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Firefox v21 not saving downloads or bookmarks

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Firefox 21 on Windows 7 64bit --- after hours of use or computer hibernating stops saving bookmarks and downloads. Example if I bookmark MSN the box will appear, I choose the folder and hit Done, if I then close the browser, re-open it, and go to the folder in the bookmarks list the site will not be there. With downloads/picture saving it's the same idea with one difference, it'll bring up the dialog box allow me to select a folder but it will not show in Firefox's download manager. I've gone thru the steps of troubleshooting/ resetting Firefox but this keeps reoccurring. Any ideas?

Firefox 21 on Windows 7 64bit --- after hours of use or computer hibernating stops saving bookmarks and downloads. Example if I bookmark MSN the box will appear, I choose the folder and hit Done, if I then close the browser, re-open it, and go to the folder in the bookmarks list the site will not be there. With downloads/picture saving it's the same idea with one difference, it'll bring up the dialog box allow me to select a folder but it will not show in Firefox's download manager. I've gone thru the steps of troubleshooting/ resetting Firefox but this keeps reoccurring. Any ideas?

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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/no-sleep-download/

This may be the solution to your problem.

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Thanks to you both I'm not sure the add on will fix my particular problem but it looks handy anyway. I checked out my profile folder and found a corrupt copy of the place file. So followed the instructions to deal with it, so far so good. I'll post again if anything changes...