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FireFox has suddenly stopped saving Passwords.

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wkeller
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I am running Firefox V4 on Win 7 home. At first I was able to save passwords. Then after a day or two it stopped asking to save new passwords at new locations. I checked the setting for this and it is checked.

I am running Firefox V4 on Win 7 home. At first I was able to save passwords. Then after a day or two it stopped asking to save new passwords at new locations. I checked the setting for this and it is checked.

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cor-el
cor-el
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  • You enter Private Browsing mode if you select: Tools > Options > Privacy > History: Firefox will: "Never Remember History"
  • To see all History and Cookie settings, choose: Tools > Options > Privacy, choose the setting Firefox will: Use custom settings for history
  • Uncheck: [ ] "Automatically start Firefox in a private browsing session"

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wkeller
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Thanks for the quick response. Your answer resolved my problem.