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private browsing is not working

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stop private browsing and clear recent history is grayed and neither one works

stop private browsing and clear recent history is grayed and neither one works

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Try - Options>Privacy>History>make sure Permanent Private Browsing isn't checked and review your History settings. The layout will be different to my Win7,

Several of your plug-ins like Flash are seriously out of date.