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Unwanted commercial for Avast Online Security & Privacy

Usually when I start my browser for the first time, I have the Firefox homepage only. For two weeks ago, suddenly an extra tab show up when starting: A page with a commer… (read more)

Usually when I start my browser for the first time, I have the Firefox homepage only. For two weeks ago, suddenly an extra tab show up when starting: A page with a commercial for installing "Avast Online Security & Privacy (Add to Firefox-button)".

I use Avast, but I don't want this add-on. And I certainly don't want that extra tab every time I start my pc.

I have three times searched for a solution all over in the Mozilla & Avast settings and on the net: I should go to "Add-ons and themes" - "Extensions" - and on the list "Manage Your Extensions" I should remove this add-on - but it's not there of course, because I didn't install it.

So how do I remove this tab from showing at start-up? (Google Search can't help) Appauling that someone put this tab on my pc in the first place. Both Avast and Mozilla have other ways to communicate with me about that add-on, if needed. Now I had to shut it down every day for two weeks, because I was way too busy to write you until now.

Hope you can help me.

Best regards Finn Larsen finn@fatekst.dk

Asked by finn16 1 day ago

Answered by Terry 15 hours ago

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Issue connecting a Gmail account with OAuth2 (win10)

I want to connect one of my Gmail account using OAuth2 and I face a blank page after accessing the Google connection page and entering my email address. It only happens o… (read more)

I want to connect one of my Gmail account using OAuth2 and I face a blank page after accessing the Google connection page and entering my email address. It only happens on this account.

I have no issues to connect other Gmail accounts, and I tested 4 of them. Is there a way to know where does the issue come from and/or how to solve this? I already applied everything advised in https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/automatic-conversion-google-mail-accounts-oauth20, to no avail.

Asked by nicolas.lagaillardie 2 weeks ago

Answered by nicolas.lagaillardie 4 hours ago

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Sync Google Contacts

Using TB 102.10.0 (64bit) I want to sync Google contacts. I have read the instructions but I fail because I get:- File > New > Card Contact NOT:- File menu >… (read more)

Using TB 102.10.0 (64bit) I want to sync Google contacts.

I have read the instructions but I fail because I get:-

File > New > Card Contact

NOT:-

File menu > New > CardDAV Address Book

Any advice please?

Asked by athegn 5 days ago

Answered by sfhowes 5 days ago

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Thunderbird email

Just got a new desktop computer. Now my Thunderbird account shows THREE different folders labled inbox, not including the Inbox in Local folders. (Total of 4 inboxes) So… (read more)

Just got a new desktop computer. Now my Thunderbird account shows THREE different folders labled inbox, not including the Inbox in Local folders. (Total of 4 inboxes) Some emails arrive in each folder; No 1 folder gets them all. Is there a way to consolidate all 4? I used to be able to check 1 Inbox. I also have 3 Sent folders, and some emails I send show up in 2, none in the 3rd.

Asked by exceldo 1 month ago

Answered by Toad-Hall 3 weeks ago

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After update to 112 firefox starts with ugly blank white dummy UI before loading

After updating firefox to 112 it now starts with ugly white ui dummy before actually loading proper UI. Screenshot attached. It was not happening on firefox 111.0.1. It … (read more)

After updating firefox to 112 it now starts with ugly white ui dummy before actually loading proper UI. Screenshot attached. It was not happening on firefox 111.0.1. It happens every time I launch firefox 112. Of course nothing in changelog is said about changing performance or UI so I have no idea what is causing this.

Asked by Piterk 1 month ago

Answered by Piterk 10 hours ago

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Can't send charter.net emails

This is an intermittent problem. Sometimes Thunderbird refuses to send charter.net email. I get this error msg: Login to server smtp.charter.net with username xxx failed… (read more)

This is an intermittent problem. Sometimes Thunderbird refuses to send charter.net email. I get this error msg:

Login to server smtp.charter.net with username xxx failed. (xxx is my email address)

Resetting the modem and rebooting the computer don't help. This happens on multiple computers. Changing my Spectrum password doesn't help either. Spectrum support said I need to switch to Gmail or Outlook, which would be a major nuisance.

In a day or two it probably will start working again. Also, it basically never works when I'm traveling. Sending email from the Spectrum website works fine, and I can send from my Android phone no problem. I have Gmail on my android tablet and it can't even search for emails so I have zero confidence in that, plus I have many folders of emails going back 10+ years on Thunderbird which I can't port over to another email program.

I saw the previous conversation blaming the problem on Thunderbird, which isn't helpful.

Asked by jmeisner1 22 hours ago

Answered by jmeisner1 16 hours ago

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Any browser crashes when right-clicking on save-as window

I just built a new computer and installed windows 11. Reluctantly coming freshly from windows 7, I have tried and done many things and tweaks to suit my needs more, so I … (read more)

I just built a new computer and installed windows 11. Reluctantly coming freshly from windows 7, I have tried and done many things and tweaks to suit my needs more, so I am aware one of those things might be the issue, but I have no idea which, if any. My issue applies to any browser I have tried, not just Firefox. It started randomly and I cannot remember what I did last or exactly when it started happening, a few hours ago is the best I can say. Whenever I right-click while in the save-as window, that window closes and often the window last used minimizes. The browser itself does not crash; however, Firefox is unique in that it does crash but also the only one to notify me and allow me to give out a report, which I did. Also to note; this issue does not happen in every folder on my computer, and even that seems random, not limited to a certain drive either, or permissions and such. The browsers I have tested are Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Firefox.

