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Hello,

First off, I have been trolling the internet for a few days trying to find the answer to this with no avail.

I want to be able to keep Firefox up to date without any user interaction, or having to launch the application. I DO NOT want to see "Firefox is installing updates" splash screen when i try to launch the browser, i want this installed already hence what the background installer is suppose to be for.

When I launch Brave it NEVER asks me to update, nor do i see any screen that says installing updates, etc.. , yet it is always up to date. This is the behavior that I want in Firefox. I should not have to see a splash screen when i launch Firefox saying installing updates when I have it set to background updates which should be silent. So, Firefox will never be up to date unless someone opens it.

I have set install updates, when not running and use background service to install.

I also changed the config IF needed for the following in about:config: user_pref("app.update.langpack.enabled", false); user_pref("app.update.auto.migrated", true); user_pref("app.update.background.enabled", true);

I completely installed nightly version for the first time to test out settings as it updates frequently and is using a new profile( FF profile that is). Yet this issue continues to happen where I see a splash screen, sometimes the browser launches, then closes, then that splash screen pops up saying that it is installing updates then the browser re-opens again. This is sloppy behavior and needs to be corrected

What is the point of having a background installer if it does not work as a true background installer?

As I have stated This happens on three different machines and version versions of Firefox. I have not found anything for this as all my search results come up regarding installing Firefox silently from cmd, or enable auto updates. I want a completely silent update similar to how brave/chrome works.

Thank you for your time.

I'm have a problem with the setting for label printing since the last update. I know it's firefox because I went on safari and it worked fine. I have tried to go to firefox print setting, it is marked correct, but it's printing label's 10 times the size. on labels and even on letter size paper. I've tried to restart firefox and my computer. I also checked my computer settings, but firefox is overriding any settings. So what is going on firefox????

Bookmarks and passwords have not been affected. Is this site data that may or may not be able to recovered? ... I am semi-proficient in finding folders, files and such....Thanks

can't log in to a number of sites. This time private browsing doesn't work. Trying to log into utility company. PLEASE FIX THIS! I'm having to use other browsers.

I am having this same problem: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1323092 except I followed those steps and gmail still opens in only the container I set for it. Even if I right click from a search and tell it to open in a different container or if it gives me a popup asking if I want to open gmail in the preset container and I click "no, open in this container", it will still open in the preset container. Attached is proof that "Always Open in This Container" is unchecked.

I am doing some web scraping, and i noticed a problem i am having. When i set the advanced preferences at about:config as such: print_printer = Mozilla Save as PDF and print.always_print_silent = true , then a pop up shows up and exclaims : The selected printer could not be found. If print.always_print_silent is set to false, then it works, or even if is true, if i set the print_printer as something else like: Microsoft Print to PDF, it works. Just the combination that i need isn't working. Is this a general problem or is it something else. Here are all my current customized preferences.

print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_bgimages True
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_bgcolor',True
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_footercenter',''
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_footerleft',''
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_footerright',''
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_headercenter',''
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_headerleft',''
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_headerright',''
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_unwriteable_margin_top_twips','0'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_unwriteable_margin_left_twips','0'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_unwriteable_margin_bottom_twips','0'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_unwriteable_margin_right_twips','0'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_paper_size_unit','0'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_margin_right','0'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_margin_bottom','0'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_margin_left','0'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_margin_top','0'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_scaling','1'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_shrink_to_fit',True
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_paper_id','iso_a4'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_paper_height','11.6929133858268'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_paper_width','8.26771653543307'
print.printer_Mozilla_Save_to_PDF.print_to_filename'    ,'C:/Users/user/Desktop/CSS Table/test.pdf'

I would greatly appreciate you help.

I had to use forgot my password for my firefox account and now the sync option doesnt work for importing my logins.

What are my options to import all my logins? still have them accessible on another computer but trying to get them over to my new one. Also have the .csv file but that doesn't seem to work either.

There must be a way to import after changing a password right?

Thanks, Dan

Latest version of Firefox with Windows11. After a day or 2, passwords are not filled in. About:config setting "signon.remember>Signons has flipped to false and "ask to save logins" and "autofill logins" are grayed out. Have disabled all add-ons and extentions. Site is Amazon.com - i have deleted it and then added it back. Firefox is set to "remember history" Does not matter if Firefox is closed down or not. Any Ideas?

my ASUS laptop was automatically updated to Firefox version 103. it now will not fit my screen. i cannot see the right hand portion of the page and cannot find a way to access it.

Hello. I have few text replacement shortcuts on my macOS. It works in every programm besides Firefox. Even double spacebar that set dot (.) doesn't work. How to fix it?

Hello,

Firefox just updated a little while ago to 103.0. Since then, anytime Firefox is open and I either scroll or hover over menu options it causes graphical glitches. I've included an image I was able to print-screen.

It doesn't occur with other browsers. Suggestions?

I'll add that Firefox seems to also be freezing up as well.

Has anyone experienced problems logging into a GoDaddy hosted MS email account via Firefox or a GoDaddy account generally?

Whenever I try to login to my GoDaddy account via Firefox I get the error message: "Yikes, Something went wrong. Please, try again later." I have tried the login with both MS Edge and Google Chrome and both work fine as did Firefox until a few days ago.

I have done the usual stuff of making sure Firefox is up to date, clearing the cache and cookies etc., but I still get the message and cannot login.

I can switch to a different browser if there is no resolution to this

I developed a web app that checks the existing session login for each new page. So, after logging in the first time, the user is shown a dashboard with a list of functions they can access (My Account, etc). When an item is clicked and the application calls the function, it first checks for the existence of login session. If it's not there, then the user is forced back to login screen. However Firefox is deleting the session at some point so when the session is checked for the new function, the user is forced to login again. Chrome, Safari, Edge do not and are fine.

Enhanced tracking is turned off for the site and is shown as an exception. What is happening and how can prevent it?

Some videos on YouTube wil not run - shows just that circling arrow !

I'm running a fully updated Windows 10 - F5 don't cure the problem Restart PV, router or modem don't Reset FireFox work but only just after reset - if I try show the same vidoe again - same problem is back ! I have tried running is safe mode - no help ! I've tried to shut down AddBlocker - no help !

It's NOT all videos and not all videos from the same creator !

The problem started 4-5 days ago and is worsening !

What is there to do ?

Last few days any Firefox 102.0.1.8221 launch causes my Windows 7 64bit to reboot, usually when I try to mouse click anything in Firefox after it's fired up and restored open tabs, however even if I don't mouse click anything Firefox will force a reboot within a minute or so.

This Firefox Win 7 reboot behaviour only started after the last Firefox update, though I would point out that around update version 100.nn I started getting failed update notifications from within Firefox which necessitated a manual newer version Firefox download and install.

Running Windows 7 in safe mode with networking on allows Firefox to function without crashing, albeit slowly and with no MSE protection available etc.

Only one crash report dated 16/07/2022 with following content: Crash ID: bp-d8383165-9c77-45e4-9929-a3ce12160527

Please note I'm sending this report via Firefox on my iMac coz that still works...