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Firefox stopped remembering passwords and deleted save ones. Save box is checked and FF asks for new sites but does not respond. Any fix?

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zapu
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Passwords have been saved regularly up till now but all existing words have been deleted and new ones won't save (even tho I'm asked if I want to save (question just sits there). Remember Passwords is checked and exceptions is empty

Passwords have been saved regularly up till now but all existing words have been deleted and new ones won't save (even tho I'm asked if I want to save (question just sits there). Remember Passwords is checked and exceptions is empty

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cor-el
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See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Password_Manager (Troubleshooting)

Make sure that you not run Firefox in Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history mode

Firefox won't save new passwords while in Private Browsing mode.

You are in Private Browsing mode if you see "Tools > Stop Private Browsing", possibly grayed

zapu
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Thanks cor-el but it's not Private Browsing

kwolf72
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I'm having this problem as well. It seems like it was a more recent firefox update. I temporary solved this by deleting my sqlite keyfile as described in another post I found in a different forum, but it's since reoccured.

After I restart my system and run firefox, it's like it's running right after an update, or an install. None of my settings are saved, and password and cookies don't appear to be loaded either.

Is there any debug information I can provide?

I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit and Firefox 3.6.13.

Oddly if I close and restart Firefox it's fine. It's only after a Windows restart that I see an issue. Disk check runs clean. I've also deleted my profile directory and had FF recreate it. Still having issues though.