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Why is firefox automatically downloading strange files I've never seen before?

Why is firefox automatically downloading strange files I've never seen before? (MEUIVFJ-.htm and 3tHMwYhc) They look a little untrustworthy. My download dropdown sudde… (read more)

Why is firefox automatically downloading strange files I've never seen before? (MEUIVFJ-.htm and 3tHMwYhc) They look a little untrustworthy. My download dropdown suddenly showed me that one had been downloaded, and then a while later the other one was downloaded. Are these actual Mozilla files? Or are they some kind of scam/trojan/spyware? I just realized that two were downloaded last month as well.

Asked by dodgewinton 1 year ago

Last reply by TechHorse 1 year ago

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EMAIL VERFICIATION CODE ISN'T SENT

EMAIL VERFICIATION CODE ISN'T SENT\ tried a few attemtps I formatted my laptop, and now i downoladed mozilla, logging in... and waiting for verficiation code for mozilla… (read more)

EMAIL VERFICIATION CODE ISN'T SENT\ tried a few attemtps

I formatted my laptop, and now i downoladed mozilla, logging in... and waiting for verficiation code for mozilla sync account for years, please help

Asked by Lidor Yosef 1 year ago

Last reply by FredMcD 1 year ago

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Website Malfunction

I am currently using Firefox v. 100.0 (64-bit) on Windows 10 Home v. 21H2. Recently, I have been unable to get package tracking information from the website fedex.com, no… (read more)

I am currently using Firefox v. 100.0 (64-bit) on Windows 10 Home v. 21H2. Recently, I have been unable to get package tracking information from the website fedex.com, nor can I log into my FedEx account. When trying to track a package, the FedEx site displays the following message: "Unfortunately we are unable to retrieve your tracking results at this time. Please try again later." Likewise, when trying to log in, the site shows this message: "We are having trouble establishing a connection. Please refresh the page." Repeated attempts in both cases have failed. In the past, the fedex.com site has functioned flawlessly with Firefox. Moreover, I do not experience either of these problems with Google Chrome.

Please advise.

Asked by spenglertp 1 year ago

Last reply by FredMcD 1 year ago

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change primary email address on profile

Instructions on changing primary email address not helpful-prompted to access Accounts but profile displayed would not let me edit my primary email address. When attempte… (read more)

Instructions on changing primary email address not helpful-prompted to access Accounts but profile displayed would not let me edit my primary email address. When attempted to add secondary address was notified that code was sent to my old email address was was compromised & deleted by security of my carrier Want to add new email address & add secondary email account. Assistance greatly appreciated

Asked by JAYeskewicz 1 year ago

Last reply by FredMcD 1 year ago

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Places.sqlite gets. corrupted every time Firefox is closed

Hello, Every time I restart Firefox or it crashes or power cuts or anything, place.sqlite file gets corrupted and I have to replace the new file with the .corrupt file. T… (read more)

Hello, Every time I restart Firefox or it crashes or power cuts or anything, place.sqlite file gets corrupted and I have to replace the new file with the .corrupt file. This has been happening for over a year now, but my computer is always on and I turn it off maybe once every 4-5 months unless I'm forced to restart by a software or by power cuts or stuff. Lately I have been having issues with my Windows and I have to restart my computer quite often and it is very annoying. This happens whether I close Firefox with the X or using the Exit button or even if I keep it open and restart the computer. My places file is 75MBs. I have the same one since 2014. I'm using Windows 10 and latest Firefox edition. Any ideas?

Asked by exclusive01 1 year ago

Last reply by FredMcD 1 year ago

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Installing FireFox update . . .

You actually have an egregious error in your install procedure/program. 1) you fail to tell folks/warn them close down i) FF when installing the update and/or ii) save an… (read more)

You actually have an egregious error in your install procedure/program. 1) you fail to tell folks/warn them close down i) FF when installing the update and/or ii) save and delete all open sites in the FF being upgraded. 2) there is a failure to TELL us reboot FF after the install.

