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Firefox with MAC OS 11.7.11 no longer works with SURFSHARK, TRANSMISSION OR FOLX I have reinstalled those applications I can start with my VPN (SURFSHARK) but as soon as I access a bit torrent, Firefox no longer functions.

I’m experiencing a strange issue on Firefox where a separate blank/dark window briefly appears over the browser while I’m browsing, then disappears.

The window appears to have the Firefox icon in the top-left and what looks like a Firefox tab/address-bar interface, but there is no visible text or error message.

It happens randomly while Firefox is open, including while watching YouTube. It does not appear when Firefox is closed.

Troubleshooting already performed:

• Windows 11 cloud reinstall using Remove everything
• New Microsoft account
• Defender Offline scan clean
• Multiple malware scanners clean
• Malwarebytes Premium installed
• uBlock Origin (only extension i use) removed/tested, but the issue remained

I took a picture showing the window appearing. Is this a known Firefox issue, background Firefox process, or something else?

Using the native, browser-only free VPN for Firefox, and enabling via about:config, these settings to 'true':

browser.ipProtection.autoStartEnabled

browser.ipProtection.autoStartPrivateEnabled

browser.ipProtection.features.autoStart

browser.ipProtection.features.siteExceptions

browser.ipProtection.features.siteInclusions

DOES NOT actually turn on the VPN after a browser restart.

The VPN after a restart looks like it is 'ON' - the icon on the toolbar has a green tick, and when I go to click the actual VPN icon itself the VPN says it is 'ON', but when I go to a website where I use the VPN to bypass a age restriction law (like Reddit), the VPN is not working.

I need to re-turn the VPN off and then re-turn the VPN back on again for the VPN to actually work. 

Is there something I'm missing? I want the built-in, free VPN to auto start by default when I launch my Firefox browser.

I can't see bookmarks on the RH menu but only on the LH when I click 'manage bookmarks. How do I move the bookmark folders so that they appear on the RH. This happened at the last software update.

I have been unable to add Yahoo as the default search engine. No matter what address I type in, it consistently comes up with "Could not add OpenSearch Provider for".

Help! All of my bookmarks, browsing history, and profile prior to Sept 4, 2026 have been erased. Firefox instructions for restoring these prior bookmarks do not work. When I access "manage bookmarks" then the "Library", then "import & backup & restore", there is nothing listed prior to Sept 4, 2026. So there is no file to choose. Also my prior profile has been erased. My profile is completely blank altho I did NOT create a new profile nor did I access my profile in any way!!!

Also the instructions for "restore bookmarks from backup" do not work either. I desperately need that browsing history and those bookmarks. I am doing research for an art history project & those bookmarks for the last two years were stored there & seemed securely in place for the last three years. I need those bookmarks & the browsing history which included sites I used but did not necessarily cite in my research.

My bookmarks included the sole documentation I had of my research for this project for the last two years!!! When Firefox said it would continue to support Windows 10, I had no reason to believe my entire browsing history and/or my previously secure bookmarks would be erased. Help me restore those bookmarks. dona bretherick

Good afternoon

recently i tried just realise my firefox can't played HEVC streaming video like twitch etc. (1st pictures)

i check on other browser such as Chrome, Edge, etc. it's played normal i check on google all about config

like media.wmf.hevc.enabled , media.hevc.enabled , dom.media.webcodecs.h265.enabled all set to true. checking on about:support i found it's not supported (2nd screenshot)

i check on Powershell are like this :

C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-AppxPackage | Where-Object {$_.Name -like "*HEVC*"}

