Cannot find "Tools"
In an attempt to find out why Firefox keeps logging me out of my email and Facebook three or four times a day, I have search the internet as well as the Firefox forum. Everything seems to depend on my being able to find "tools." I have the version of Firefox (34?) that has the three bars in the upper right-hand corner which, when clicked, opens a menu of icons, none of which is "tools."
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FredMcD said
You may be in Private Browsing mode, or told Firefox not to remember. Type about:preferences#privacy<enter> in the address bar. The button next to History, select Use Custom Settings. Turn off Always use private browsing mode Turn on Remember my browsing and download history At the bottom of the page, turn on Clear History When Firefox Closes. At the far right, press the Settings button. Turn on ONLY Cache and Form And Search History leaving the others off.Read this answer in context 👍 0
History can be removed or not recorded several ways;
- 1) Running Firefox in Private Mode (nothing is recorded)
- 2) Privacy settings
(Type about:preferences#privacy<enter>
in the address bar.)- 3) Many disk cleaners and anti-virus type programs can remove data from browsers. Open their settings and have them leave the browsers alone.
- 4) Mal-ware.
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Hi, press Alt to temporarily bring up the menu bar which has Tools on it. If you wish the menu bar to remain there all the time, right click at the top of the page (not on a tab) and tick/check Menu Bar. Hope that helps.
You may be in Private Browsing mode, or told Firefox not to remember.
Type about:preferences#privacy<enter> in the address bar.
The button next to History, select Use Custom Settings.
Turn off Always use private browsing mode Turn on Remember my browsing and download history At the bottom of the page, turn on Clear History When Firefox Closes. At the far right, press the Settings button. Turn on ONLY Cache and Form And Search History leaving the others off.
History can be removed or not recorded several ways;
- 1) Running Firefox in Private Mode (nothing is recorded)
- 2) Privacy settings
(Type about:preferences#privacy<enter>
in the address bar.) - 3) Many disk cleaners and anti-virus type programs can remove data from browsers. Open their settings and have them leave the browsers alone.
- 4) Mal-ware.
You should also see an Options/Preferences button in the "3-bar" Firefox menu button drop-down list.
See also:
Details like websites remembering you (log you in automatically) are stored in a cookie.
- Create a cookie 'allow' exception to keep such cookies, especially in case of secure websites and when cookies expire when Firefox is closed.
- Tools > Options > Privacy > "Use custom settings for history" > Cookies: Exceptions
This issue can be caused by corrupted cookies or cookies that are blocked.
- check the permissions on the about:permissions page and in "Tools > Page Info > Permissions"
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FredMcD said
You may be in Private Browsing mode, or told Firefox not to remember. Type about:preferences#privacy<enter> in the address bar. The button next to History, select Use Custom Settings. Turn off Always use private browsing mode Turn on Remember my browsing and download history At the bottom of the page, turn on Clear History When Firefox Closes. At the far right, press the Settings button. Turn on ONLY Cache and Form And Search History leaving the others off.
History can be removed or not recorded several ways;
- 1) Running Firefox in Private Mode (nothing is recorded)
- 2) Privacy settings
(Type about:preferences#privacy<enter>
in the address bar.)- 3) Many disk cleaners and anti-virus type programs can remove data from browsers. Open their settings and have them leave the browsers alone.
- 4) Mal-ware.
Thank you , everyone. I appreciate the help as it must be obvious that I am a novice.
I must be pressing "Alt" in the wrong place to bring up "tools." I have tried pressing it while in the drip-down icon menu to no avail.
"about:preferences#privacy" took me to a page which let me know lots of useful information, but I did not find "custom" among the list of items there.
Obviously, I am doing something wrong! I have run Malwarebytes (I have Pro), and found no problems. I use Bitdefender also.
OK, I put all the answers y'all gave me together, and I think I may have figured out what to do. I kept clicking "Alt" all over the top of my page, and finally found "tools" as scribe.uk said I would.
I got into the "Privacy" settings & set them as Fred McD instructed. I also saved the two pages from cor-el to study.
I never did find "permissions," however. I did end up stumbling across a list of my cookies and was amazed at how many there were. I deleted some obvious stuff (Macy's, for example), but didn't mess with anything I didn't understand. I was tempted to delete some of them that seemed like ad cookies, but since I can get myself into a lot of trouble by fooling around on my computer, I resisted the urge.
We'll see tomorrow if I have to keep signing in and out. Am I to assume that I should not use the privacy browsing feature in order to remain signed in?
cor-el -- When I click on"options," I see the following choices:
General Tabs Search Content Applications Privacy Security Sync Advanced
No Tools. ??? Am I looking in the wrong place?
nocluewhatsoever said
I never did find "permissions"
Try typing about:permissions<enter> in the address bar.
When I click on"options," I see the following choices: General-Tabs- Search-Content-Applications-Privacy-Security-Sync-Advanced No Tools. ??? Am I looking in the wrong place?
Those are the tools. Not everything is accessible, so we use the about:config page. Take a look at this; about:about
Modified by guigs
You are already in "Tools > Options" when you see the Option window with the tabs you posted above, so you do not need to look for the Tools menu.
You can tap the Alt key or press F10 to show the Menu Bar with the Tools menu if that bar is hidden. You can also find the Options/Preferences button in the "3-bar" Firefox menu button drop-down list like posted above. So there is more than one way to open this options window. Future Firefox versions open the Options/Preferences window in a tab as the about:preferences page. This is also possible in current releases, but I'm not sure if that page supports all features properly. This can be controlled by the browser.preferences.inContent pref (see about:config) that currently defaults to false.
cor-el said
https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Options+window
Firefox options, preferences and settings (Redirected from Options window) https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Options%20window?redirect=no
This article is no longer maintained, so its content might be out of date.
I may be getting into "overload" territory as I am trying to learn a lot all at once... I did get into "permissions," and I found the cookies. I am not clear about what I need to change, if anything. "Third party cookies" and "allow cookies" are enabled. "Manage cookies" is that infinite list; am I supposed to to something there?
From about:permissions you have control over the cookies. Look them over, or even remove them for a site or all of them.
Some of them aren't necessary?
Some web sites, or some cookies? ;-)
If you are having trouble with cookies, they can be removed from here. Otherwise just let them be.
Well, it's hard to figure out who solved this question as I slipped in so many extra ones on you guys. This is my first adventure on the Mozilla support forum, so I'm still learning the ropes. I do know that I am motivated to leave IE behind!
Can I give a "solve" to more than one person? Everyone actually helped me.
Select what ever you want. Safe Surfing.