History of Firefox Support troubleshooting guide Category: How to contribute Revision history for: English Show Helpfulness Votes Chart Compare Selected Revisions Revision Status S Editor R Comment Dec 17, 2024, 10:14:45 AM Current M AliceWyman Where to get help: link to "...how to escalate" article Jan 6, 2024, 3:10:24 AM Approved M AliceWyman removed WinDbg section, other edits to outdated content (see discussion) Jan 1, 2024, 9:20:04 AM Approved M AliceWyman fixed capitalization error for "Answering questions on the Support Forum" (bug 1867499) Dec 28, 2023, 4:01:35 AM Approved M ErlingR Modified another internal reference in "Reset preferences" Dec 28, 2023, 3:51:15 AM Unreviewed ErlingR In subsection "Reset preferences" changed URL construct in internal reference to "Using about:config" Dec 28, 2023, 2:21:49 AM Unreviewed ErlingR Fixed KB reference in "Check Add-Ons and try Troubleshoot Mode" Jan 6, 2023, 5:43:32 PM Approved M AliceWyman deleted outdated links for security software removal Jan 6, 2023, 5:39:06 PM Approved M AliceWyman updated links to renamed articles, other edits Jul 15, 2022, 12:56:09 AM Approved M AliceWyman Check Add-Ons and try Troubleshoot Mode: updated note for fx101 (bug 1763413) Jun 1, 2022, 2:02:59 AM Approved M Mozinet formal corrections, including pre-fx89 content deleted May 31, 2022, 9:40:37 PM Approved M AliceWyman Where Firefox stores data: more on handlers.json May 31, 2022, 9:16:35 PM Approved M AliceWyman Check Add-Ons and try Troubleshoot Mode: added note Dec 13, 2021, 7:49:42 PM Approved M AliceWyman Differences between operating systems: updates, other edits Sep 25, 2021, 9:33:10 PM Approved M AliceWyman updated links to renamed articles and other edits Sep 22, 2021, 3:59:49 AM Approved M AliceWyman macOS; Crash Me Now! -> about:crashcontent and other edits Sep 22, 2021, 3:20:58 AM Approved M AliceWyman updated renamed article links, other edits Jun 25, 2021, 2:45:53 PM Approved M AliceWyman "Disabling and enabling plugins" removed Jun 25, 2021, 2:42:58 PM Approved M AliceWyman "Troubleshoot plugins" removed Dec 28, 2020, 8:49:14 PM Approved M AliceWyman Where Firefox stores data: updated file names Dec 28, 2020, 8:39:10 PM Approved M AliceWyman Using about:config - screencast is outdated; linked to KB article on using about:config Dec 28, 2020, 8:22:42 PM Approved M AliceWyman Troubleshoot plugins: FlashEOL Jun 12, 2020, 2:16:43 AM Unreviewed AliceWyman {warning} Some of the information in this guide is outdated. Mar 1, 2020, 2:51:00 AM Approved M Chris Ilias s/IRC/Matrix Mar 1, 2018, 9:46:35 PM Approved M AliceWyman Where to get help: "escalate" tag and Helpdesk ... no longer valid? Jan 21, 2017, 9:32:28 AM Approved M AliceWyman Differences between operating systems: removed mac OS X 10.5 article link Dec 26, 2016, 3:21:06 AM Approved M AliceWyman Differences between operating systems: updated Nov 23, 2016, 9:01:06 PM Approved M AliceWyman more on Crash Me Now! (Simple) extension Oct 29, 2016, 10:45:45 PM Approved M AliceWyman small edit to my last revision Oct 29, 2016, 10:38:26 PM Approved M AliceWyman Updated for "Crash Me Now (Simple)" extension May 2, 2016, 9:19:58 AM Approved M AliceWyman updated profile files, removed link to archived article Nov 9, 2015, 8:16:38 PM Approved M Artist first minor brush-over (typos, minor wording) Jun 27, 2015, 11:48:06 PM Approved M AliceWyman Reset preferences - linked to specific article on resetting preferences Jun 26, 2015, 9:28:05 PM Approved M John99 updated crashme xpi & KB Refresh links Dec 17, 2014, 8:17:30 PM Approved M Swarnava Sengupta Added fx 35 support Dec 4, 2014, 1:53:44 AM Approved M AliceWyman "Reset localstore.rdf" section renamed and updated for Firefox 34 Oct 17, 2014, 11:05:05 PM Approved M AliceWyman "Reset localstore.rdf" section will no longer apply in Firefox 34 Aug 20, 2014, 10:21:54 AM Approved M AliceWyman added note to Localstore.rdf section on upcoming change - see discussion Jul 26, 2014, 11:32:29 PM Approved M AliceWyman added "Troubleshoot plugins" section and other tweaks Jul 23, 2014, 7:01:21 AM Approved AliceWyman added related KB article link in "Reset localstore.rdf" section Jul 23, 2014, 6:22:33 AM Approved M AliceWyman added links for clearing cache and cookies, resetting preferences section, other tweaks. Jul 11, 2014, 9:09:13 PM Approved M AliceWyman more tweaks, removed duplicated info and link to removed section Jul 11, 2014, 6:49:54 PM Approved M AliceWyman more tweaks, removed HijackThis suggestion Jun 29, 2014, 6:45:05 AM Approved M AliceWyman Differences between operating systems (updated) Jun 9, 2014, 10:21:38 AM Approved M AliceWyman cleanup and updates Jun 5, 2014, 9:49:10 AM Approved M AliceWyman fixed link Jun 5, 2014, 9:36:38 AM Approved M AliceWyman updated info on resetting prefs.js and other files, removed outdated PDF reader info, other changes Jun 5, 2014, 7:55:52 AM Approved M Moses full inspection! everything has been looked through, every link is working (consulted Joni on adding a direct executable to McAfee's removal tool as the old link lead to a useless page, considered by me to be final Jun 5, 2014, 6:09:36 AM Approved M AliceWyman updated the Reset localstore.rdf section Jun 5, 2014, 3:55:23 AM Unreviewed Moses removed live chat references Jun 4, 2014, 12:16:42 PM Approved MT Moses added Joni's suggestions: use {note} tag in line 148, added bold names for "Where Firefox stores data" section to make file names easier to read. Jun 4, 2014, 9:48:15 AM Unreviewed Moses did some edits based on https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/contributors/709903#post-60006 Jun 3, 2014, 12:53:12 AM Unreviewed Moses minor edits, updated crashme extension link, updated winDbg link, added warning for win2k users, firefox system reqs are reflected upon the latest 29.0.1 release (will be updated regularly by me), added about:config warning, added additional crash article Jun 2, 2014, 7:57:13 AM Unreviewed Moses initial draft Compare Selected Revisions You are about to mark this revision as Ready for Localization. Are you sure you wish to proceed? Submit Cancel Document contributors AliceWyman Chris Ilias Moses John99 Swarnava Sengupta Mozinet user669794 Artist ErlingR