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I have Firefox 31 and New Private Window not working?

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I'm not able to open a New Private Window. When I click on it it will open a new window but not in Private Mode. Any ideas?

I'm not able to open a New Private Window. When I click on it it will open a new window but not in Private Mode. Any ideas?

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hello moboman, in case you have set firefox to "never remember history" in the options>privacy panel, you're running the browser in private browsing mode permanently...

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hello moboman, in case you have set firefox to "never remember history" in the options>privacy panel, you're running the browser in private browsing mode permanently...

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That was it! Thanks Philipp!