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When I select the History tab, I no longer see recent history. Only the "Show All History" is enabled! Why?

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jjleggette
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I cannot attach the image in MS Word & Adobe PDF, message states "Error uploading image, invalid or no image received". The attachment reflected two of several websites that have been locked into the browser history. For privacy reasons the other website were remove but none of them were stored within the past 6-12 months. As you can see the other features are disabled!

I cannot attach the image in MS Word & Adobe PDF, message states "Error uploading image, invalid or no image received". The attachment reflected two of several websites that have been locked into the browser history. For privacy reasons the other website were remove but none of them were stored within the past 6-12 months. As you can see the other features are disabled!

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cor-el
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Make sure that you do not run Firefox in permanent Private Browsing mode (Never remember history).

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
  • Deselect: [ ] "Always use Private Browsing mode"

You can check for problems with the places.sqlite database file (bookmarks, history) in the Firefox profile folder.

If the Places Maintenance extension can't repair the places.sqlite database file then remove all places.sqlite file(s) in the Firefox profile folder to make Firefox rebuild the places.sqlite database file from the most recent JSON backup in the bookmarkbackups folder.