I also have tried multiple windows recovery points, none of which mattered (and I know for a fact the issue didn't occur at the time of one point I tried, yet it did even after that recovery). Also scanned my computer for threats and nothing was found. I'm not sure if this is within the scope of help to receive here, but I can't find anything about this and since it is rather bizarre, I don't reckon it's a well know issue. Any help is very appreciated.

Asked by feaw2007 19 hours ago

Answered by feaw2007 17 hours ago

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Does Thunderbird share or get PGP keys from the GPG4Win keystore?

So, recently my keys expired, and I extended the expiry data via Kleopatra, a nice interface that comes with the GPG4Win suite - and I exported those keys out to the keys… (read more)

So, recently my keys expired, and I extended the expiry data via Kleopatra, a nice interface that comes with the GPG4Win suite - and I exported those keys out to the keys.openpgp.org keyservers. When I search for those keys at openpgp.org, they have the proper, updated expiry dates - and they show as that in Kleopatra - but when I see those keys (and all the exact same imported third-party public keys I've pulled into Kleopatra), they have the old expiry dates, and I cannot sign or encrypt emails. It's quite annoying.

What gives?

Also, what keyserver does Thunderbird use?!?

Asked by tromlet 5 days ago

Answered by tromlet 21 hours ago

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Firefox pin, history and bookmarks disappeared

On start up this morning, Firefox was gone from taskbar. I found ff eventually but all my bookmarks and history are gone. Can I recover them? Why did this happen? Also mi… (read more)

On start up this morning, Firefox was gone from taskbar. I found ff eventually but all my bookmarks and history are gone. Can I recover them? Why did this happen? Also missing home button

Asked by Elke's Firefox 1 day ago

Last reply by Paul 1 day ago

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Using local folders to archive emails

My main email account is with my internet provider and the storage available is unlimited. I have three other accounts with external hosts whose storage capacity is li… (read more)

My main email account is with my internet provider and the storage available is unlimited. I have three other accounts with external hosts whose storage capacity is limited. Each email account is for a specific purpose. I am using IMAP setting for all email accounts. What I hoped I could do is set up folders in Local folders for each of the limited storage capacity accounts to direct the emails I want to save using the Message Filters. Not only did it not work, it wiped out the message filters that had been working well for me for ages. My message filter page is completely blank.

Being somewhat non-literal, I only recently learned that Local Folders really did mean folders on my hard drive. So wondering what else I don't know, what happens to the emails I archive. Are the emails still on the mail server? Or are archives on my hard drive? If the archives are on my hard drive and not on the remote mail server drive, are the emails there permanently - i.e., they're there until I delete them, or until something goes wrong with my hard drive? (Why would anyone think that might happen?)

If the archives are no longer at the mail server, but are on my hard drive - that would seem to solve my problem. I thought of the idea of moving emails to the Local Folders because I thought that archiving did not take the emails off the mail server.

If someone can make sense of all this so I don't stress myself out over what can go where, I will greatly appreciate it. :-}

Asked by bdjim 3 days ago

Answered by Wisewiz 2 days ago

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Facebook lagging

So for the last little while, Facebook has been making a complete nuisance of itself on firefox. This isn't a browser problem, because the other tabs I have open work pe… (read more)

So for the last little while, Facebook has been making a complete nuisance of itself on firefox. This isn't a browser problem, because the other tabs I have open work perfectly fine, but FB takes forever to load, and any button I press to interact with it, (like the reload button,) also lags, (but, again, works fine on other tabs,). It doesn't even register links as being clickable for a good minute after loading. The page also seems to reset every time I switch from another tab to it, showing a blank page with a loading symbol. I have tried deleting the entire history, and restarting the browser, and deactivating the adblocker, (the only extension active) and nothing seems to help. Does anybody know why it's doing this, (other than because the company follows the 'if it isn't broke, break it' theory, which we all already knew,) and how to fix it?

Asked by Khat 1 day ago

Answered by Khat 1 day ago

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Firefox often crashing on exit

Firefox very often crashes on exit. It's been doing it for some time now, but am not sure exactly when it started. I have updated to the latest version 113.0.2 (64 bit)… (read more)

Firefox very often crashes on exit. It's been doing it for some time now, but am not sure exactly when it started.

I have updated to the latest version 113.0.2 (64 bit), am on Windows 10 which is also up to date. I have tried clearing the cache.

