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browsing hisotry deleles itself after a few hours

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my browsing history disappears after 8 to 24 hours. the longest time period saved has been YESTERDAY which disappeared about 12 hrs. into the time frame of the current day.

my browsing history disappears after 8 to 24 hours. the longest time period saved has been YESTERDAY which disappeared about 12 hrs. into the time frame of the current day.

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try the following to increase the storage for kept history entries inside firefox:

enter about:config into the firefox location bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up), then right click somewhere in the page & create a new integer preference with the name places.history.expiration.max_pages & a very high number as value (which is the equivalent of the number of history entries that should be stored before they begin to expire)...

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Try to boot the computer in Windows Safe mode with network support (press F8 on the boot screen) as a test to see if that helps.

If you use cleanup software like CCleaner then check the settings for the Firefox application.

Also check the settings here:

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