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why have my back and forward functions stopped working?

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My forward and back arrows have stopped working and I am not able to go back or forward even with a mouse. The mouse is alright with all other browsers.

My forward and back arrows have stopped working and I am not able to go back or forward even with a mouse. The mouse is alright with all other browsers.

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Do the sites you visit show up in your history?

Does the issue still occur if you start Firefox in Safe Mode? http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode

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Using the " Safe Mode " the issue of no back or forward arrows or functions, now is the question of why did they stop? I don't have a clue as to why. The problem started just before going to 8.0.1 and it was fine always up 'till all of a sudden the issue reared its ugly head.

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I forgot to mention is that before I went to "afe Mode" my History is absolutely fine.

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See http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes - most likely an extension you have installed is breaking the functionality