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PC is using Windows 10. My software is up to date. Chrome and other browsers do not show any issues when browsing. I have reinstalled Firefox. My Firefox app works fine on my Android mobile. I have also set up a new profile in Firefox.

Hello, Since receiving a recent update to Firefox (I am a long time user), when using Google as the search engine, I am required to complete a Captcha every time, because Google says it has detected unusual activity from my location. Firefox is/has been installed on my computer for many years without any problems. It is used as supplied with the following extensions:- Ad Blocker Ultimate; Duck Duck Go Search & Tracker Protection; Enhancer For YouTube; Firefox Relay; Malwarebytes Browser Guard; Privacy Badger. If I change the search engine to say "Duck Duck Go" I don't get any Captcha requirement. I use Bit Defender Antivirus protection. Malwarebytes Free is used as a periodic check and is not activated to work full time. This problem didn't exist until a recent Firefox update. The Captcha requirement happens every time I use Firefox with Google search and if I boot up the computer and immediately use Firefox and no other program I get the Captcha requirement. How can there be "unusual activity"? If I use Google Chrome Browser, I don't get the Captcha requirement, it's just Firefox. With all the extensions from Firefox removed I still get the Captcha requirement. Any assistance would be welcome.

Xubuntu 24.04.5 Firefox 158

Firefox used to position a new window on the screen in a somewhat predictable manner prior to 158.

For example, if there was a blank space on the screen between other windows, the browser would locate it and be placed there. A new instance would also appear on the active screen (I have two: left and right with a single window manager spanning both) where the mouse was located. Now the window is just placed in some arbitrary locations and may appear on the non-active screen.

I have a number of scripts that load various sets of windows on the screen (typically a number of xfce4-terminals and the browser) which used to pretty much work, but no longer as the browser windows can show up any place and must then be relocated. When I start a new session I have eight distinct desktops with many versions of Firefox on each. It is tiresome to have to relocate one browser window after another.

Is there any option I can set that would revert to the older screen placement algorithm?

Also, I asked this before and don't remember getting any satisfactory response. Why is the -geometry flag not supported on Firefox any longer? What's the opposition to giving the user control over this? I want some command-line method for accurately setting the size (WxH) and position (X:Y) of the browser window on the screen. Am I missing something here?

Thanks for any pointers.

I recently got a new computer because my old one crapped out and trying to find my old account that I had all my history on. there is only one account that let me recover but there is no history or saved plugins I had or anything from the past. I haven't really used firefox much in a while but all my history should still be there. I have several email accounts and not sure which one I used for this account. here is a list of all my current email accounts, if you could tell me which one i used for the past several years so i can recover that acoount that would be great, or if I have the right account how to get all my history and saved information back. here are my accounts.

Justmee25@hotmail.com nin-pay@outlook.com G3_ENT@live.com edaf@live.ca eq3pm@live.com newadventures20192019@outlook.com nin-bus@outlook.com me120@outlook.com lynked21@gmail.com edwoodss@hotmail.com me12001@outlook.com Eq3ed77@gmail.com Prozcan1@gmail.com the edaf@live.ca is the one that it let me recover but there is nothing in this profile???

Thanks Ed

avant quand j'ouvrais firefox j'avais au dessus de ma barre d'adresse tous les modules pour corriger , imprimer, enregistrer, ou autres la je n'ai plus rien comment je peux faire pour retrouver mon firefox d'antan

I am using an online site to view PDFs of books. One that I am looking at is written in Japanese. But the writing is in some cases hand written on the pages, and not recognized as text by the browser. Yes, I am aware that I can take a screenshot, or maybe even a few pages worth of pdfs and then use google translate, I haven't figured out how many pdfs make a file "too big" yet, and I will eventually go this route if I get invested enough. But isn't there a way to have the browser simply recognized the text written in the pdf image as japanese, and translate it as I view it? Or, failing that, I've heard about a magic window you can move around kinda like a zoom lense that translates all language of one sort into a language of your choosing as you move the window over that part of the page.... but after looking around a bit, I'm having trouble figuring that out. Does anyone know how to do that at least? Or I'm open to any helpful suggestions that might be useful in the scenario I described here. I can't be the only one interested in texts written in other languages. I mean, what about the manga community? That's exactly where this would be relevant. Personally I am probably the biggest manga reader I know, but my interest in this case stems from wanting to read the text in origami diagrams. I'm leaving this because my kitten is being a pain in the ass and swatting my hands whenever i try to type and I'm already bordering on TMI so what say you Firefox forum people? end transmission.

I cancelled and requested refund the day of subscribing VPN did not work with absolutely no support

Please refund both payments of 2 x $14.99 and cancel my subscription asap

James

Fixing recent UI mistakes

It started with that new button on the menu bar to the left of the arrows which IMO was just clutter. I don't even remember what it was supposed to do but at least it was easy to remove.

The next UI mistake IMO was adding the new "Profiles" menu as a main menu entry instead of as a submenu under "Files" or "Tools". This new entry renders dead last after the older menu bar is already onscreen (why?). Many times I am clicking "Tools" or "Help" only to have those pushed left just as clicked. Maybe I am too quick with the mouse, but this feels like a prank not a feature. I saw no way to move "Profiles" to a submenu so I had to disable the feature in about:config.

