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Economist article links fail

Some months back when I get gmail from the Economist and try to go to an article the gmail links to I get this: Our apologies. An error seems to have occurred. The art… (read more)

Some months back when I get gmail from the Economist and try to go to an article the gmail links to I get this: Our apologies. An error seems to have occurred. The article actually appears very briefly but then gets overwritten by this error message. I am using an up to date Windows 10 PC.

When I go to Microsoft Edge this behavior does not occur. In Firefox I have tried clearing the data and cache but to no avail.

Any thoughts on dealing with this? I do not want to go through many heroic steps to fix this.

Asked by Les 7 minutes ago

Is allowing firefox notifications itself a security threat?

I use a ThinkPadNotebook with Windows. While surfing with Firefox, in a careless moment I clicked "allow" at a notification request of a suspicious website (qltuh.check… (read more)

I use a ThinkPadNotebook with Windows. While surfing with Firefox, in a careless moment I clicked "allow" at a notification request of a suspicious website (qltuh.check-tl-ver-116-1.com). After this a few other websites opened up rapidly and soon after notification at the bottom right corner of the screen appeared. I immediately went offline and deactivated the corresponding permission for notifications in firefox. In particular, I did not follow any link displayed on the bottom right notifications.

My question is: Did simply granting permission of notification to this webiste create a security risk on my desktop? Or can I rest assured, since I revoked the permission and in the meantime did not follow any links displayed by the notification?

Thanks for help and clarification!

Asked by johannes.baptist.froehlich 4 hours ago

Last reply by johannes.baptist.froehlich 51 minutes ago

Pinned tabs disappear when window is closed when other firefox windows are open

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1909997 This is an annoying issue because I frequently have multiple windows opened on multiple monitors. If I close the wi… (read more)

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1909997

This is an annoying issue because I frequently have multiple windows opened on multiple monitors. If I close the window that has all the tabs and open a new instance of firefox, the pinned tabs disappear. Such an awfull design. The pinned tabs should replicate to all other opened windows and stay pinned until the user manually unpins them.

Asked by matt581780 3 hours ago

Last reply by matt581780 1 hour ago

Restoring Data From Accidently Removed Extension

I mistakenly removed an important extension (LinkLocker, which I wrote, actually) from my synced work computer, not realizing it would be removed from my home laptop as w… (read more)

I mistakenly removed an important extension (LinkLocker, which I wrote, actually) from my synced work computer, not realizing it would be removed from my home laptop as well.

Unfortunately, I saved a significant amount of data in that extension's storage and, after reinstalling it, can't seem to recover it.

Is this data lost forever or is there some place I can look to find it?

Asked by dougpowers9061 1 hour ago

Firefox Desktop failed last night 7/24/24 after 8:00 PM PDT the Windows 10 failure message is; XLU runner Error platform version 128.0.2 is not compatible with 128.0 Min or 128.0 Max:

Firefox Desktop failed last night 7/24/24 after 8:00 PM PDT the Windows 10 failure message is; XLU runner Error platform version 128.0.2 is not compatible with 128.0 Min … (read more)

Firefox Desktop failed last night 7/24/24 after 8:00 PM PDT the Windows 10 failure message is; XLU runner Error platform version 128.0.2 is not compatible with 128.0 Min or 128.0 Max:

I need Firefox to run, I can run Google Chrome but want to return to Firefox that failed last night.

Asked by Rich. 1 day ago

Last reply by Grams Haley 2 hours ago

Firefox Logo

Other software I use show a logo in the upper left window corner or program name in the title bar or both. Firefox and MS Edge show neither. When both are open I can't te… (read more)

Other software I use show a logo in the upper left window corner or program name in the title bar or both. Firefox and MS Edge show neither. When both are open I can't tell from a glance which is which. If I remember correctly, in days gone by Firefox showed its logo in the title bar. Is there any setting to turn this on?

Asked by mahung 2 hours ago

"This Page isn't Redirecting Properly" Error

I have attached several screen shots to describe the problem I have been experiencing with FireFox and E-trade (only). The problem started 2 days ago. Window 11 - curre… (read more)

I have attached several screen shots to describe the problem I have been experiencing with FireFox and E-trade (only). The problem started 2 days ago.

