Check a setting: ''Firefox button > Options > Options (or Tools > Options) > Privacy, '''check''' "Remember download history"'' *See --> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Options%20window%20-%20Privacy%20panel I you want to keep download history, do not clear in when using Clear Recent History or when automatically clearing history when Firefox closes *See --> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Clear%20Recent%20History *If you use a cleaner application, like CCleaner, check your settings (CCleaner has an option to clear Download History). '''If this reply solves your problem, please click "Solved It" next to this reply when <u>signed-in</u> to the forum.''' ------------------------- Consider upgrading Firefox to the current version 10.0.1. Your version is 8.0. *See --> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Updating%20Firefox You can get the incremental update by doing the following in Firefox: Help > About Firefox > Check for updates You can download the full installer, SAVE it to your desktop, exit Firefox (Firefox button > Exit or File > Exit), then click/double-click the installer you just downloaded to update the version installed on your hard drive. This assumes that you only have one version installed in the default location on your hard drive and have not performed a "Custom" installation to another location on your hard drive. *Full installer: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all.html *Also see --> http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Installing+Firefox *Also see --> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Updating%20Firefox ------------------------- Not related to your question, but... You may need to update some plug-ins. Check your plug-ins and update as necessary: *Plug-in check --> http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/ *Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Shockwave%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-shockwave Installing ('''''or Updating''''') the Shockwave plugin with Firefox] *'''''Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape''''': [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Adobe%20Reader%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-and-updating-adobe-reader Installing/Updating Adobe Reader in Firefox] *'''''Shockwave Flash''''' (Adobe Flash or Flash): [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Managing%20the%20Flash%20plugin#w_updating-flash Updating Flash in Firefox] *Next Generation Java Plug-in for Mozilla browsers: [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Using%20the%20Java%20plugin%20with%20Firefox#w_installing-or-updating-java Installing or Updating Java in Firefox]