Name  : Microsoft.HEVCVideoExtension Publisher  : CN=Microsoft Corporation, O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US Architecture  : X64 ResourceId  : Version  : 2.5.33.0 PackageFullName  : Microsoft.HEVCVideoExtension_2.5.33.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe InstallLocation  : C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\Microsoft.HEVCVideoExtension_2.5.33.0_x64__8wekyb3d8bbwe IsFramework  : False PackageFamilyName : Microsoft.HEVCVideoExtension_8wekyb3d8bbwe PublisherId  : 8wekyb3d8bbwe IsResourcePackage : False IsBundle  : False IsDevelopmentMode : False NonRemovable  : False IsPartiallyStaged : False SignatureKind  : Store Status  : Ok Capabilities  : inProcessMediaExtension,

                   uniqueAppPackageCapability

in summary it's installed and running.

i will be happy if you can guide me on how to enable it. because tbh Firefox are my daily drive

thanks before

last time my firefox crashed when i was using it and when i reopened my browser all of my history were deleted and they keep telling me that some sort of file is not able to save the bookmarks and history

I DO NOT WANT A PASSKEY. WHY ARE YOU INSISTING THAT I SET A PASSKEY, I DO NOT WANT A PASSKEY. WHY ISN'T MY PASSWORD ENOUGH, I DO NOT WANT A PASSKEY. MY PASSWORD WORKED FOR YEARS THAT IS WHY, I DO NOT WANT A PASSKEY. KEEP MAKING YOUR CHANGES FOR SECURITY, BUT GIVE ME A CHANCE TO SAY NO, I DO NOT WANT A PASSKEY. I DO NOT WANT A PASSKEY. I DO NOT WANT A PASSKEY. I DO NOT WANT A PASSKEY. I DO NOT WANT A PASSKEY. I DO NOT WANT A PASSKEY.

Hi,

I'm using Firefox 155.0.1 64bits, in Linux Mint Debian Edition 7, x11, XFCE4. I have a Belgian keyboard. I have noticed that the dead keys aren't working any more when typing text / messages from within Firefox. I don't have this problem in other browsers or applications.

I used xev (x11 utility) to check if the dead keys were working and tested a different keyboard, all work. I tried to start Firefox in safe mode or by starting Firefox from a terminal with the following commands: - env GTK_IM_MODULE=xim firefox - env GTK_IM_MODULE=ibus firefox

But nothing worked. The dead keys aren't working. The issue must come from Firefox for it is not an hardware issue (tried different keyboards) nor software (dead keys work in other applications).

Any idea to fix this ?

Help! My bookmarks tool bar is missing & I cant recover it because your instructions for locating the menu bar don't match what your instructions display. There is NO AltGr displays a bookmark menu BUT I CANT MOVE IT TO MY TOOL BAR. There is NO selected tab, NO menu bar; NO bookmark tool displayed. I have also lost all of my downloads. This has happened in the last month; everything was fine. I am 82 years old & NOT a techie so expect better help than I have received so far during the last frustrating 2 hours of trying to follow Firefox instructions that DO NOT APPLY TO ME. Also the "add images" function @ bottom of this page won't let me send you a copy of the instructions you display to select the bookmark menu bar ... I click on the picture of the problem & nothing happens ... just dead no access to select pictures either.

I have NOT changed my internet provider; I have not changed any settings. This all happened two weeks ago. Called internet provider & they said it was Firefox issue!!! Very unhappy.

Hello all, thank you in advance for your time. I've got a Lenovo running Linux (Zorin, an Ubuntu branch)

Crashes have been more and more frequent over the last couple weeks. Usually it closes only Firefox, sometimes it throws me back to the login screen, and rarely the computer crashes entirely. I've been trying to pin down the source of the crashes -- it hasn't only been Firefox, but most of the crashes are while FF is open.

THIS tab keeps crashing, as I type.

It seems to happen more often when I'm watching video.

