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willo
26-02-2007, 11:44
:confused: every now & again when i start firefox i find my favourites & history have been deleted.also the web option:- ww web:- uk wotever disappears.does this happen 2 any 1 else & does any 1 know how 2 stop it cos its f****n annoying,mny thnx.willo.

steev
26-02-2007, 12:39
You don't periodically use something like ccleaner do you?

If you do you need to de-select the appropriate options from the IE & Firefox sections, otherwise everything will go whenever you run it...

If you're not using owt like that then :huh: , maybe try un-installing & re-installing?

willo
27-02-2007, 01:15
:confused: yo steev, i do use ccleaner & suchlike but omit faves from the scan result,i'l get 2 the bottom of it [hopefully-lol]& keep u posted,thnx 4 your reply.

John Hope
27-02-2007, 09:59
Same thing has happened to me this morning, I dont know why its happened I dont have a cleaner.

willo
27-02-2007, 10:06
:( hi john,wierd innit!,funilly enough i ran ccleaner & the wweb -uk- tabs came back,also in the preferences menu i set :_ english only & no filtering,these also reset independantly to default when ever they feel like it.just gonna check i'm not usin basil brush fox [lol].

John Hope
27-02-2007, 10:15
Hi Willo i just found this article http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_customizations_reset_on_startup
and reset firefox all is ok now but I would like to know what caused it in the first place.

willo
27-02-2007, 10:33
:thumbsup: yaaaaaaaay! that works, even got my news feed tab thingy back,well done john m8 this little niggles been pi**in me off 4 ages.many thanx m8,willo.