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ghostery disables forward and back buttons in version 10

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Forward and back arrows are greyed out and do not function when Ghostery is enabled. If I start in safe mode, without Ghostery, the forward and back arrows function properly.

Forward and back arrows are greyed out and do not function when Ghostery is enabled. If I start in safe mode, without Ghostery, the forward and back arrows function properly.

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Thanks for your information. I had rebooted my computer, run virus checks, etc., but still had to start in safe mode. When I used Ghostery, the problem would occur again. Eventually I cleared history, and that seems to have solved the problem.

Thanks again for your reply.

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-> Navigation buttons like back, home, bookmarks and reload are missing

If the buttons are working in -> Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode, then you need to make sure which extension was causing the problems.

  • Test for faulty extensions
  • When you find-out which extension was the source of problem, Contact the Add-on's Developer about this issue and Report the problem.

Check and tell if its working.


Not related to your problem but some of your Firefox Plugins are out-dated

  • Update All your Firefox Plugins -> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
  • When Downloading Plugins Update setup files, Remove Checkmark from Downloading other Optional Softwares with your Plugins (e.g. Toolbars, McAfee, Google Chrome, etc.)

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Thanks for your information. I had rebooted my computer, run virus checks, etc., but still had to start in safe mode. When I used Ghostery, the problem would occur again. Eventually I cleared history, and that seems to have solved the problem.

Thanks again for your reply.