Firefox won't save Google, DuckDuckGo, or other settings - Different solution FOUND!
I really got fed up with a couple of sites, especially Google, when they wouldn't save my settings. I had to log in each time I started Firefox. I finally got so pissed off I switched to DuckDuckGo. Guess what - It did the same thing. Okay, that meant the problem was with Firefox, not those programs.
I tried all the regular suggestions and help articles. Nothing worked. I went through all my addons thinking one of them was doing it. I even disabled addons and the problem continued. Now it's just Firefox.
SOLUTION: On the Options > Privacy page there is a section about History. I've use custom settings for years without any problem. Everything is normal EXCEPT Keep Until ". . . . . .". I've used "Until I close Firefox". Even thought cookies were enable, settings were saved, nothing was blocked, everything else was essentially vanilla, that ended up being the problem. As soon as I changed it to "they expire" it began to work properly again. When I reopened Options, it shows the history as "Remember History" now. I'll leave it that way from now on.
Hope this helps others that couldn't find the solutions elsewhere.
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Trying to put this into simple English for me to understand and others to use...
Cor-el's solutions works. I did a little more tweaking and can add:
On the Options > Privacy > History section there is a button over to the right "Exceptions..." that should be used. Whatever you select for choices in the History section, this applies exceptions to your settings. It opens up a popup to allow cutting and pasting the site page link you want to keep then selecting "Block", "Allow for Session", or "Allow".
Just below that button is another, "Show Cookies...". This pops up all the cookies you have on your browser. These can be saved or deleted as desired. But, the key is to see what you have and decide if there are others you want to keep like TVGuide.com, CNet.com, etc. When you find another you want to keep beyond closing Firefox, simply open up your logon page to that site, copy it's link and paste into the "Exceptions..." table.
I pasted and added Google, DuckDuckGo, and another website I use regularly that had been a problem, selected "Allow", and set the setting to "Keep until: I close Firefox", then closed and reopened Firefox to test. It worked just right.
This returns control to the user.
Thank you for this information.
My only wish would be that so much other use could be set into some form of Manual for Dummies showing simple step by step what every setting does and how to effectively use it. Such is wishful thinking.
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A detail like a website remembering you (log you in automatically) is stored in a cookie.
You can use these steps to make a website recognize and remember you:
- You can create a cookie "Allow" exception to keep specific cookies, especially in case of secure websites and when cookies expire when Firefox is closed.
- Options/Preferences -> Privacy -> "Use custom settings for history" -> Cookies: Exceptions
Let the cookies expire when Firefox is closed to make them session cookies instead of using "Clear history when Firefox closes" to clear the cookies. .
- Firefox/Options/Preferences -> Privacy -> "Use custom settings for history" -> Cookies: Keep until: "I close Firefox"
You can create a cookie "Allow" exception to keep specific cookies.
In case you use "Clear history when Firefox closes" or otherwise clear history.
- do not clear the Cookies
- do not clear the Site Preferences
- Options/Preferences -> Privacy -> Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history": [X] "Clear history when Firefox closes" -> Settings
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-browsing-search-download-history-firefox
- clearing "Site Preferences" clears exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, and software installation and exception for password and other website specific data
- clearing "Cookies" will remove all selected cookies including cookies with an "Allow" exception you may want to keep
Giải pháp được chọn
Trying to put this into simple English for me to understand and others to use...
Cor-el's solutions works. I did a little more tweaking and can add:
On the Options > Privacy > History section there is a button over to the right "Exceptions..." that should be used. Whatever you select for choices in the History section, this applies exceptions to your settings. It opens up a popup to allow cutting and pasting the site page link you want to keep then selecting "Block", "Allow for Session", or "Allow".
Just below that button is another, "Show Cookies...". This pops up all the cookies you have on your browser. These can be saved or deleted as desired. But, the key is to see what you have and decide if there are others you want to keep like TVGuide.com, CNet.com, etc. When you find another you want to keep beyond closing Firefox, simply open up your logon page to that site, copy it's link and paste into the "Exceptions..." table.
I pasted and added Google, DuckDuckGo, and another website I use regularly that had been a problem, selected "Allow", and set the setting to "Keep until: I close Firefox", then closed and reopened Firefox to test. It worked just right.
This returns control to the user.
Thank you for this information.
My only wish would be that so much other use could be set into some form of Manual for Dummies showing simple step by step what every setting does and how to effectively use it. Such is wishful thinking.