Doing research and writing all day long as I do, I actually hold a number of reference sites open in FF as I work.

My friend who happens to understand all this computer stuff tells me that the open sites on my FF is what impeded the successful install . . . .

The other grumble I have with you-all is that it has taken me too much time to try and find a way to respond to you with the information needed to solve this problem for the FF community . . . .

I am a paying/donator to FF . . . and I must tell you I am beyond disappointed by all this dropped ball on sensible communications practice!

Roger

Asked by rboswarva 1 year ago

Last reply by AliceWyman 1 year ago

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Hi there from South Africa. I need the Verification Email sent to me please

Evening from Johannesburg. Please can someone advise as to when i will receive the verification email? I have tried numerous times and i am yet to get one email to action… (read more)

Evening from Johannesburg. Please can someone advise as to when i will receive the verification email? I have tried numerous times and i am yet to get one email to action this. First attempt was 05th May. Another, today. I am still waiting and have checked all folders in the said email to use by yourselves.

Asked by Barret Swart 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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Firefox Keeps Crashing After Update To Version 100

Ever since Firefox updated to the new version I've been having constant crashes. I've tried restarting in Safe Mood which doesn't help. Pretty much Firefox will open, say… (read more)

Ever since Firefox updated to the new version I've been having constant crashes. I've tried restarting in Safe Mood which doesn't help. Pretty much Firefox will open, say it's not responding, and then by the time it looks like it's about to restore my tabs it crashes. I had to do a refresh and transferred the backup files from an older session which worked, but then it eventually crashed again. I uninstalled and reinstalled Firefox and tried opening my older profile but it keeps happening. I really need to restore my previous session. There's nothing with my computer that seems to be causing it. I did have 2 windows open with about 8,000 tabs total which I'm sure could be part of the reason, but it never really had trouble before and only just started crashing since the update. Is there any way to fix this without starting over? I read that this is a bug that others have dealt with previously.

Some additional information. I'm on a 64-bit Windows 10 PC.

Startup Crash False Process Type parent MOZ_CRASH Reason (Sanitized) Failed to load critical module "resource://gre/modules/WebNavigation.jsm" Crash Reason EXCEPTION_BREAKPOINT Crash Address 0x00007ffb8c0f5135

Asked by TMan11 1 year ago

Last reply by Stephen5000 1 year ago

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Not allowed access

SSL_ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED_ALERT I keep getting this on different sites, I can't access lots of pages and it's getting to be a massive problem and I reallly need some help… (read more)

SSL_ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED_ALERT I keep getting this on different sites, I can't access lots of pages and it's getting to be a massive problem and I reallly need some help. PLEASE can someone help.

Asked by inoutpublic 1 year ago

Last reply by markeh 1 year ago

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I cannot manage to get FireFox screen to show the 4/5 options in the upper LH corner, to help me get FireFox as my search engine>>>.

I have been successfully using FireFox for many years, recently we downsized into a Condo,now 81 years young. I have FireFox as my default browser choice, but it only lis… (read more)

I have been successfully using FireFox for many years, recently we downsized into a Condo,now 81 years young. I have FireFox as my default browser choice, but it only lists Google on the search bar, when I type in my search in the box under the Firefox name it immediately jumps up to the top of the page Google browser.

How do I get back my screen to use FireFox as my search engine ?? I have tried to change it but will only give me two options Google or Google ?? Is it possible to go back to the screen and try and start again??

Many thanks to anyone who will give me info as to how to rectify my problem, be gentle with me as I am efficient in using the computer but less so trying to solve my problems. Robin

Asked by Robin S 1 year ago

Last reply by FredMcD 1 year ago

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profile folder

How to delete key3.db in https://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Files ?? I don't know how to delete files pls answer...I want to delete master password.… (read more)

How to delete key3.db in https://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox#Files ?? I don't know how to delete files pls answer...I want to delete master password...

