# 2021-yearly-ff-questions-en-us

created: 2021-12-31T08:21:21-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T15:43:56-08:00
title: ¿Qué debería hacer Firefox con este archivo?
tags: desktop;other;windows-10;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: other
locale: es
answers: 1470458;
creator: johny5_5
content:
<p>Un saludo. Desde que instalé Windows 10, al hacer click en un enlace de descarga, cuando sale el cuadro de diálogo "¿Qué debería hacer Firefox con este archivo?, al usar la opción "Abrir con" no se abre. Sí puedo "Guardar archivo" y luego en "descargas" puedo abrirlo. En la opción "abrir con", aunque está configurada con el programa correcto, no se abre aunque si aparece el "descargas" como "Archivo movido o desaparecido". Antes, con Windows 7, esto no me dió ningún problema por lo quizás pueda también ser alguna configuración del S.O. </p><p>Muchas gracias. </p>


created: 2021-12-31T07:38:31-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T07:38:31-08:00
title: Auto refresh (recarregamento automático das páginas) no Firefox 95.0.2
tags: desktop;websites;windows-10;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: websites
locale: pt-BR
creator: elizaribeirobeth
content:
<p>Como faço para impedir o auto refresh (recarregamento automático das páginas) no Firefox 95.0.2? Não consigo encontrar uma opção em configurações. </p>


created: 2021-12-31T06:53:13-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T14:57:07-08:00
title: video
tags: desktop;fix-problems;windows-10;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: fix-problems
locale: en-US
answers: 1470360;1470390;1470416;1470420;1470435;1470450;
creator: carlweiner
content:
<p>At <a href="http://abc7ny.com" rel="nofollow">abc7ny.com</a>, I keep getting the message that the video is not supported by my browser  I have the media feature pack installed &amp; turned on.  What's wrong? </p>


created: 2021-12-31T06:09:42-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T10:32:50-08:00
title: Removing URL from history
tags: mac-os;desktop;other;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: other
locale: en-US
answers: 1470376;1470386;1470403;
creator: hastawala
content:
<p>I have tried all three methods mentioned on this webpage for removing one URL but it doesn't work: <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/remove-websites-address-bar-suggestions" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/remove-websites-address-bar-suggestions</a> </p><p>Particularly, when I try the 'Clear all items for a single site' method, the URL I want to remove from the browser's history does not show up in the search box in the History Library. However, when I start typing the URL in the address bar, the browser still suggests that URL. </p><p>What should I do to remove this URL so that it does not show up suggestions on the address bar? </p>


created: 2021-12-31T05:59:43-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T13:33:16-08:00
title: AliExpress filter selection new tab problem
tags: desktop;websites;windows-10;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: websites
locale: en-US
answers: 1470364;1470365;
creator: sfk
content:
<p>Hi, </p><p>When I select one of the filter, it's opening in new tab. If I continue to select a few filters it's not opening in new tab. Sample link: </p><p><a href="https://www.aliexpress.com/category/200214012/mechanical-watches.html?trafficChannel=main&amp;catName=mechanical-watches&amp;CatId=200214012&amp;ltype=wholesale&amp;SortType=default&amp;page=1&amp;isrefine=y" rel="nofollow">https://www.aliexpress.com/category/2.../mechanical-watches.html?trafficChannel=main&amp;catName=mechanical-watches&amp;CatId=200214012&lt;ype=wholesale&amp;SortType=default&amp;page=1&amp;isrefine=y</a> </p><p>Good luck, </p>


created: 2021-12-31T05:25:15-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T15:24:18-08:00
title: console text in GDB online Debugger is broken
tags: desktop;fix-problems;windows-10;firefox-910;
product: firefox
topic: fix-problems
locale: en-US
answers: 1470348;1470457;
creator: crystalizedxd
content:
<p>It's still outputing, I can paste it out but the output font got glitched </p><p>Copyright (c) 1993-2017 by Florian Klaempfl and others Target OS: Linux for x86-64 Compiling main.pas Linking a.out /usr/bin/ld.bfd: warning: link.res contains output sections; did you forget -T? 12 lines compiled, 0.1 sec Hello World </p><p><br> ...Program finished with exit code 0 Press ENTER to exit console. </p>


created: 2021-12-31T03:32:22-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T09:53:18-08:00
title: how restore a session from a forced crash
tags: linux;desktop;fix-problems;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: fix-problems
locale: en-US
answers: 1470358;1470391;
creator: Yinmin
content:
<p>System restore is enabled and history is saved, but i've just had a crash while trying to open the developer tools, but the same issue occured many times before when the system crashed FF. </p><p>How do i get to restore that session because it doesn't prompt or show it anywhere in the menu/history .  </p><p>it works in chrome without any exceptions even after a system restart </p>


created: 2021-12-31T03:21:55-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T03:21:55-08:00
title: Allow users to overwrite Firefox shortcuts
tags: mac-os;desktop;customize;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: customize
locale: en-US
creator: hi18
content:
<p>I would like to override some firefox shortcuts. Not as an default option but as a choice as an extension user. E.g. I'd like to remap cmd+shift+a, but it's taken by FF. I tried setting permissions.default.shortcuts as suggested here: <a href="https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1241294" rel="nofollow">https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1241294</a> with no luck. Please tell me there a way to go about this. </p><p>Desktop Firefox 95.0.2 (64-bit) on macOS </p>


created: 2021-12-31T03:17:23-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T10:15:29-08:00
title: instagram videos not working
tags: desktop;websites;windows-10;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: websites
locale: en-US
answers: 1470362;1470397;
creator: doritos
content:
<p>Hi! Videos in instagram are blacked out and can't get them to play.  It's been like this for a year or so. I use Ublock origin.  Any ideas?  Thanks!! </p>


created: 2021-12-31T01:34:59-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T10:32:11-08:00
title: Master password prompt opens up in background
tags: desktop;privacy-and-security_1;windows-10;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: privacy-and-security
locale: en-US
answers: 1470340;1470344;1470381;1470402;
creator: f.schollmeyer
content:
<p>Hi everyone, </p><p>Yesterday I used firefox to google some stuff. I had three tabs open, one google showing the search results, and two of the search results. The browser was running like this in the background, I was working in another application. </p><p>After some time I noticed, that the windows taskbar indicated that two windows for firefox were opened. I clicked on the taskbar, and saw that the second one was a "Please enter your main password" dialog. It was only the dialog, no additional firefox window. </p><p>This behavior seems very weird to me. Usually the password prompt only opens, when a page contains a login. Then it is a modal dialog that is displayed on top of the active window. It is not shown as a separate window in the taskbar. </p><pre>Could this be some kind of virus that is trying to steal my stored passwords? </pre> <p>The following additional information may be relevant: - The system was freshly installed two days ago, completely wiping the main harddisk. The latest version of firefox was installed. I copied my old profile into the %APPDATA% folder, but chose "start fresh" during installation, so bookmarks etc. were imported, but extensions were deleted. Apart from that only thunderbird and anti virus software was installed. - Only two extensions are installed: ublock origin and umatrix, both by Raymond Gorrhill. - I do not use firefox sync and do not have firefox login active - I do not use AVG or ESET as antivirus solution, but BitDefender. However BitDefender also uses some MITM stuff to inspect HTTPS traffic. - None of the opened tabs contained a login for which I have stored credentials. Upon restarting the browser and reopening the tabs it was not reproducible. Also it hasn't happened again after this. - I thoroughly scanned the system (BitDefender Virus scan, MBAM System Scan with rootkit scan activated and with a linux rescue CD containing multiple virus scanners (Sophos, Kaspersky and Open Threat Scanner). No findings at all. </p><p>Any ideas about this? Do you guys think that is a virus that is somehow using firefox software to trick me into decrypting my passwords? Or is this normal behavior that might happen? </p><p>Thanks a lot for your support, Felix </p>


created: 2021-12-31T01:33:23-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T03:06:55-08:00
tags: desktop;customize;windows-10;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: customize
locale: en-US
answers: 1470341;
creator: jagman55
title:
NOT LOOKING FOR PREVIOUS SESSION but NEW Browser opening more than one TAB like it use to in SETTINGS.

content:
<p>Decades ago, in SETTINGS, under SETTINGS/HOMEPAGE "HOME" option and NEW WINDOWS", we could add more than one URL to open a NEW PAGE/BROWSER but now it seems it will only open ONE URL, I need three URL's on the new starting page. Was this options changed? </p>


