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losing setting for "remember passwords" when shutting down

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Firefox does not save "remember password" setting when restarting. Resets to unchecked.

Firefox does not save "remember password" setting when restarting. Resets to unchecked.

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).


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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).


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Worked properly in safe mode. Restarted and bad behavior continued. Did safe mode and disabled all add-ons. Re-enabled selected add-ons and extensions, now seems to be working properly. Last thing I remember adding was Comcast Constant Guard but that was weeks ago and behavior just started.