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Under "Local" I cannot change the name of the City. It is always set to New York even though I save the new City name

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My home page is MSN.com. On the section local, the city name is New York and I want to change it to my city. Unfortunately, the new city name is activated for as long as I don't close Firefox.

My home page is MSN.com. On the section local, the city name is New York and I want to change it to my city. Unfortunately, the new city name is activated for as long as I don't close Firefox.

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Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.

  • "Clear the Cache": Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"
  • "Remove the Cookies" from sites causing problems: Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
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Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately it didn't fix the problem. I don't understand the reason for this didn't occur whit my former laptop nor does it occur with Internet Explorer

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  • Such details are stored in a cookie.
  • Create an allow cookie exception (Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: Exceptions) to keep such a cookie, especially for secure websites and if cookies expire when Firefox is closed.
  • In Private Browsing - Use Firefox without saving history mode all cookies are session cookies that expire if that session is ended, so websites won't remember you.

Clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, and passwords.