Asked by akamandro12345 1 year ago

Last reply by FredMcD 1 year ago

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found a bug with firefox 101.0b5 website https://www.express.co.uk/ it does not display the comments for an article. Works with Microsoft Edge

found a bug with firefox 101.0b5 website https://www.express.co.uk/ it does not display the comments for an article. Works with Microsoft Edge … (read more)

found a bug with firefox 101.0b5 website https://www.express.co.uk/ it does not display the comments for an article. Works with Microsoft Edge

Asked by Ga Mountain Hiker 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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Why my code work fine on chrome but not firefox?

Here is my code: <html> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <style> .fullCard, .lowerHalfCard, .upperHalfCard, .fullCard-after, .l… (read more)

Here is my code:

<html>
 <head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <style>
   .fullCard,
   .lowerHalfCard,
   .upperHalfCard,
   .fullCard-after,
   .lowerHalfCard-after,
   .upperHalfCard-after {
     background-color: inherit;
     border-radius: 10px;
     height: 100%;
     width: 100%;
     position: absolute;
     
     align-items: center;
     display: flex;
     justify-content: center;
     vertical-align:middle;
   }
  
   .fullCard-after::after,
   .upperHalfCard-after::after{
     content: "";
     display: block;
     position: absolute;
     height: 4px;
     background-color: inherit;
     width: 100%;
     top: calc(50% - 2px);
   }
   .lowerHalfCard-after::after{
     content: "";
     display: block;
     position: absolute;
     height: 4px;
     background-color: inherit;
     width: 100%;
     top: calc(50% - 2px);
   }
   .lowerHalfCard,
   .lowerHalfCard-after{
    clip-path: polygon(0% 50%, 100% 50%, 100% 100%, 0% 100%);
   }
   .upperHalfCard,
   .upperHalfCard-after{
     clip-path: polygon(0% 0%, 100% 0%, 100% 50%, 0% 50%);
   }

   .splitFlap {
     background-color:black;
     box-sizing: border-box;
     border-radius: 10px;    
     width: 100px;
     height: 150px;
     position: relative;    
   }

   .rotate0to90 {
     animation-name: r0to90;
   }

   .rotate90to0 {
     animation-name: r90to0;
   }

   .rotate0to_90 {
     animation-name: r0to_90;
   }

   .rotate_90to0 {
     animation-name: r_90to0;
   }

   .rotate0to90,
   .rotate90to0,
   .rotate0to_90,
   .rotate_90to0 {
     animation-duration: 0.3s;
     animation-fill-mode: forwards;
   }

   @keyframes r0to90 {
     from {
    transform:rotateX(0deg);
     }

     to {
    transform: rotateX(90deg);
     }
   }

   @keyframes r90to0 {
     from {
    transform: rotateX(90deg);
     }

     to {
    transform: rotateX(0deg);
     }
   }

   @keyframes r0to_90 {
     from {
    transform: rotateX(0deg);
     }

     to {
    transform: rotateX(-90deg);
     }
   }

   @keyframes r_90to0 {
     from {
    transform: rotateX(-90deg);
     }

     to {
    transform: rotateX(0deg);
     }
   }

   .transform0to_90 {
     transform: rotateX(-90deg);
   }

   .transform0to90 {
     transform: rotateX(90deg);
   }
   .hide{
    display:none
   }
   .zIndex2 {
     z-index: 2;
   }

   .zIndex4 {
     z-index: 4;
   }

   .zIndex10 {
     z-index: 10;
   }
   .blue{
      background-color: blue
   }
   .green{
      background-color: green
   }
   .red{
      background-color: red
   }
   .orange{
     background-color: orange
   }
  </style>
  <script>
   let baseDiv,lowerDiv,middleDiv,upperDiv;
   document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",()=>{
    baseDiv=document.getElementById("base");
    lowerDiv=document.getElementById("lower");
    middleDiv=document.getElementById("middle");
    upperDiv=document.getElementById("upper");
   });
   let backward=()=>{
       middleDiv.innerHTML=baseDiv.innerHTML;
    lowerDiv.classList.add("rotate0to90");
    middleDiv.className="upperHalfCard-after transform0to_90 zIndex4";
   }
   let forward=()=>{
    middleDiv.innerHTML=baseDiv.innerHTML;
    upperDiv.classList.add("rotate0to_90");
    middleDiv.className="lowerHalfCard-after transform0to90 zIndex4";
   }
   
