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I have to sign back into yahoo every time i get off line and close the browser?

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when i close the browser and restart i have to sign back in. i never had to do this before? also when i click on my mail a box comes up with my email in it i want it to take me to my emails. also everytime i close the browser the page is a little different..up in the top left corner is where i can check mail sometimes its there sometimes its not? please help.. i this this is a very good product but all of a sudden all these problems came up after i took out the other Mozilla Firefox and downloaded this one.

when i close the browser and restart i have to sign back in. i never had to do this before? also when i click on my mail a box comes up with my email in it i want it to take me to my emails. also everytime i close the browser the page is a little different..up in the top left corner is where i can check mail sometimes its there sometimes its not? please help.. i this this is a very good product but all of a sudden all these problems came up after i took out the other Mozilla Firefox and downloaded this one.

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Websites remember you between sessions by saving a cookie. If you haven't set Firefox to clear cookies between sessions, and you don't have add-ons that do that, then there might be a problem with the actual cookies themselves.

When you have a problem with one particular site, a good "first thing to try" is clearing your Firefox cache and deleting your saved cookies for the site.

(1) Bypass Firefox's Cache

Use Ctrl+Shift+r to reload the page fresh from the server.

Alternately, you also can clear Firefox's cache completely using:

orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced

On the Network mini-tab > Cached Web Content : "Clear Now"

If you have a large hard drive, this might take a few minutes.

(2) Remove your yahoo.com cookies (save any pending work first). While viewing a page on the site:

  • right-click and choose View Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
  • Alt+t (open the classic Tools menu) > Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"

Then try reloading the page. Does that help?

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Websites remember you between sessions by saving a cookie. If you haven't set Firefox to clear cookies between sessions, and you don't have add-ons that do that, then there might be a problem with the actual cookies themselves.

When you have a problem with one particular site, a good "first thing to try" is clearing your Firefox cache and deleting your saved cookies for the site.

(1) Bypass Firefox's Cache

Use Ctrl+Shift+r to reload the page fresh from the server.

Alternately, you also can clear Firefox's cache completely using:

orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced

On the Network mini-tab > Cached Web Content : "Clear Now"

If you have a large hard drive, this might take a few minutes.

(2) Remove your yahoo.com cookies (save any pending work first). While viewing a page on the site:

  • right-click and choose View Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"
  • Alt+t (open the classic Tools menu) > Page Info > Security > "View Cookies"

Then try reloading the page. Does that help?

paintbybob
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Thank you very much I had it sent to auto when exiting the browser Thanks man