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Hi all.. I find that other apps regularly prompt me to "unlock Firefox" when I get to a point in them that requires keyboard input. I attach a screenshot of the problem, one in Bluemail and one in MS Excel. I am unable to remove the prompt - by a long press or short - until I type some characters, often a number of characters. Then the prompt disappears. The keyboard is SwiftKey, and I have asked them but they say it's not them. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance. P

I have tried everything I can think of or find on the internet about changing fonts on FireFox. My bookmarks and titles are very large and I can't get them down at all. I've tried all the suggested way on the internet by changes the fonts in settings/General but it doesn't change the font in Bookmarks. Help, I'm loosing a lot of real estate on my browser

There are events that gmail can create within your google calendar based on emails. For instance calendar events created when you purchase plane tickets.

The events are useful. But I can't dismiss them in thunderbird. No matter how many times i hit dismiss and they come back to remind me constantly.

I don't want to stop getting these events, but I do want to dismiss them.

How do I do this?

Hi everyone, I have a fleet of machines running debian and I would like the Thunderbird setting "Allow antivirus clients to quarantine individual incoming messages" to be always enabled.

It doesn't appear to be supported by the policies.json method of setting it up.

Is there a way to enforce it?

I'm also aware of the option to create an user.js file in the profile folder with the content "user_pref("mailnews.downloadToTempFile", true);"

But this method requires to create the profile first and then know it's location. Is there a "profile template" that I can edit to set that preference how I need it?

Thank you in advance Lore

I have set mine to "Ask every time" and yet it doesn't .... it just says Camera Access needed. Go to Android Settings, tap permissions and tap allow.

Why doesn't it ask ?

Please stop these Previous sessions prompts.

Everytime I reboot my PC or do something because a game crashed and open Firefox, I have to keep answering the same ***ing question, time and time again... And I am getting sick of it.

There is no option in setting to turn this off... Because you have turned in a bunch of brainless blithering idiots, who are slowly turning Firefox into a useless sack of sh*t.

I want one option... turn off all the BS questions and leave me alone, and for the 800th time, do not restore my tabs from a previous session...

*Bad language edited out*

I typed https://www.aboutcivil.org/hydraulic-penstock in Mozilla Firefox Site displayed msg "Please, enable ads on this site. By using ad-blocking software, you're depriving this site of revenue that is needed to keep it free and current. Thank you."

I typed https://www.aboutcivil.org/hydraulic-penstock in Chrome. Site displayed ads

I would like to see the ads for that site in Mozilla Firefox. Please help

Firefox is used on Windows 11 Enterprise. There is a firefox.cfg in the installation directory (and an autoconfig.js in the ./defaults/pref sub-directory). The firefox.cfg targets an autoconfigfile.js. This setup is recommended here: [firefox using autoconfig"]

1. In the support article´s example, the firefox.cfg uses a pref(); expression. Is it possible to use a lockPref(); expression instead?
2. What is the result of either using pref(); expressions or user_pref(); expressions in the remoted autoconfigfile.js? Are both of them possible, especially while the firefox.cfg uses lockPref(); expressions instead of pref();?

I hope that somesone can help with one of these questions. Thanks a lot!

One of the things I heavily rely on with FireFox is it storing words I type in reply boxes on various forums. Lately however, Firefox only seems to keep them for several hours, then they disappear. For example, I can type in "K Frame." (See image attached) The next time I go to use that field again, that text will automatically appear. And it may continue to do so for several hours, even if I close out Firefox and return later, but eventually, within 24 hours, it will disappear and I will have to retype it again the nest time I want to use that phrase. FireFox used to hold these words or phrases forever.

Any suggestions????? Both my Windows 11 and Firefox are up to date.

It seems like it may be possible to add "List View" to my Thunderbird calendar view selection options ( currently only: Day, Week, Multiweek, Month). "List View" is my preferred view in Outlook and Google calendars. I read that the "Lightning" extension needs to be installed on Thunderbird to allow List type calendar entry viewing. Lightening added nifty color coding options, but I still don't see a way to show my calendar entries in List View. I'm still a bit of a novice on Thunderbird controls and it seems like I may be overlooking something. Would anyone be good enough to offer a little help?