Here are all the crash IDs within the last 24 hours: bp-dfb0bd40-4ce6-41bd-b9cb-ad0510260913 13/09/2026, 11:15 View bp-50a8400a-3439-4af4-b5c7-6e60f0260913 13/09/2026, 11:15 View bp-0893e979-6a06-40cc-ad0b-757210260913 13/09/2026, 11:15 View bp-8a1bbc36-9c1d-412c-a2cf-c4c040260913 13/09/2026, 11:15 View bp-4c97e699-dee7-470f-9f82-855760260913 13/09/2026, 11:15 View bp-4526b2af-908a-45be-89ae-293ef0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-60af27d7-aeef-4761-b86e-7595a0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-25b42dd1-3f54-4be4-bde7-801f60260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-e92ad4f9-b7d3-453e-8c5a-066910260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-d19f0c4c-9eb7-45d1-a7e7-978d90260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-b212719f-1daa-459c-8491-2c6cb0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-9effc3ad-0b73-43d2-839c-805a00260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-7e5b6de1-7a84-48ad-86c0-e07510260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-271c4c4f-9f81-480a-9815-5f5bf0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-956cef3e-25a1-4a8c-b7e1-668be0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-92a596e6-edc8-4920-9365-6e3e00260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-6e309137-bf0a-4ee1-8ddf-492b20260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-d3eadcae-1967-4c31-856f-284f80260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-e319008d-d7e3-4354-95db-846e10260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-ce80cf98-4aad-46ee-a2a2-40ccf0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-41734b4e-09d0-4dfe-ab7a-c74400260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-37752c09-a2ae-4f35-8ee6-62ee60260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-01aed5a5-d3da-4551-9646-eb73d0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-0d52d173-f46d-4d5c-b723-441930260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-5a9507dd-21f3-4be3-8d68-ad70f0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-0a5b5b7c-6400-41f7-ba67-c881b0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-2ff2f687-e231-4ac5-925a-fde060260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-1c9a1836-3ebe-40bd-ac76-182850260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-f4bbc332-be5c-48f7-8e6e-c008a0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-807e438c-9bb1-4056-b67b-48e870260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-b422a84c-4096-4ab8-926c-d63030260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-9740f00f-a1ac-4fce-96b3-704940260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-0a571a75-602f-4802-98df-22ee30260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-5f7a41ac-f92a-42b3-96bc-6dda70260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-d81a88f6-3da4-4e15-8669-352390260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-324a6102-496b-4724-9deb-3532f0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-40969791-0669-4158-abd6-b57230260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-7b5c8e37-6cfe-4027-9bd1-fc0d80260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-62dbac62-1feb-47a6-be53-bd8b10260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-9197029c-0719-4294-bc37-e7f320260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-941d7f54-5b2e-4783-83f2-66c330260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-00202476-8680-4295-8a76-a97db0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-027dfa8e-f3e1-44e9-a405-1ae350260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-369f58c9-4456-4578-977e-49cfe0260913 13/09/2026, 11:08 View bp-78c25147-3a9c-4ad8-9210-eb0ca0260913 13/09/2026, 11:07 View bp-f1f4b2b3-0885-4259-8dd3-bfa700260913 13/09/2026, 11:07 View bp-72d20621-92ea-417a-b063-deba40260913 13/09/2026, 11:07 View bp-721a4c72-ab3c-4ea0-8428-72b6d0260913 13/09/2026, 11:07 View bp-ffb02689-cb96-48e2-ab89-1c7f10260913 13/09/2026, 11:07 View bp-407b7ac2-8d4c-404d-974a-96d790260912 13/09/2026, 0:37 View bp-9decd8ef-b380-4bfe-8264-6841b0260911 11/09/2026, 22:40 View bp-c9a8eae8-8723-48ba-aab0-48db10260908 08/09/2026, 22:57 View bp-e0ac525c-a6c7-4af5-abe8-0ab5e0260913 13/09/2026, 11:16 View bp-91be494d-2e41-42b7-9330-e49630260913

Hi, I am using Firefox For a few years, but for last 1 year my workload is high and I usually need to open several tabs. After I keep tabs open for a while, firefox becomes slow. Closing a few tabs help but I want to know what is causing it. IS there a way to check which tab or extension is causing it? I am using latest firefox on windows 11.