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i recently changed my password and firefox 5.0 is not remembering it. how can i get it to remeber the new password and not the old one?

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I had set firefox to remember my old password. at the point of changing to the new password, I was prompted whether to store the new password, which I did, however when I log in, it still remembers the number of characters in the old password.

I had set firefox to remember my old password. at the point of changing to the new password, I was prompted whether to store the new password, which I did, however when I log in, it still remembers the number of characters in the old password.

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cor-el
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Did you check the password in the Password Manager ?

  • Tools > Options > Security: Passwords: "Saved Passwords" > "Show Passwords"