Private Network Extension Sometimes Fails
The new private network extension is very cool...when it works which is most of the time. I am running version 69.0.1 . The install was perfect. I turn on the extension a… (funda kabanzi)
The new private network extension is very cool...when it works which is most of the time. I am running version 69.0.1 . The install was perfect. I turn on the extension and go to a website that checks your IP address. OMG, not only is my IP address an address provided by Cloudflare, Mozilla's partner, but I now have a Cloudflare IPv6 address. That was a surprise. My ISP, Verizon FIOS does not provide IPv6 but a Firefox extension does. I am happily surprised.
The problem is that for no apparent reason connections to any website will stop working. I see the TLS connection message in the lower right but the webpage doesn't load. The fix is to turn off this extension for a few seconds and then turn it back on. Everything will then work. This occurs about every five minutes.
How can I troubleshoot this?
Thanks.
I-Firefox
Which button would I use too move?
On my Samsung, I have an up arrow and a down arrow and an X. I'm not sure how you move up or down.
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How do I make -no-deelevate the default for Firefox in Windows 7?
I found the -no-deelevate option which let me repair the "can't drag URL's to the desktop" feature. I changed my usual shortcut to use it. How do I change Windows 7 to A… (funda kabanzi)
I found the -no-deelevate option which let me repair the "can't drag URL's to the desktop" feature. I changed my usual shortcut to use it.
How do I change Windows 7 to ALWAYS use that command line option when starting Firefox? For example, when I click on a link in an email, Windows starts the default web browser and passes it the link. How can I alter that command line to use -no-deelevate? There are also other programs that start a browser that need this tweak.
I'm OK with editing the registry if needed, but I have no idea where to go to make this the default for any browser start in Windows? If this has to be program specific, then changing Thunderbird would be my email concern... but I'd really prefer a global solution.
I get this error body.Illustrated.netTimeout.neterror What does it mean?
What is the relevant timeout that would make it not-happen? I get this error at 1 site. When I try on a public (therefore Windoze) computer, it takes about 9 minutes to… (funda kabanzi)
What is the relevant timeout that would make it not-happen? I get this error at 1 site. When I try on a public (therefore Windoze) computer, it takes about 9 minutes to connect. Firefox on Linux quits before then, even though I have increased all my timeouts to > 10 minutes.
addons disabled, bookmarks gone, browsing history gone (something new, *not* from May 2019)
This is *not* about the addons-meggadon from May. Like everyone else, I experienced that, I "enabled studies" at the time, and everything was fixed. When starting Firefox… (funda kabanzi)
This is *not* about the addons-meggadon from May. Like everyone else, I experienced that, I "enabled studies" at the time, and everything was fixed.
When starting Firefox yesterday (September 18 I believe), it opened with all my bookmarks gone, all my browsing history vanished, and my most important addons disabled (adblock plus, dark reader, foxy proxy). Everything was working fine before. I did not do any manual updates, and I don't think FF did an automatic update recently (but I might not have noticed). I currently have FF 69.0.1 (64-bit)
By "browsing history" I mean when I start typing into the addressbar, it used to suggest my most commonly visited sites, now it does not.
I managed to reload the bookmarks from a backup using the normal bookmarks restore feature. The browsing history is not a big deal (but does seem to indicate that some serious reset took place).
The addons are key to me, I really want to fix this. They are still listed in the add-ons manager, but are marked as "disabled". There is no enable button.
At first I thought it was a reprise of the old problem from May 2019.
So I double-checked: studies are enabled, and I can see completed studies that seem to indicate the fix was done.
Based on an old post here from rcr1959 I tried going to about:config and setting extensions.signer.hotfixed to false. This didn't resolve the problem, so I put it back to true (i.e., how I found it).
There was some suggestions that a master password might cause problems, or profiles. I don't use a master password, and have never set up a profile. Under about:profiles, I see "Profile: default" and no others. There is an option to "Restart with Add-ons disabled" and another to "Restart normally". I tried the second one; it restarted fine but the add-ons are still disabled.
why have an option to 'view saved logins' in general browsing?
