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i cannot access my history

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I can never access the history of any sites I have been to previously. When I open the window that is supposed to show me my history, it's blank. The 'most visited' tab is always empty. How do I solve this?

I can never access the history of any sites I have been to previously. When I open the window that is supposed to show me my history, it's blank. The 'most visited' tab is always empty. How do I solve this?

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Check that you still keep history.

To see all the History and Cookie settings, select:

  • Firefox (Tools) > Options > Privacy > History: Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"

This can also be caused by a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.

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I've checked my history and cookie settings, and they are checked to keep my history. it still doesn't work. As for the second link, I absolutely don't understand what is going on.

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You can try these steps about a corrupted file places.sqlite: