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Weather Customize. I have set this to my local area only to have it default back the McLean, VA. How can I make it stick on what I set it to? in English

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Weather Customize. I have set this to my local area several times only to have it default back to McLean, VA. How can I set it and have it permanent? Firefox is my daily browser, great software. hatcherg@cox.net

Weather Customize. I have set this to my local area several times only to have it default back to McLean, VA. How can I set it and have it permanent? Firefox is my daily browser, great software. hatcherg@cox.net

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Weather Customize. I have set this to my local area several times only to have it default back to McLean, VA. How can I set it and have it permanent? Firefox is my daily browser, great software. hatcherg@cox.net

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Such details are stored in a cookie.

  • Create an allow cookie exception (Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: Exceptions) to keep such a cookie, especially for secure websites and if cookies expire when Firefox is closed.

Make sure that you do not run Firefox in Private Browsing mode.

Do not use Clear Recent History to clear the "Cookies" and the "Site Preferences"

Clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, and passwords.