created: 2021-12-30T22:21:05-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T10:01:35-08:00
title: Firefox slows down then quits with Facebook
tags: desktop;websites;slowness-and-hanging;fix-problems;windows-10;facebook;firefox-950;firefox-9502;
product: firefox
topic: fix-problems
locale: en-US
answers: 1470309;1470323;1470324;1470385;1470393;
creator: RickRobinson2009
content:
<p>Searched the forums and web, no one seems to have answer that I have found. Firefox 95.02, Windows 10 Pro, 8 GB RAM, Dell Notebook, fiber optic Internet 156 mbps Start by running CCleaner, disable un-needed startups, extensions, ad-ons, ect., then roboot, have clean slate. About 3 months ago, after about 15 minutes Firefox slows down, then quits loading images, then eventually quits loading whole pages. If I was blocking content it would not work for at least 10 minutes.  This evening, 21.38 clean boot, start FF, go to Facebook, read notifications, 1 tab open, nothing else running 21.55 images fail to load, still one tab open Researched more and ran about:memory, memory-report.json.gz unable to figure out how to upload Run CCLeaner, I do not save cookies or cache after FF closes, reboot 22.04 start Firefox, 1 tab open nothing else 22.16  images slow loading 22.20 nothing loads, try other websites like NOAA radar, all fine Reminds me I saw at the bottom left "Waiting for <a href="http://static.xx.fbcdn.net" rel="nofollow">static.xx.fbcdn.net</a>" Screen shot of Task Manager attached, FF running 10 times, 154 kb image will not upload Failed to upload, copying this txt and starting over.  Images loaded fine after reboot Facebook works fine on Edge, I do not have/use Chrome or Google Facebook is the only page Firefox has issues with. </p>


created: 2021-12-30T22:08:12-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T11:55:32-08:00
title: Exit browser warning disappeared
tags: windows-7;desktop;other;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: other
locale: en-US
answers: 1470325;1470349;1470361;1470380;1470383;1470396;1470398;1470414;
creator: tonyt187
content:
<p>Hello, </p><p>I have noticed over the past couple of months that if I accidentally click the big red x in the top-right corner of the Firefox browser, that all of my currently open tabs then close and disappear without any warning. </p><p>Firefox used to display a warning dialogue box stating "Warning - you are about to exit Firefox and xx amount of tabs will be closed. Are you sure you want to proceed?" </p><p>But recently this warning has been removed and multiple times now I have lost all of my tabs/online work after accidentally clicking the exit button. </p><p>Could you kindly re-instate this warning dialogue box because it was extremely useful? </p><p>Thanks very much for your help, Tony </p>


created: 2021-12-30T21:22:44-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T14:20:06-08:00
title: FF95.0.2 streaming videos stop and buffer anywhere from every 30 seconds to every ten minutes
tags: desktop;fix-problems;windows-10;firefox-950;firefox-9502;
product: firefox
topic: fix-problems
locale: en-US
answers: 1470302;1470442;
creator: Anaya
content:
<p>A few weeks ago, when streaming, the videos started stopping to buffer very frequently. (It used to not happen at all. I am visiting the same websites I always have.)  Each time it takes anywhere from a few seconds to several minutes to buffer enough to continue playing. It pretty much ruins any movie or show that I'm watching. I use CCleaner to keep the computer clean. I have W10. I clear history on FF DAILY.  My download speed on <a href="http://speedtest.com" rel="nofollow">speedtest.com</a> consistently runs between 43-48Mb.  </p><p>I'm wondering if there are any settings or about:config options that will decrease this buffering and return me to smooth streaming. In "settings" I unchecked "use hardware acceleration when available" and that seemed to help for about 24 hours - so it wasn't the main problem.  Is there a cache for video somewhere that I can increase, so that the streaming has enough "room"?  Please forgive me; I am not the least bit tech-y, so my online searches are just tragic - I don't really know what to ask!~ </p><p>Any help will be SO appreciated. </p>


created: 2021-12-30T21:16:12-08:00
updated: 2021-12-30T21:16:12-08:00
title: Firefox not remember/save "Ajax" Form input history
tags: desktop;privacy-and-security_1;windows-10;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: privacy-and-security
locale: en-US
creator: sgmpeter
content:
<p>Hi, Mozilla Team </p><p>I have been using both Firefox and Chrome for years, and I might say 70% of time is Firefox.  There is only one thing (so far) that make me more comfortable using Chrome is its recall of  "Form Input History".   ( I am not a IT person, the terms I use below might not be accurate) </p><p>FF does remember form history, but limited to normal form (e.g. login page on most websites),  but <strong>it is not able to remember or recall many Form input field history (e.g. Google Form)</strong>.  I am not sure if it is called "Ajax Form" or not.  But many website forms are more like Google Form, which FF just couldn't recall the form history contents/input, and I have to manually type for the repeated form filling.    Our company is using Google Form to record visitors info together with some staff particulars and locations info.  The staff particulars and location info are very much repeated to a small group of staffs located at a specific location.  However, use of drop-down list or checkbox is also not practical to our situation, as there could be hundreds of staffs using this form in many various locations.   Hence, my team have to use Chrome, as it could remember the input history for staff and location particulars.  (I am not asking for Auto-Filling, but selection of input history).  </p><p>The relevant questions i search online / forum are all related to Auto-filling and Form History.   Yes, my FF setting is correct, FF does remember a very very small handful of webpage, but majority not.    Understand, it could be security concern (you may set disabled by default), but it would still be our option to use (if it is available).  Thanks, and Happy New Year 2022 ! </p>