Now there is a new menu option "Help->Share Firefox" placed as the last submenu entry where "About Firefox" has always been, so out of habit I am hitting "Share" when I really want "About". Again this feels like a prank. Wouldn't "Share" make more sense under "Tools"?

These bad UI decisions could be alleviated with a way to edit the menu organization. Is this feature available? Maybe as a theme?

Hi I've used Firefox for decades. Now, since updating to Firefox 158.0 (aarch64) on my Mac Studio and a Macbook Pro, I’ve been unable to open my usual banking websites. They still work in Safari on the same Mac & Macbook Pro and through the banks’ iPhone apps.

Have any recent Firefox security or privacy changes affected banking websites? Which settings should I check, and how can I safely allow these sites without disabling protection for all websites?

Hello again.

In 2023, when I had Firefox v110.0.1, an unfortunate hiccup caused my handful of windows and their many tabs to not appear when I restarted Firefox. I asked for help here and jscher2000 was lovely and walked me through some things to do, which are discussed in https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1408206 and https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1396868.

Unfortunately, though I now have Firefox v158.0, this happened again a few days ago and I've been trying to retrace his steps the best I can with the newer version, but to no avail, unfortunately, partly because I don't now see a sessionstore.jsonlz4 file that jscher2000 referenced back in 2023.

(As I remember it, a system upgrade was taking place on my PC, and, also, a new version of Firefox {the v158.0 I mentioned} was also being installed, too.)

I found a Profiles folder (C:\Users\Bram\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\p9f543mv.Default User\) that seemed to be relevant, and found a sessionstore-backups subfolder there. However, while that subfolder did NOT have a sessionstore.jsonlz4 file, it DID have files named previous..., recovery..., and (possibly connected to one of those updates), an upgrade... file, too.

When I first found this subfolder (in that "Roaming" area...I looked also in the "Local" area but wasn't confident I found anything more relevant), I copied/renamed previous... (with a timestamp from around the time of that system update, and large filesize) to previousOLD..., and the MUCH smaller recovery... to recoveryOLD, similar to the instructions in those threads. However, even if I also copied that previous... file to sessionstore... (to match those earlier instructions), Firefox would launch but with only the most-recent tabs (i.e., the Advanced Preferences {about:config} tab along with about:support {to provide Troubleshooting Information}) showing, as I'd launched them as part of my efforts to restore the session, and nothing else.)

I have "healthily-sized" recovery... and upgrade... files with the same date/time-stamp and filesize, though my efforts to try to get Firefox to open correctly have removed a similarly-sized previous... from that folder unfortunately -- hopefully the fact that recovery... and that upgrade... file have similar sizes mean they might(?) be valid substitutes for previous... should one be needed.

I hope that this described my situation well, but am happy to answer any questions you might have about it to the best of my ability.

Clearly, Mozilla updated some Firefox characteristics in the intervening three (3) years but I'm not sure how to adapt the new set of filenames to those previous instructions although, as I wrote, maybe one of those larger files will end up being what Firefox uses to try to restore everything...I just don't know what to do with it (i.e., what to rename it and/or where to copy/paste it) in order to make that happen.

Can you please offer some advice in this regard?

Thank you very much, Bram Weiser

The Microsfot365 tab keeps opening up in my browser, multiple tabs will open there is no time frame between. Sometimes one will open, followed by a tab every few seconds. Sometimes it's a few mins between the tabs opening. Two have opened since I opened this window.

Recently, I have been experiencing this inconvenience where a google search shrinks to one side of the screen in a vertical format similar to the phone display. The 502 error usually also comes along when the google search utilizes Gemini. I've tried other browsers like Microsoft Edge with no problems.

Firefox blocks me from several sites - error code 400 - 404 I was doing ID ME password reset and was blocked so I

canceled some extensions to stop blocking cookies but didn't try again yet as they were going to lock me out of ID ME

Firefox is continuously uploading or backing up then deleting it and then backing it up again over and over I am on a metered connection this is destroying me please help

Hello,

I'm building custom firmware for a Makerdiary nRF52840 USB dongle using GitHub Actions.

When I tried downloading the generated ZIP file, Firefox blocked it with the warning: "This file contains a virus or malware."

I removed the blocked download rather than overriding Firefox's protection.

The ZIP contains custom `.uf2` firmware for an embedded USB device. The GitHub Actions build passed its validation checks, and an independent ClamAV scan of the original firmware reported 0 infected files. I subsequently built and scanned an updated version, which also passed.

Original blocked build: https://github.com/flips96-art/hid-remapper/actions/runs/39094413639

Latest build: https://github.com/flips96-art/hid-remapper/actions/runs/39096517313

Latest antivirus scan: https://github.com/flips96-art/hid-remapper/actions/runs/39096868117

I understand that a clean ClamAV scan does not guarantee the file is safe.

Could someone help me determine why Firefox classified this download as malware and explain how to submit it for a possible false-positive review without disabling Firefox's security protections?

Thank you!