   let upperHandler=()=>{
    middleDiv.classList.add("rotate90to0");
    upperDiv.classList.replace("zIndex4","zIndex2");    
   }
   let lowerHandler=()=>{
    lowerDiv.classList.replace("zIndex4","zIndex2");
    middleDiv.classList.add("rotate_90to0");    
   }
   let middleHandler=()=>{
    upperDiv.innerHTML=baseDiv.innerHTML;
    lowerDiv.innerHTML=baseDiv.innerHTML;
    middleDiv.className="hide";
    upperDiv.className="upperHalfCard-after zIndex4";
    lowerDiv.className="lowerHalfCard-after zIndex2";
   }
  </script>
 </head>
 <body>
  <div class="splitFlap">
   <div 
    id="base" 
    class="fullCard-after zIndex2">
    <img src="img/1_100.png">
   </div>
   <div 
    class="upperHalfCard-after zIndex4"
    id="upper"
    onAnimationEnd="upperHandler()">
    <img src="img/0_100.png">
   </div>
   <div 
    id="middle"
    class="hide"
    onAnimationEnd="middleHandler()">
   </div>
   <div
    class="lowerHalfCard-after zIndex2" 
    id="lower"
    onAnimationEnd="lowerHandler()">
    <img src="img/0_100.png">
   </div>
  </div>
  <p>
   <button onClick="forward()">
     +
   </button>
   <button onClick="backward()">
    -
   </button>
   <button onClick="setHinge()">Set Hinge</button>
  </p>
 </body>
</html> 

I am creating a split-flap. It works fine in Chrome, but in firefox, during the second rotation period, it is not smooth as in chrome. How can I fix it?

Asked by knvbhk 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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Cannot login to Apple ID

Hi, I'm trying to access my Apple ID (appleid.apple.com). When I select "Sign In" the page hangs and never displays the fields to enter my user name and password. The me… (read more)

Hi,

I'm trying to access my Apple ID (appleid.apple.com). When I select "Sign In" the page hangs and never displays the fields to enter my user name and password. The message I get is "This action could not be completed because of an error. Try again or check back later."

Under Settings > General > Network Settings I selected No proxy and I disabled DNS over HTTPS. But neither of these actions made a difference.

Eventually, I had to use Microsoft Edge to access my account.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Asked by dicemandcdc 1 year ago

Last reply by FredMcD 1 year ago

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Ctrl+R

I'm uploading changed webpages to the internet on a daily basis, using Firefox. I'm Using Firefox version 100.0 now and I have discoverd a problem with version 100.0 . Fr… (read more)

I'm uploading changed webpages to the internet on a daily basis, using Firefox. I'm Using Firefox version 100.0 now and I have discoverd a problem with version 100.0 . From Firefox version 99.01 and downwards, this problem never existed before. The refresh button in Firefox 100.0 ( Ctrl+R ) no longer works good anymore! Sometimes it works good, the other time it's not working correct anymore, you will not see the latest uploaded webpage on the internet. The only solution to this problem is bij closing Firefox and restarting it. Only then you will see the latest uploaded webpage on the internet. Please have a serious look at this annoying problem in version 100.0. This problem can only be discoverd by people who are uploading new webpages to the internet, not bij the regular internet-users/visitors.

Asked by webmaster101 1 year ago

Last reply by cor-el 1 year ago

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Firefox on Windows 10 crashes every time it is closed (last 6 months or so).

In making this post I am following instructions found at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-crashes-closing-or-quitting, which include the statemen… (read more)

In making this post I am following instructions found at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-crashes-closing-or-quitting, which include the statement "Fill out the Details section of the next page..." which seems to refer to THIS page, but I see no Details section here, so I'll just put the details where they seem to apply.

