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Set browser.tabs.remote.autostart to default to false/off

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Rehnn83
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I've got a problem with Firefox - in that sometimes when switchign tabs I just see the spinning wheel. After some investigation it appears I can fix this by setting browser.tabs.remote.autostart in about:config to false.

However this doesn't appeared to be stored permanently i.e. when I close FireFox and reopen it - it's been set back to false.

I've read onlien that modifyign the file C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\channel-prefs.js to add the line: pref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart", false); Should address this - but - this doesn't seem to set it to false when I start Firefox.

I've got a problem with Firefox - in that sometimes when switchign tabs I just see the spinning wheel. After some investigation it appears I can fix this by setting browser.tabs.remote.autostart in about:config to false. However this doesn't appeared to be stored permanently i.e. when I close FireFox and reopen it - it's been set back to false. I've read onlien that modifyign the file C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref\channel-prefs.js to add the line: pref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart", false); Should address this - but - this doesn't seem to set it to false when I start Firefox.

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FredMcD
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-fix-preferences-wont-save

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