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some firefox settings not saved across restarts

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Mar 15, 20261133 views
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I upgraded from Firefox 3.6 to Firefox 4 a while back. Overall I have been happy with the new version, but one problem has me stumped: Firefox doesn't save some settings across restarts, e.g. popup blocker site exceptions and file type actions. This happens in two separate Firefox profiles. Both pr…

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privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown

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Fix for: some firefox settings not saved across restarts

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I think the .sqlite file may have become corrupted, or at least incompatible. I suggest you back it up, then delete it. Firefox should recreate it on start-up. If after this the changes are saved between sessions, my suspicion is confirmed. If this …

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