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THOUGH I DO NOT ACTIVATE THE FIRST LINE "BROWSING AND DOWNLOAD HISTORY", MY DOWNLOADS ARE NEVERTHELESS DELETED. I JUST POSTED THIS QUESTION AND GOT 2 REPLI

When I do a "CLEAR RECENT HISTORY" and THOUGH I DO NOT ACTIVATE THE FIRST LINE "BROWSING AND DOWNLOAD HISTORY", MY DOWNLOADS ARE NEVERTHELESS DELETED.

I just posted this question under the "OTHER" category and got 2 replies, neither of which solves this problem!

                  IS THERE A SOLUTION?  Thanks
When I do a "CLEAR RECENT HISTORY" and THOUGH I DO NOT ACTIVATE THE FIRST LINE "BROWSING AND DOWNLOAD HISTORY", MY DOWNLOADS ARE NEVERTHELESS DELETED. I just posted this question under the "OTHER" category and got 2 replies, neither of which solves this problem! IS THERE A SOLUTION? Thanks

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Are you the same poster as Raphaex who posted using Windows 8.1 in this thread and provided a full and detailed set of data accessible using the "More System Details" link: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1011435 ??

If not, could you provide a link to the earlier discussion on your situation if there is one? I don't want to repeat what you haven't found helpful, and also, it's critical to know your correct configuration information and not waste everyone's time typing out advice that is totally irrelevant.


To provide the missing details on your configuration:

  1. Use ONE of these methods to open the Firefox Troubleshooting Information page:
    • Click the "3-bar" menu button New Fx Menu, click on help Help-29 and select Troubleshooting Information.
    • Type about:support into the Firefox address bar and press the enter key.
  2. In the top left corner of the Troubleshooting Information page that comes up, you should see a button that says "Copy text to clipboard". Click it.
  3. Now, come back to this thread, right-click in the reply box and select Paste from the context menu (or else click inside the reply box and press Command+v) to paste all the information you copied into the forum post.

Usually, this does not contain personal information, but I suggest you skim down and make sure you do not see your email address in there (XX it out ).