created: 2021-12-30T20:48:54-08:00
updated: 2021-12-30T20:58:30-08:00
title: easy way to create a desktop item for anything
tags: windows-7;desktop;other;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: other
locale: en-US
answers: 1470298;
creator: ashken194
content:
<p>Google have an easy way to create a desktop icon. The suggested Mozilla method is hard. Splitting etc. </p><p>What is the way to do it using Windows 7 ?  i am not talking of a Firefox icon but any web site. </p><p>My alternative is to use rotten Google. </p>


created: 2021-12-30T20:23:31-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T00:09:36-08:00
tags: desktop;fix-problems;windows-10;firefox-950;firefox-9502;
product: firefox
topic: fix-problems
locale: en-US
answers: 1470299;1470300;1470303;1470322;
creator: Harest
title:
Opening a mp4 file = videoElement is undefined (chrome://global/content/TopLevelVideoDocument.js:21)

content:
<p><strong>Update:</strong> The issue comes from the latest NoScript update v11.2.14 (2021-12-30). Disabling the extension fixed the issue. I'll report it to them. <a href="https://forums.informaction.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&amp;t=26491" rel="nofollow">The report is available here</a>. </p><p>Hi,   </p><p>Since the latest stable firefox version (95.0.2), it seems like opening a video file which can be played in the browser, like a mp4 file for instance, will result in an error:   </p><pre>   05:05:35,632 Uncaught TypeError: videoElement is undefined        setFocusToVideoElement chrome://global/content/TopLevelVideoDocument.js:21        &lt;anonymous&gt; chrome://global/content/TopLevelVideoDocument.js:29    TopLevelVideoDocument.js:21:5   </pre> <p>The video will plays normally, just to make it clear. Just that the error will appear in the console. And the error will keep reoccuring.   Here are <a href="https://sample-videos.com/index.php#sample-mp4-video" rel="nofollow">some video samples</a> if you need, to see if the error is individual or global.   </p><p>I checked the source changes on that file but wasn't able to find any change there so not sure why this error is occuring atm, must be a deeper reason. I was aware of that error because i'm using a GreaseMonkey script to automatically redirect some links opened to only have the video displayed with custom settings to avoid having to allow some JavaScript. The error occurs independently of the extension (checked with the script disabled, and the extension disabled). </p>


created: 2021-12-30T19:30:56-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T09:47:42-08:00
title: Show All History and Manage History: Library window does not show any history
tags: desktop;fix-problems;needsinfo;windows-10;firefox-950;firefox-9502;
product: firefox
topic: fix-problems
locale: en-US
answers: 1470301;1470305;1470306;1470337;1470382;1470387;
creator: rxyicefirefa
content:
<p>When I try to see my history using the History -&gt; Show All History menu-item or Hamburger -&gt; History -&gt; Manage History menu-item, Firefox displays a Library window without any history.  My Settings' History "Firefox will" has been set to "Remember History" for many years.  I shut down my laptop and turned on my laptop and saw the same behavior.   </p><p>I would have attached to this message a screenshot that shows the Library window, but could not because when uploading my screenshot, the Uploaded images' area showed a rotating circle that kept rotating for at least ten minutes and I got tired of it wasting my valuable time.  The image's size is 63 KB.  I tried uploading using Firefox and Chrome and both showed the same behavior. </p>


created: 2021-12-30T17:57:05-08:00
updated: 2021-12-30T19:24:46-08:00
title: Will no longer open up more than one tab when starting a new browser.
tags: desktop;customize;windows-10;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: customize
locale: en-US
answers: 1470287;
creator: jagman55
content:
<p>Since as long as I can remember, Firefox in SETTING has us to open more than ONE Tab when opening a new Window. We used to be able in setting enter as many URLs as we wanted on a NEW browser. Can't seem to new open up three TABS </p>


created: 2021-12-30T17:51:10-08:00
updated: 2021-12-30T19:44:47-08:00
title: Firefox authentication code says "password incorrect" when signing in.
tags: desktop;sync;windows-10;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: sync
locale: en-US
answers: 1470274;1470284;1470289;
creator: pmsinclair+firefoxbackup
content:
<p>I am trying to sign in on Firefox after I signed out. I input my email and password, and get told that Firefox has sent a code to my email. I enter the code, but then get told "Incorrect Password". However, I know the password is correct, since it sent me the email code and if I do put in an incorrect password, it does not do that. It does not say that the code was wrong. </p><p>In addition, since I have two email addresses associated with my account, it requires me to put in my primary address, but then changes it to my other address (which is the one I made the account with). </p><p>I tried doing a fresh install of Firefox, but it does not seem to have helped. </p><p>This is very frustrating, because I had to make an entirely new account to post this, since I could not sign in to my normal account. </p>