Window 11 - current Firefox - current 128.0.3 (64-bit)

The screen error that I am getting for the last two days is shown in attch #1

Looking at attch #2, the error occurs when I select any of the optional links starting with "Chart" and all other links that follow; the 1st two links are:

"Charts" link is https://us.etrade.com/e/t/invest/wsoddirect?wsod_page=/v1/stocks/charts/charts.asp?symbol=MS "News" link is https://us.etrade.com/e/t/invest/wsoddirect?wsod_page=/v1/stocks/news/search_results.asp?symbol=MS

All other equity stock main screens have the same problem.

Googling the error presented these suggestions (but nothing fixed the problem>) In Firefox Settings I have - cleared Cookies with "All Data" - HTTPS-only Mode is"disabled"; - "Enable DNS over HTTPS" is default Protection

Not sure what else to try. No problems occur with Chrome.

Suggestions? Bob

Asked by LVTguy 2 hours ago

Update to beta prompt

Fx 124.0 Why am I getting these notifications? I have the latest version, but this prompt not only asks me to update, but there's no mention that it will install the bet… (read more)

Fx 124.0

Why am I getting these notifications? I have the latest version, but this prompt not only asks me to update, but there's no mention that it will install the beta 125.0 beta 1

Asked by noel_envode 4 months ago

Last reply by noel_envode 4 hours ago

Here's working C# source code to open and arrange 3 Firefox browsers on a 4K monitor wtih Windows

modify to suit your tastes or improve it? working now without any known issues. using System.Diagnostics; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System.Text; name… (read more)

modify to suit your tastes or improve it? working now without any known issues.

using System.Diagnostics; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; using System.Text;

namespace FirefoxWindowPositioner {

   class Program {
       [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
       private static extern bool MoveWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int X, int Y, int nWidth, int nHeight, bool bRepaint);
       [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
       private static extern bool EnumWindows(EnumWindowsProc lpEnumFunc, IntPtr lParam);
       [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
       private static extern uint GetWindowThreadProcessId(IntPtr hWnd, out uint lpdwProcessId);
       [DllImport("user32.dll")]
       [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Bool)]
       private static extern bool IsWindowVisible(IntPtr hWnd);
       [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
       private static extern IntPtr GetWindow(IntPtr hWnd, uint uCmd);
       [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
       private static extern int GetWindowText(IntPtr hWnd, StringBuilder lpString, int nMaxCount);
       [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
       private static extern int GetClassName(IntPtr hWnd, StringBuilder lpClassName, int nMaxCount);
       private const uint GW_OWNER = 4;
       private const int MaxRetries = 100;
       private const int SleepTime = 200;
       private const string ClassNameToFind = "MozillaWindowClass";
       private delegate bool EnumWindowsProc(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr lParam);
       private static IntPtr foundWindowHandle = IntPtr.Zero;
       private static bool EnumWindowsCallback(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr lParam) {
           uint processId;
           GetWindowThreadProcessId(hWnd, out processId);
           if (IsWindowVisible(hWnd) && GetWindow(hWnd, GW_OWNER) == IntPtr.Zero) {
               StringBuilder className = new StringBuilder(256);
               GetClassName(hWnd, className, className.Capacity);
               if (className.ToString() == ClassNameToFind) {
                   foundWindowHandle = hWnd;
                   Console.WriteLine($"Found window handle {hWnd} for process ID {processId}");
                   return false; // Stop enumerating windows once the desired window is found
               }
           }
           return true; // Continue enumerating windows
       }
       static void Main(string[] args) {
           string path = @"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe";
           // Define positions and sizes
           int[,] positions = new int[,]
           {
               {0, 0, 1284, 2120},
               {1280, 0, 1284, 2120},
               {2560, 0, 1284, 2120}
           };
           int initialDelay = 750; // Initial delay in milliseconds, 1000 worked
           int retryDelay = 200; // Delay between retries in milliseconds
           // Start three Firefox processes sequentially and move them to specified positions
           for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
               Process firefoxProcess = Process.Start(path);
               Thread.Sleep(initialDelay); // Wait for the process to initialize
               foundWindowHandle = IntPtr.Zero;
               int retries = 0;
               while (foundWindowHandle == IntPtr.Zero && retries < MaxRetries) {
                   EnumWindows(EnumWindowsCallback, IntPtr.Zero);
                   if (foundWindowHandle == IntPtr.Zero) {
                       Thread.Sleep(retryDelay); // Wait before retrying
                       retries++;
                   }
               }
               if (foundWindowHandle != IntPtr.Zero) {
                   bool success = MoveWindow(foundWindowHandle, positions[i, 0], positions[i, 1], positions[i, 2], positions[i, 3], true);
                   if (success) {
                       Console.WriteLine($"Moved window {i + 1} to X: {positions[i, 0]}, Y: {positions[i, 1]}, Width: {positions[i, 2]}, Height: {positions[i, 3]}");
                   } else {
                       Console.WriteLine($"Failed to move window {i + 1}");
                   }
               } else {
                   Console.WriteLine($"Failed to get handle for Firefox process {i + 1}");
               }
           }
       }
   }