Firefox Version 102, installed today, shows the same symptom I've been seeing for several weeks, perhaps months: whenever Firefox is closed, a crash report popup appears on the screen (after a minute or two). I've been submitting these on a regular basis and hoped that Version 102 would contain a fix, but the issue continues.

So today I've created some minimum-to-reproduce examples, in each case using the same setup, but closing Firefox in a different manner:

Setup: Firefox for Windows V 102 installed today. Windows 10 is up to date. I open Firefox in troubleshooting mode, which displays my home page, located on a shared server that I use for a website and other stuff I want to be able to access from anywhere. Nothing exotic, just a list of links. That works.

Then, without doing anything else (for purposes of these tests), I close Firefox via one of the following (with associated report ID):

  • Click on large X in the upper right corner of the window.
   bp-e31ef7d6-8d17-41c8-a204-0e53c0220630e
  • In the window menu, select File > Exit.
  bp-d15f97c8-267f-4550-9d42-69eb70220630
  • On the task bar, RMB on Firefox, then select 'Close window'.
 bp-39756c12-ccb7-4f83-998a-ec8030220630

My system is an HP laptop with AMD Vision A6 processor. My wife uses a Dell all-in-one on the same wired network and does not experience the crash-on-close symptom. This makes me suspect my hardware, but just tested with other browsers:

Chrome - Blocked my home page (never saw that before, but I use Firefox...) until I removed the block from Settings. Closed without crashing. Edge - Updated itself, then gave me the same "Not secure" warning as Chrome, but displayed the home page anyway. Closed without crashing.

In all cases, the link to my home page is specified as http://, not https:// My wife's system is set up the same way.

My question: How can I get Firefox to close gracefully, without spitting out a crash report 1-2 minutes later? Note that I can OPEN Firefox and use it for hours without incident, but if I close it and do something else, when I close THAT, there's the Firefox crash report window underneath.

I just ran the w3.org validator on my home page and I see that a few errors have crept in,. mostly unencoded ampersands. I'll fix those, but if that caused a problem for Firefox, would it wait until much later to crash? And why only on my system, not my wife's?

Suggestions?

Asked by Chris Beall 1 year ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 year ago

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Zoom meeting links not opening

This morning I re-installed an update to Zoom (on Linux - ElementaryOS / Ubuntu 18.04). Since installing, I've not been able to follow links from Firefox to Zoom (zoommt… (read more)

This morning I re-installed an update to Zoom (on Linux - ElementaryOS / Ubuntu 18.04). Since installing, I've not been able to follow links from Firefox to Zoom (zoommtg links don't open the app). However, they still work from Epiphany.

The slight confounding factor is that I realised that I've been updated to FF 104 overnight, so that might be an issue.

I've been looking at network.protocol-handler.... settings in about:config, based on this article: https://superuser.com/questions/1343020/how-to-configure-firefox-open-zoom-urls-using-zoom-application#1351073

I've also been looking at xdg-settings (based on this article) https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/i83m8i/zoom_desktop_client_isnt_launching_from_browser/ which suggests the problems might be to do with xdg-settings calling /usr/share/applications/zoom.desktop when the available file is /usr/share/applications/Zoom.desktop However, I have not been able to alter the xdg-settings parameter - when I try: $ xdg-settings set default-url-scheme-handler zoommtg zoom.desktop it does not change the setting - it remains as Zoom.desktop

I should mention that the version of FF I'm running is delivered as a snap - but this was not a problem before 104 / my latest Zoom installation. Also, this version of FF has no problem opening up MS Teams meetings or Slack groups. handlers.json includes : ... "slack":{"action":4},"snap":{"action":4},"zoommtg":{"action":4},"msteams":{"action":4}}, .... so I am thinking the problem must lie somewhee else.

Any suggestions would be gratefully received.

thanks Andy

Asked by Andy Dearden 1 year ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 1 year ago