Latest report id is bp-b9101836-487e-483f-b16f-f86620230526

Asked by shopping29 2 days ago

Answered by shopping29 1 day ago

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After closing the web browser window all my tabs are closed

When I reopen the browser, it's just an empty new window. I am able to reopen them in "History" > "Recently closed windows", but it's extremely annoying to do this eve… (read more)

When I reopen the browser, it's just an empty new window. I am able to reopen them in "History" > "Recently closed windows", but it's extremely annoying to do this every time. Is there a way to fix it? It was fine like two weeks ago or so and my settings seem okay. I can't find the solution in similar posts here.

Asked by Charlie 2 days ago

Answered by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 2 days ago

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Using 2FA Firefox codes on 2 different apps

Hi! So I'm currently using Google Authentication for my Firefox 2fa codes. However, that app is stuck offline and there is no way to get it to connect back online. I'm … (read more)

Hi!

So I'm currently using Google Authentication for my Firefox 2fa codes. However, that app is stuck offline and there is no way to get it to connect back online. I'm thinking of using another app to generate the Firefox codes. However, if I do so, by scanning the Firefox generated QR code to set up the code in the app, will this result in;

1. Having to generate a new backup code for Firefox (recovery key) 2. Voiding the generated keys on the other app I am using.

Thank you!

Asked by winstonchiang2003 1 day ago

Answered by cor-el 1 day ago

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"The server encountered an error", unable to view activity or file owner information in google drive

I am currently unable to view any file activity or ownership information in Google Drive in a shared folder. I have tried the following troubleshooting steps: Quit an… (read more)

I am currently unable to view any file activity or ownership information in Google Drive in a shared folder. I have tried the following troubleshooting steps:

  • Quit and reopen firefox
  • Relaunched firefox in safe mode/extensions disabled
  • Cleared cookies
  • Tried in other browsers (works in Librewolf, Brave and Chromium; doesn't work in any Firefox browser (Nightly, beta, standard)

Asked by Zander 3 days ago

Answered by Zander 2 days ago

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Firefox Sync Login NOT Working Since v112.0.2

Good morning! Since v112.0.2 my Firefox logged itself out of Sync and will not allow me log back in. When I click the "Sync and Save Data" in the pulldown menu, the page… (read more)

Good morning!

Since v112.0.2 my Firefox logged itself out of Sync and will not allow me log back in. When I click the "Sync and Save Data" in the pulldown menu, the page spinner just spins and spins. The login page never loads.

Oddly, I couldn't even login to my Mozilla account here to post this. I had to use "Ungoogled" Chromium to load the page. I've never had any Sync issues with FF, that I can remember. This just "appeared" with v112.0.2 and continues with v113.0.

I did try to access the Sync login page while in Safe (Troubleshooting) Mode... no difference, though; same spinning spinner.

I'm running Slackware Linux on a desktop computer. No other changes have been made on this system other than upgrading from FF v112.0.1. to v112.0.2. This is when the Sync issue started.

Any ideas? Any assitance would be very much appreciated. I could just go to Chromium full-time, but I would not want to do that. I've been a Mozilla browser user for 23 years. The Chromium is only on my system as a backup browser, along with SeaMonkey. Yeah... I have a Seamonkey. :)

Anyway, thanks in advance for any help/ideas to allow me to troubleshoot/resolve this.

Regards,

~Eric

Asked by V. T. Eric Layton 1 month ago

Answered by cor-el 4 weeks ago

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New tab opens to a search website not a blank page

when I open a new tab why does it open this website (https://search.rspark.com/?ytm)???? It's suppose to open a blank page. I set my preferences to open a blank page fo… (read more)

when I open a new tab why does it open this website (https://search.rspark.com/?ytm)????

It's suppose to open a blank page. I set my preferences to open a blank page for a new tab. This never happened before until I updated my Firefox. I am using 110.0 Firefox browser on my Mac. I am running Mac OS 10.15.7

Never had this problem before and I did a clean install.

Asked by cargrfx1 3 months ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 2 days ago

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Dragging and Dropping email attachments into a formula not working

Version: Firefox ESR 102.9.0 (64-bit) - Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2 Customers have been complaining for about 6 months that they can no longer drag and drop email attach… (read more)

Version: Firefox ESR 102.9.0 (64-bit) - Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2

Customers have been complaining for about 6 months that they can no longer drag and drop email attachments from Outlook (Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2019 - Exchange) into a Help Desk formula. I tested dragging from Outlook desktop and from the web version.

Drag and Drop works when using Edge and Chrome.

This is not a major issue, since customers can use the other browsers, but since they would prefer to use Firefox, a fix would really be appreciated.  :-)

Asked by fischer404 3 days ago

Answered by Mike Kaply 3 days ago

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Video Playback

When trying to play videos on my laptop they look terrible. The video is completely blown out and doesnt apear as it should. When turnnig on the troubleshoot mode it fixe… (read more)

When trying to play videos on my laptop they look terrible. The video is completely blown out and doesnt apear as it should. When turnnig on the troubleshoot mode it fixes it but then the video becomes choppy. I cant attach a photo because it looks normal when a screenshot is taken

Asked by jackharkin163 2 days ago

Answered by TyDraniu 2 days ago