}

Asked by FireFoxCustomWannabe 2 hours ago

Allowed Popups: enter a list of allowed sites?

I save a list of >20 sites on which I allow popups. What is the most efficient way to enter those sites? ==> I would like to avoid entering each one individual… (read more)

I save a list of >20 sites on which I allow popups. What is the most efficient way to enter those sites?

==> I would like to avoid entering each one individually.

TYVM.

Asked by ezameht 3 hours ago

Last reply by cor-el 2 hours ago

Sync: failure

I was forced to do issues with my windows to reinstall, not having the ability to backup anymore due to the errors. So after reinstalling windows I install firefox, I lo… (read more)

I was forced to do issues with my windows to reinstall, not having the ability to backup anymore due to the errors.

So after reinstalling windows I install firefox, I log in and it doesn't sync. Searching for a solution I found one that stated, if you have a backup of your files restore those into the new firefox profile. I do that and it shows a syncing animation shortly. Nothing happens though.

I start searching for other solutions, there they state just make a new profile via about:profiles and log in. I do so and it works, it starts syncing, but the problem now is it synced what synced in that other profile. So that other profile never really synced as in it did not grab from the cloud but rather it only upped and with that I guess overwrote everything what I had there? None of my later bookmarks are there, I only have what I had as a physical backup now. Why does sync work so? Not my first fight with sync, but I never lost data like this.

Kinda wish the sync interface was user-friendlier, where I can see what is overwritten or at least that I can choose to upload or download from sync when I log in. Instead of it choosing for me to just upload...

Asked by FROG 2 hours ago

PasswordBoss

It has been four weeks now that you have disabled PasswordBoss I have been using firefox for about 15 years now. I under stand that PasswordBoss has sent you the informat… (read more)

It has been four weeks now that you have disabled PasswordBoss I have been using firefox for about 15 years now. I under stand that PasswordBoss has sent you the information you requested and you have done nothing for three weeks now please fix this or i will uninstall Firefox and never use it again. I am sure you really don't care but i have quite a few clients that use Firefox and PassordBoss as well i will also recommend removal of firefox as well This is ridicules that is is taking this long.

Asked by rstevens2024 3 hours ago

Lost everything on re-install

Firefox would not open so I ran an old installer I had and now I've lost everything. No Bookmarks, no history, no add-ons. is there anyway to get it all back? Is everythi… (read more)

Firefox would not open so I ran an old installer I had and now I've lost everything. No Bookmarks, no history, no add-ons. is there anyway to get it all back? Is everything in a file somewhere?

Asked by wuming1 6 hours ago

Last reply by Ray Vermey 3 hours ago

Usernames and Passwords

My firefox recently stopped auto populating my usernames and passwords. I have double and triple checked all my settings. I have updated to latest release of Firefox. I h… (read more)

My firefox recently stopped auto populating my usernames and passwords. I have double and triple checked all my settings. I have updated to latest release of Firefox. I have rebooted my computer. Please help

Asked by angieroyal 4 hours ago