firefox 44 doesn't use my current cookies .. Had to revert to 43 to fix the issue
I just updated today to Firefox 42.0.2 and for some reason, it refuses to use my current cookies and creates a new empty cookies file on first launch. It's worth noting that the new cookies file works fine as I tried logging in some site and it remembers me. The question is about why my current cookies before update can't be used and how to fix that.
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The real question is still unanswered but I have fixed my problem .. I still don't know why Firefox 43 works fine with cookies database while Firefox 44 rejects it.
I deleted all the cookies that I don't need. Fortunately the problem was triggered by one or more of the deleted cookies.
Deleting the cookies one by one is really slow and boring especially that I just needed to keep few cookies so I edited the cookies sqlite database directly.
I will leave here a simple version of the SQL command I used in case anyone was interested in it. You will need sqlite database editor installed on your computer.
// You can add extra conditions for each cookie you want to keep (for example, AND instr(baseDomain, 'google') == 0) .. of course you should work on a copy of cookies.sqlite in case you make a mistake.
DELETE FROM moz_cookies WHERE ( instr(host, 'KEYWORD_TO_KEEP_HERE') == 0 AND instr(baseDomain, 'KEYWORD_TO_KEEP_HERE') == 0 )
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any ideas ?
The System Delete list next to the question shows that you run an older Firefox 43 version that is no longer supported with security updates. Always update Firefox and Add-ons to the latest versions to get all security fixes.
Please update to the current Firefox 44.0.2 release.
- Help > About Firefox
Make sure that you do not run Firefox in permanent Private Browsing mode (Always use Private Browsing mode; Never Remember History).
- Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
- Deselect: [ ] "Always use Private Browsing mode"
You can "Remove Cookies" from websites that cause problems.
- Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > "Use custom settings for history" > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
If clearing cookies didn't help then it is possible that the cookies.sqlite file in the profile folder that stores the cookies got corrupted.
- Rename/remove cookies.sqlite (cookies.sqlite.old) and if present delete cookies.sqlite-shm and cookies.sqlite-wal in the Firefox profile folder in case cookies.sqlite got corrupted.
You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder:
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory:
Windows: Show Folder; Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder - http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
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The real question is still unanswered but I have fixed my problem .. I still don't know why Firefox 43 works fine with cookies database while Firefox 44 rejects it.
I deleted all the cookies that I don't need. Fortunately the problem was triggered by one or more of the deleted cookies.
Deleting the cookies one by one is really slow and boring especially that I just needed to keep few cookies so I edited the cookies sqlite database directly.
I will leave here a simple version of the SQL command I used in case anyone was interested in it. You will need sqlite database editor installed on your computer.
// You can add extra conditions for each cookie you want to keep (for example, AND instr(baseDomain, 'google') == 0) .. of course you should work on a copy of cookies.sqlite in case you make a mistake.
DELETE FROM moz_cookies WHERE ( instr(host, 'KEYWORD_TO_KEEP_HERE') == 0 AND instr(baseDomain, 'KEYWORD_TO_KEEP_HERE') == 0 )
Modified by EzzTarek