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Unwanted Suggestions Appearing in Address Bar

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When I start typing in the location bar, websites show up that I don't want to show up. I completely cleared my browsing history, three times, and restarted firefox, twice. I have the bar set up to not display bookmarks, and in any event the websites don't have the bookmarks star next to them.

When I start typing in the location bar, websites show up that I don't want to show up. I completely cleared my browsing history, three times, and restarted firefox, twice. I have the bar set up to not display bookmarks, and in any event the websites don't have the bookmarks star next to them.

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cor-el
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You can try: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locked_or_damaged_places.sqlite

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Thanks; renaming/deleting "places.sqlite" and "places.sqlite-journal" did the trick. Any idea why I couldn't get rid of 'em, otherwise? Were the files damaged in some fashion?