Since an update a while back when clicking on a u/n field, an option allows anyone on your pc to view saved logins! Further to that they can reveal your passwords. Why a… (funda kabanzi)
Since an update a while back when clicking on a u/n field, an option allows anyone on your pc to view saved logins! Further to that they can reveal your passwords. Why allow such a security risk? What a joke guys this is terrible.
Themes mysteriously change
When I install a theme that distinguishes the active tab by removing the bottom border line, I find that, with no apparent cause, before long that bottom border line will… (funda kabanzi)
When I install a theme that distinguishes the active tab by removing the bottom border line, I find that, with no apparent cause, before long that bottom border line will reappear. I can restore the correct appearance by restarting Fx, but pretty soon the fault will resurface. How can I cure this?
Every time I try to make or receive a call it asks for permission to use the microphone in GMAIL Hangouts.
Every time I try to make or receive a call it asks for permission to use microphone in Gmail Hangouts https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox . I have it set to "Allow".… (funda kabanzi)
Every time I try to make or receive a call it asks for permission to use microphone in Gmail Hangouts https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox . I have it set to "Allow". https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox When a call comes in or I try to make one it does not have the check mark box "Always Allow" on the little pop up window as I have seen before. I can set it to always allow by right clicking the chat window and page info, yet it keeps on asking for permission to use. -- It DOES show as being allowed both in the list in Options and when you check the page Info.
I thought maybe it has something to do with Flash ending, but when I use Hangouts on the Hangouts page: https://hangouts.google.com/ it works fine. And yes, I have removed all cookies and cache several times. Another thing I noticed is that you can't add any pages manually in the options. Not sure if that is related. Note that I use Firefox and Windows 7 .
Been searching for an answer since this started over a month ago. Thank you in advance for your help.
Is Firefox or / and Windows hijacked ?
Scam sites tabs appear sometimes on two of my computers. Both are running Windows 10 1903 all updates applied with Firefox 69.0. I have other browsers and Linux sessions … (funda kabanzi)
Scam sites tabs appear sometimes on two of my computers. Both are running Windows 10 1903 all updates applied with Firefox 69.0. I have other browsers and Linux sessions but I've never experienced such malware in these cases. Moreover, I have scanned my computer with McAfee Virus Scan (I bought this software), up to date, it says "no problem reported". Maybe I must document a new security exploit ?
Thanks for your help !
Deleted One-Click Search Engines keep appearing
I have removed all One-Click Search Engines in Firefox. As I found out deleted Search Engines keep reappearing. Why does Firefox resets the One-Click Search Engines? … (funda kabanzi)
I have removed all One-Click Search Engines in Firefox. As I found out deleted Search Engines keep reappearing. Why does Firefox resets the One-Click Search Engines?
I have just updated ThunderBird to the latest version 68.1 and i cant find an updated Theme and Font add on. Can anyone help. Need to increase size. Thanks
I Love ThunderBird...its by far the best mail program....I just updated to the latest version 68.1 and everything came across just fine and i was able to get one of my ve… (funda kabanzi)
I Love ThunderBird...its by far the best mail program....I just updated to the latest version 68.1 and everything came across just fine and i was able to get one of my very important add ons....Import/Export tools. However the other vital add on Theme and font changer is not available for this version. The size of the menus is so small as to be almost impossible to read on a small laptop. Any chance of an updated version the the Theme and Font Add On? Thanks
I-Thunderbird
Lost all bookmarks after syncing devices
Last week in response to a prompt I created a new Firefox account and agreed to sync all of my devices. One of those processes resulted in my losing all bookmarks from m… (funda kabanzi)
Last week in response to a prompt I created a new Firefox account and agreed to sync all of my devices. One of those processes resulted in my losing all bookmarks from my Firefox browser on my laptop.
When I follow the "Restoring from Backups" steps here (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/restore-bookmarks-from-backup-or-move-them), under "Restore," only two dates appear -- both from after the date of syncing. So even if Firefox automatically backed up my bookmarks prior to the sync, I can't seem to access them.
Is there any way to find and restore my lost bookmarks?
Is it possible to never open a new window when clicking the exe (or shortcut to exe)?
