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In Privacy tab I have everything unchecked. I click Exceptions and only allow certain sites. When I restart my computer the sites I have entered in the Exception area have disappeared. How do I make those sites stay in the Exception area?

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In the Privacy tab I have 'Always use private browsing mode' checked. I have 'except cookies from sites' unchecked. Nothing else is checked. Then I click Exceptions and only allow certain sites to have cookies. The problem is that when I restart my computer the sites I have entered in the Exception area have disappeared and I need to enter all the sites again. How do I make those sites stay in the Exception area and not disappear?

In the Privacy tab I have 'Always use private browsing mode' checked. I have 'except cookies from sites' unchecked. Nothing else is checked. Then I click Exceptions and only allow certain sites to have cookies. The problem is that when I restart my computer the sites I have entered in the Exception area have disappeared and I need to enter all the sites again. How do I make those sites stay in the Exception area and not disappear?

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Make sure that you do not use "Clear Recent History" to clear the 'Site Preferences' when you close Firefox.

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