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Hello! See the screenshot please: so, I downloaded à pay-bill, with Firefox (under ubuntu), in private navigation, and I get the file with a padlock-symbol at the end. What means that? What means that for me (on my computer), what means that for à friend, when I sent him the pdt-file (can he open it?). Nota: I understood that I can choose between "delete downloads when closing the privat window" or not. And I choosed not to delete them (but there appears this padlock-symbol). Thanks for your help! Michael from France

Hi I always use Firefox on my Apple I-Mac and it has always been excellent but in the last couple of weeks a window pops up to say that Dashlane is slowing down Firefox when I am trying to type in E-Bay. Not yet seen it in any other situation but it it virtually preventing me listing items for sale on E-Bay. Always have Dashlane open on Firefox whenever I am using Firefox/the internet. Today I reinstalled Firefox but it is still doing it. Help please! Kind regards Jeff Worth

I have made multiple efforts to download Firefox onto a recently acquired laptop but it doesn't launch.

The laptop is a Dell Latitude 5520 running Windows 11 Pro.

I have on several occasions downloaded Firefox.exe (version 146.0.1.763), double clicked to start it, clicked to approve that the app can make changes and watched as the installation graphic fills and I get confirmation that installation has completed. Then nothing.

I have uninstalled the app and started again. No change.

The app appears in the list of apps (I have successfully made Firefox the default browser) but I don't know how to launch it.

I would be grateful if someone could provide the solution!

M

I just opened Firefox and there was a tab with three cute little foxes on it, but I reflexively closed it.

I closed it without even checking the contents properly, so I have no way of finding out. I also looked at the history but it wasn't there.

It was a very simple drawing (the eye was represented by a single vertical line).

Can I see this painting again? Or can you tell me the artist who painted it?

Sorry for the strange question.

Months ago all bookmarks just disappeared. I tried to restore many of the backups but only was informed "Unable to process the backup file." each time. Tried again today with same result.

When this first occurred I obtained an article with the steps to solve this problem and did them in order. Reinstall didn't work nor the above. Nothing seemed to work. Note that no new bookmarks then and now can be created.

So I have been trying out a new browser which did import Firefox bookmarks - therefore are readable - which placed them on the favorite menu without prompting. These are listed as Firefox Bookmarks. But this is not where new bookmarks are saved. Thus the same topics are in two places. So I attempted to import the Firefox bookmarks manually. It worked but now every folder is on the favorite menu instead of being merged with the new ones created. Of course this is absurd so were deleted.

I don't particularly like the new browser and actually would prefer to get Firefox straightened out.

I don't recall much about the events when this happened but it did not seem just after an update - possibly a week after? I have four extensions: AdBlocker for Youtube, ClearYRLs, DuckDudckGo, and Norton Safe search.

Your wisdom and experience would be appreciated.

Ed

Hi!

I am using Firefox mostly because of the Extended Color Management plugin which allows me to see colours properly with SDR videos (properly = closer to what it was at colour grading). I was on macOS Monterey on my laptop and firefox stopped working a few weeks ago. Then it was on my desktop with macOS Tahoe. I recently made a clean install of my laptop. When I installed firefox, the software was working until I added all my former bookmarks, plugins etc. I installed things one by one and it seems that it's due to the Extended Color Management plugin. The software show a grey background. I can interact with the software: clic on links, make a research but I do not see anything. Also, I can't quit it. I am only able to force it to quit. In between Monterey and Tahoe, I have the same issue. In between a M1 MacBook and a M3 Mac Studio, I have the same issue. I do not have a Mac intel anymore to try... If I uninstall firefox and install it again, it works. But if I add the Extended Color Management plugin and activate it, it fails.

The problem is that I use firefox because of this plugin and for work. Do you know if firefox needs to update the plugin? Do you know a tricky way to avoid this issue?

Thank you in advance for your answers, and I wish you great celebrations. Charles.

I have been using pro cococut for several years with Firefox and have an issue with downloading and saving a file that is over 1Gig, the screen shows that the file downloaded but, when I try to save the file it errors out that there was not sufficient memory and will at times actually becomes locked-up & kick me out of Firefox. Most of the time I have to hit Ct-Alt-Delete and end Firefox/Mozilla. Don't know what to do to remedy this error. All files less than 1Gig download and save with no issue.

Firefox 146.0.1 (aarch64) macOS 26.2 (25C56) on M2 Pro

Hello.

I'm dealing with a strange issue that began with Firefox 146.0 and continues with 146.0.1. I previously blocked categories I do not care about such as Parenting, Cooking, and others. When doing so, for some reason some of my followed topics including Sports, NFL and NHL no longer appear along with the rest of the topics I've followed. (Please notice only followed sports-related topics disappeared...)

Checking the settings for Firefox Home shows no blocked topics (even those I have explicitly blocked), and checking what I can think to think via about:config shows me nothing I can edit to get my desired topics back.

So, I'm not sure what to edit to get my missing topics back. If they were blocked because of some bug, i cannot see blocked topics in the Firefox Home settings, so I cannot unblock them if that's what would need to be done. Has anyone else experienced this? If so, were you able to resolve it or are you aware of some BugZilla or GitHub issue I can watch for this one?

Any help will be certainly be appreciated. Thank you in advance.