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The back arrows no longer work and I don't see the url of the website I am visiting

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The back and forward navigation arrows in the upper left are shaded (not opaque) and don't function. It's as if I opened a new tab to get to a website and there is no backward page to get to --- except that I navigated to the page from the same tab.

The back and forward navigation arrows in the upper left are shaded (not opaque) and don't function. It's as if I opened a new tab to get to a website and there is no backward page to get to --- except that I navigated to the page from the same tab.

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Click the orange Firefox button, go to Add-ons, then Plugins and disable this adware which you have installed:

  • My Web Search

Info concerning My Web Search can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_web_search

You may possibly have a corrupt places.sqlite file. See this article about how to fix the problem: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox


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Click the orange Firefox button, go to Add-ons, then Plugins and disable this adware which you have installed:

  • My Web Search

Info concerning My Web Search can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_web_search

You may possibly have a corrupt places.sqlite file. See this article about how to fix the problem: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox


If this answers your question, please click the Solved it button next to this post after you log in into the forum. This will help others searching for a solution to the same subject.

Thanks.

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Thank you! That worked.

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You're welcome.

Could you please click the "Solved It" button next to the post which solved the problem for you? This will help others searching for a solution to the same question.

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