The dropdown folder list in Thunderbird used to close after dropping an email into the sub-folder, does anyone know if a setting has changed during any recent updates as I have to now manually close each sub-folder?

Please note that I have Autism, please be gentle and if telling me how to do it, give simple instructions like below, thank you.

Aim: The goal is to disable Private Browsing mode in Firefox, ensuring that it cannot be used on the system.

I have spent hours on this. With no luck.

1. 1. 1. Steps Attempted:

1. **Adjusting Settings**:

  - Open Firefox.
  - Click on the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner.
  - Select "Options" or "Settings".
  - Go to "Privacy & Security".
  - Uncheck the box next to "Always use private browsing mode".
  - Restart Firefox.

2. **Modifying History Settings**:

  - Open Firefox.
  - Click on the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner.
  - Select "Options" or "Settings".
  - Go to "Privacy & Security".
  - Scroll down to the "History" section.
  - Change the setting to "Use custom settings for history".
  - Uncheck the box next to "Always use private browsing mode".
  - Restart Firefox.

3. **Using about:config**:

  - Open Firefox.
  - Type `about:config` in the address bar and press `Enter`.
  - Accept the Risk and Continue.
  - Search for `browser.privatebrowsing.autostart`.
  - Double-click on it to change the value to `false`.
  - Restart Firefox.

4. **Creating a New Firefox Profile**:

  - Open Firefox.
  - Type `about:profiles` in the address bar and press `Enter`.
  - Click on "Create a New Profile" and follow the prompts.
  - Launch the new profile in a new browser.
  - Go to "Privacy & Security" settings and ensure "Always use private browsing mode" is unchecked.
  - Restart Firefox.

5. **Refreshing Firefox**:

  - Open Firefox.
  - Click on the hamburger menu (three horizontal lines) in the top-right corner.
  - Select "Help" and then "More Troubleshooting Information".
  - Click on "Refresh Firefox" and confirm.
  - Firefox will reset to default settings and restart.

6. **Checking Firefox Policies**:

  - Open Firefox.
  - Type `about:policies` in the address bar and press `Enter`.
  - Review any active policies that might be enforcing Private Browsing mode.

7. **Uninstalling and Reinstalling Firefox**:

  - Uninstall Firefox from your system.
  - Download the latest version from Mozilla's official Firefox download page.
  - Reinstall Firefox and check if the issue is resolved.

8. **Registry Edit (Windows)**:

  - Press **`Win + R`** to open the Run dialog.
  - Type **`regedit`** and press **`Enter`** to open the Registry Editor.
  - Navigate to the following key:
    ```
    HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox
    ```
    - If the `Mozilla` or `Firefox` keys do not exist, you'll need to create them:
      - Right-click on the **`Policies`** key.
      - Select **`New > Key`**.
      - Name the new key **`Mozilla`**.
      - Right-click on the **`Mozilla`** key.
      - Select **`New > Key`**.
      - Name the new key **`Firefox`**.
  - Right-click on the **`Firefox`** key.
  - Select **`New > DWORD (32-bit) Value`**.
  - Name the new value **`DisablePrivateBrowsing`**.
  - Double-click on the **`DisablePrivateBrowsing`** value.
  - Set the "Value data" to **`1`**.
  - Click **`OK`** to save the changes.
  - Restart your computer to apply the changes.

These steps represent a comprehensive attempt to disable Private Browsing mode in Firefox.

Per the archived post below from 2023, when can we expect this issue to actually be addressed? It has been nearly two years and this is still occurring frequently. In fact, it happened to be as I signed up here to post this.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1424586

Thank you so very much.

How do I prevent MSN from opening Firefox? I am not interested in just blocking the site or a page, I want to block Microsoft from opening software that doesn't even belong to them.