- Had 3 windows open with numerous tabs and tab groups - Firefox sync was enabled, as well as a 2-3 plugins AFAIK - Version installed is latest as of this writing 139.0.4… (read more)

- Had 3 windows open with numerous tabs and tab groups - Firefox sync was enabled, as well as a 2-3 plugins AFAIK - Version installed is latest as of this writing 139.0.4 - Initial crash caused by opening and quickly closing (IF that succeeded before crash) a onedrive share link - Cannot start firefox any more, also not in safe mode - the only thing that works is launching it with a fresh profile.

The report ID is bp-a8c824fc-a7fb-4290-a72b-b63160250620

Ideally I can resolve this without needing to refresh or start over with a new profile

Asked by Sintel 12 hours ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 11 hours ago

tab discarding not working even tho its nearly using all memory

firefox not discarding tabs automatically even though i have tab discarding on in about:config via "browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory=true" "browser.tabs.min_inactive_durati… (read more)

firefox not discarding tabs automatically even though i have tab discarding on in about:config via "browser.tabs.unloadOnLowMemory=true" "browser.tabs.min_inactive_duration_before_unload=60000"

also if i discard them manually from about:unloads manually whenever i restart firefox all discarded tabs come back to life is it supposed to do that?

Thanks

Asked by sscicluna89 1 day ago

Last reply by sscicluna89 11 hours ago