I use a macro on my keyboard for opening Firefox. It now simply opens the exe file. It annoys me though, that when I click the macro while Firefox is already open, it wil… (funda kabanzi)
I use a macro on my keyboard for opening Firefox. It now simply opens the exe file. It annoys me though, that when I click the macro while Firefox is already open, it will open a new window. My preferred result would be: When Firefox is not open, open the exe file. When Firefox is open in the background, switch to Firefox but don't open a new window or tab. I already looked into the browser.link.open_newwindow tweaks but that didn't result in the wanted effect (this only seems to change link windows)
Is this possible? Thanks!
Thunderbird 68.1 issues
Thunderbird has upgrade from version 60.9 (32 bits) to version 68.1 (32 bits) but in this process, under Windows 7 x64 SP1, the program is working in worst conditions. Wh… (funda kabanzi)
Thunderbird has upgrade from version 60.9 (32 bits) to version 68.1 (32 bits) but in this process, under Windows 7 x64 SP1, the program is working in worst conditions. When start (running Thunderbird from Icon Desktop), the calendar don´t appeared until some accounts checking occurred (and sometimes does not appear at all and I have to close the app and run it again), the calendar show its information with some delay (is less faster than the previous version), some add-ons (like Card Book) don´t work fine (the address book data appear and disappear). I have been using Thunderbird since many years ago, and I wish to thanks all the efforts to give us a free and good software, but the version 68,1 has worsened the reliable previous versions and I hope this issues can be solved in future releases. I have reinstall the program, importing the messages bases, accounts, etc., but the 68.1 version is still less reliable than 60.9. I don´t know if the x64 bits version could be faster, but I have installed Kaspersky Total Security 2019 and its works. I think, with 32 bits versions only. Thanks
Hello! I lost all my passwords, bookmarks and history from the firefox account when reinstalling the operating system. Help me recover my data. Thank!
My account: ineantip@gmail.com The last synchronization of my data was on September 22, 2019. Then, on September 23, having logged in to my account in a browser on the ne… (funda kabanzi)
My account: ineantip@gmail.com The last synchronization of my data was on September 22, 2019. Then, on September 23, having logged in to my account in a browser on the new operating system, I found that synchronization was not happening. I am afraid to lose data. Help me please!
Have problems with toggles on webpage (domoticz) where Edge, IE etc work and FF 69.0.1 doesn't
Need support. Have a domoticz system running locally. Noticed that toggling the status a scene or a switch (lamp e.g) doesn't toggle the status in the dashboard. Tried … (funda kabanzi)
Need support. Have a domoticz system running locally. Noticed that toggling the status a scene or a switch (lamp e.g) doesn't toggle the status in the dashboard. Tried IE and Edge and FF on my mobile and there it works flawlessly. Just tried on my daughters laptop. Same behaviour.
Can't just share my credentials of the website involved. Would like FF support contact me to share the url involved. Probably somewhere version 69 this issue was introduced. Cleared cash/shutdown ff, restarted, flusheed cahs, shutdown ff etc etc. Where this generally solved any webpage data related issues, for now the toggle on the webpage (switch lamp/scene on or off) no longer works. Switching off, next try the status is still trying to switch off. (A manual refresh will show the status is already off). There seems to be an issue receiving the feedback from the server and updating (refreshing, full/partially) the webpage involved. As stated IE/Edge handle this ok. Tried Waterfox, same issue. so there is something generally 'wrong'.
Support please contact me. So i can supply the url involved. so you can test and find the difference between IE/Edge etc.
Thunderbird 68.1 won't allow Picasa to email.
When I click Picasa email, I am informed that there is no email program enabled to perform the task.
block8ng sites
How can I block Facebook from auto.atically popping up like I am trying to log in when my android is lying on the table and I am not using it?
Facebook ad persists
Evert 10 minutes a Facebook page pops up like I have tried to go to that page when I haven't. How do I stop it?
Firefox freezes every few seconds. I've tried refreshing/reinstalling firefox, running in safe mode, disabling hardware accelartion and unchecking accessability
Nothing works, firefox just hangs every few seconds, I even disabled session restore, set browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo and browser.sessionstore.max_window_undo to 0… (funda kabanzi)
Nothing works, firefox just hangs every few seconds, I even disabled session restore, set browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo and browser.sessionstore.max_window_undo to 0. It keeps freezing every few seconds.
I'm running firefox on linux.