created: 2021-12-30T16:59:24-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T13:29:44-08:00
title: Browser can't display certain HTML coding
tags: mac-os;desktop;websites;firefox-950;firefox-9502;
product: firefox
topic: websites
locale: en-US
answers: 1470256;1470282;1470283;1470418;1470428;
creator: tkauffman
content:
<p>On certain website searches, i.e. (Google search: browse from Search window, "foxnation") certain words with the HTML tag "<em>text string </em>" will not display the text. If I employ the Inspect feature and edit this code, i.e., remove it then the text is displayed. I also searched the "em" tag from the Google search engine and the same problem is displayed. </p><p>I using Firefox 95.0.2 on a MacPro running Mojave. </p><p>I have tried editing the about:config setting for the sandbox.content from the default "3" down to "0" without success. </p><p>Any ideas would be helpful. For now, it's back to Safari. </p>


created: 2021-12-30T16:56:38-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T14:14:21-08:00
title: Copy-Paste Images from Firefox to Discord causes duplicated images
tags: desktop;fix-problems;windows-10;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: fix-problems
locale: en-US
answers: 1470257;1470343;1470439;1470440;1470441;
creator: DHH
content:
<p>I use Firefox a lot, and a couple of months ago, it started duplicating images whenever I ctrl-v'd the images into discord. Since then, I've completely reinstalled firefox several times, with no addons-I also tried the beta and nightly versions, and even Waterfox, and still run into this problem. It seems to be an issue that strikes a lot of firefox users, and I haven't been able to find a fix yet. </p><p>In short: copy image paste image into discord (it doesn't matter if it's ctrl-v or right click paste) two images are attached to the message instead of one </p><p>This only happens to some images, mainly .pngs. I have no idea what is causing this problem and I would appreciate some kind of fix. </p>


created: 2021-12-30T16:55:08-08:00
updated: 2021-12-30T20:51:02-08:00
title: Does not load any web pages
tags: desktop;fix-problems;
product: firefox
topic: fix-problems
locale: en-US
answers: 1470235;1470246;1470294;
creator: tiredpianist
content:
<p>Brand new pc, new download of Firefox. App opens and allows web addresses to be entered but does not load anything. Nothing happens, it's a blank page. I can't access any settings pages either. I've downloaded and reinstalled Firefox a few times and I got an error message during installation two of the times. I've attached a screenshot of the error message, which reads "firefox.exe - System Error // The code execution cannot proceed because VCRUNTIME140_1.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem." </p>


created: 2021-12-30T16:44:42-08:00
updated: 2021-12-30T17:19:37-08:00
title: Can't load Facebook in regular window- only private window
tags: mac-os;desktop;websites;firefox-950;
product: firefox
topic: websites
locale: en-US
answers: 1470239;1470253;
creator: aaronbrace
content:
<p>Hi there-  I can't open Facebook in a regular window; I have to use a private window.  How can I go back to opening it in a regular window? </p>


created: 2021-12-30T16:03:48-08:00
updated: 2021-12-31T09:31:22-08:00
title: Content frames not displaying on certain websites.
tags: desktop;websites;windows-10;firefox-950;firefox-9502;
product: firefox
topic: websites
locale: en-US
answers: 1470223;1470230;1470237;1470291;1470377;
creator: samuelwatters
content:
<p>My Firefox (95.0.2 and many previous) seems to be having issues displaying content on some sites. It isn't on all websites and is consistent with the ones affected. <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com" rel="nofollow">www.penny-arcade.com</a> is one of the afflicted sites. Paragraphs of text just do not appear and I run minimal plugins/addons. <strong> Pages run correctly in Troubleshoot mode.</strong> Pages also are correct in other browsers. </p><p>Things I have tried: Refresh FF Reinstall FF (nuking reg entries and scouring installation folders after uninstall) Turn off/uninstall All plugins/addons Enable/Disable HTTPS only Turn on/off Hardware Acceleration Standard/Strict/Custom Security &amp; Privacy settings Some True to False option in about:config about mixed content (I can't seem to remember what...) </p><p>I have tried to resolve this on my own. For the life of me I can't seem to figure out why. </p>


