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Firefox won't let me create new bookmarks, and it is not showing my search history?

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For the last few hours firefox won't let me create new bookmarks, and it's not recording my search history.

For the last few hours firefox won't let me create new bookmarks, and it's not recording my search history.

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hello 542merks,

can you please "Refresh Firefox"

1)on the URL Bar,type in - about:support 2)Click "Refresh Firefox"

Note: Refreshing firefox restores it to the default state,preserves your Bookmarks,Browsing history,Passwords,Cookies,auto-fill info etc. but removes Extensions and themes, website permissions, modified preferences, download history, plugin settings, toolbar customization etc.

Check and let us know.

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@nowiz - Sorry I've already tried that, it didn't work.

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I've noticed that it seems to be mainly video sharing websites, like youtube and dailymotion, that won't bookmark.

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Places Maintenance {web link} Allows to run Maintenance tasks on the database that drives Places, the bookmarks and history module behind Firefox.

Open the Add-ons Manager. Locate the add-on and press the Options button. Select All of the tests. Then press Execute on the bottom.