January 22, 200620 yr My Firefox browser, in the past hour, deleted all of my bookmarks and resulted back to default settings as far as toolbars that I view, icon size, etc. I then configured it back to how I like things, closed firefox down, and when I start it back up...it doesn't keep any of my changes. I have also uninstalled, and re-installed Frefox, but the same things happen. Anyone have this problem before or know how to help?
January 22, 200620 yr It has happened to me before. I did a reboot and it stopped deleting all my bookmarks, cookies, etc. But it hasn't been the same since. I still have to log in everytime i enter this site and a few other sites as well.
January 22, 200620 yr Author It has happened to me before. I did a reboot and it stopped deleting all my bookmarks, cookies, etc. But it hasn't been the same since. I still have to log in everytime i enter this site and a few other sites as well. Does it revert back to its old settings everytime you get back on it? It is saving nothing I tell it to do (toolbars, icons, search engines, etc).
January 22, 200620 yr Probably has to do with which user-profile you are using when you start Firefox. You must have been switched to a default profile. I don't remember how to switch your profile, but maybe someone else does.
January 22, 200620 yr It happened to me before. I deleted it and re-installed it, it has been working fine ever since then.
January 22, 200620 yr It has happend to me also. A screen came up saying I had to choose the user settings and only default was available. I clicked on it and it reset stuff. I reimported the bookmarks from IE but it was pretty annoying as they were old. But this time I saved the user. I know it did it again but I think the user was saved. Firfox is really annoying with this.
January 22, 200620 yr Author This was more then just having the wrong profile up. I had to boot into safe mode, reset everything, reload the regular browser and so far its been fine now. What a pain in the ass though.
January 22, 200620 yr Meh, i use maxthon... ive tried to switch to FF so many times, but im just so good with this one.. try it out, it simple but great, you can get most of the same plugs....
January 22, 200620 yr Author did you update to the latest version lately? may have something to do with it. Nope.
January 22, 200620 yr Author That's why I use IE. One mess up in over like 2 years of use. Plus, I actually got a backup of my bookmarks, so its basically the same. IE blows.
January 22, 200620 yr That's why I use IE. One mess up in over like 2 years of use. Plus, I actually got a backup of my bookmarks, so its basically the same. IE blows. Agreed, I can never go back to IE, I hate it when I use a comp that doesn't have firefox.
January 22, 200620 yr I would imagine ie will be alot better in the next version, but FF is way ahead right now. What I do notice is that there are some issues with missing components in FF and I can't seem to download them.
January 22, 200620 yr ya IE is trash, i love how they are missing technology that FF has had for quite a while now. plus add in the bugginess of IE along with the constant deal with popups, which are annoying as hell, though I could solve that with a pop up blocker...though FF has one built in....
January 23, 200620 yr Check to make sure your firewall/internet security isn't so high that it's prohibiting Firerfox from opening.
February 1, 200620 yr I've lost my bookmarks sometimes when I've upgraded from one version to another but never that randomly
February 1, 200620 yr The computer guy here just updated Firefox. I am gonna have to let him know what's happening.
February 2, 200620 yr Go to Bookmarks>Manage Bookmarks>Tools>Export and then backup your bookmarks so you never lose them again.
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