Changes not saved when I open Firefox

I just had to get a new modem, and now when I start Firefox, my personal is gone. I also have speed dial and anything I've added to it is also gone. Any help would be appreciated!!

See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved and [[Preferences are not saved]]

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== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== when I logged on one day about 2 weeks ago ==
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US) AppleWebKit/533.16 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0 Safari/533.16

'''Can't see the Menu Bar''' (File, Edit, View, History, Bookmarks, Tools, Help)?
Turning the Menu Bar on and off is a new feature in version 3.6.
''(Linux & OSX see: [[Menu bar is missing]] )''
''Windows'' Method 1. '''''Hold down''''' the key and press the following letters in this exact order: V T M
''Windows'' Method 2. Press and release the key. The Menu Bar will be displayed; then choose ~~red:V~~iew > ~~red:T~~oolbars and click on ~~red:M~~enu Bar.
The Menu Bar should now be displayed permanently, unless you turn it off again using View > Toolbars. Check mark = displayed, NO check mark = not displayed.
See: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Menu+bar+is+missing
'''Navigation Toolbar, Bookmarks Toolbar and other Toolbars''' under View > Toolbars. Clicking on one of them will place a check mark (display) or remove the check mark (not displayed).
'''To display the Status Bar''', View, then click Status bar to place a check mark (display) or remove the check mark (not displayed).
'''Full Screen mode'''
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Netbooks#Full_screen
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Internet Explorer opens up sometimes, not always, when I open Firefox. I have Firefox set as my default browser. IE tries to open at the same time and slows my computer way down and it is slow to close.

Mozilla Firefox tries to open but the IE screen opens on top of firefox. This does not happen everytime I open Firefox.
I take online college courses which link to outside testing websites. Wondering if this is triggering IE to open sometimes

Mozilla Firefox tries to open but the IE screen opens on top of firefox. This does not happen everytime I open Firefox.
I take online college courses which link to outside testing websites. Wondering if this is triggering IE to open sometimes

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The only other thing that I can think of that may be helpful is that I use Firefox Sync between two computers, and both seem to be having this problem.

I have some more information, in case it helps. During one Firefox session, I made about 8 changes to my bookmarks.When I restarted Firefox, the first few changes I had made were saved, but the rest were not. Additionally, the favicons that were present during my last session (that I hadn't had before that session) were reverted to the default favicon. I hope this helps!

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3.   Added a signature to document
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*do not clear the Cookies
*do not clear the Site Preferences
*Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history": [X] "Clear history when Firefox closes" > Settings
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/remove-recent-browsing-search-and-download-history
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*Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
*Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
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You can check for problems with the sessionstore.js and sessionstore.bak files in the Firefox Profile Folder that store session data.
Delete the sessionstore.js file and possible sessionstore-##.js files with a number and sessionstore.bak in the Firefox Profile Folder.
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Multiple_profile_files_created
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
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Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
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* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]

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This can be a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox

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The only way to solve this that I've found is to just stop trying to use the first tab and let it be Google. However, I'd like some actual solution that stops this from happening if possible.

Thanks for the reply, it seems to have solved my issue.
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Edit. So as soon as I posted this, it started happening again. More testing definitely points to Classic Theme Restorer as the cause, so I'll have to investigate solutions on that end.

Problem with this new version is when i open firefox something change my home page to mozila defalut page and in the new tab open mozila firefox first run page.Sorry for my bad English

Problem with this new version is when i open firefox something change my home page to mozila defalut page and in the new tab open mozila firefox first run page.Sorry for my bad English

Sounds like this issue:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
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"F11" toggles Full Screen mode on/off
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* Firefox and other Browser Keyboard Shortcuts (Comparison Table) http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/firefox/keyboard.htm
Not to be confused with Maximize/Restore button in upper right corner which leaves your toolbars intact.
Just noticed your mention of missing the red "X" (red background), are you also missing the vertical scrollbar on the right side.
* Resizing oversize window - MozillaZine Knowledge Base http://kb.mozillazine.org/Resizing_oversize_window
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Check your '''[http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries about:config]''' options
:The following options are found within these two articles
* About:config entries - MozillaZine Knowledge Base http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries
* Tabs configuration, extracted from About:config entries - MozillaZine Knowledge Base http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/tabs_config.htm
'''browser.abs.autoHide''' Boolean
:Behavior for the tab bar when only one tab exists
:True (default): Hide the tab bar
:False: Always show the tab bar
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'''browser.tabs.closeButtons''' Integer (Firefox 2.0)
:This preference controls how close buttons can be displayed on tabs.
:0: Display a close button on the active tab only
:1: (default) Display a close button on each tab
:2: Don't display any close buttons
:3: Display a single close button at the end of the tab bar (Firefox 1.x behavior)
 Please mark "Solved" one answer that will best help others with a similar problem -- hope this was it. But please also leave a comment because of the several possibilities and we would like to know which problem you actually experienced.

When I open Firefox, it goes to the first page and then stops, saying "Not Responding" with the cursor spinning. What can I do to fix this? Thanks for any help

When I open Firefox, it goes to the first page I open, but then stops and says "Not Responding" with the mouse cursor spinning. I hit the close button and it says Windows is searching for a solution (which doesn't come).
When I open Firefox again, it says:
Well, this is embarrassing.
Firefox is having trouble recovering your windows and tabs. This is usually caused by a recently opened web page.
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Removing one or more tabs that you think may be causing the problem
Starting an entirely new browsing session
Any ideas? I gretly appreciate any help. Thanks!!

What is that first page?
Can't you open any web pages in Firefox?
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode|Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
A possible cause is security software (firewall,anti-virus) that blocks or restricts Firefox or the plugin-container process without informing you, possibly after detecting changes (update) to the Firefox program.
Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls

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This is the message when I Open Firefox:
"You're not on the latest version of Firefox. Upgrade today to get the best of the Web!"
At <Help> & <About Firefox>, it shows
Firefox
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One of those messages must be wrong. Either way Firefox seems to work fine otherwise. Thanks and regards, Peter Spielman

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'''1.''' Why, when I open Firefox 9.01 do I get a message that I do not have the latest version when '''Help>About''' Firefox says I do?
'''2.''' Also, with the 8.xx version, I was unable to open in a new window with a right click until I upgraded to 9.01. (Old problem now, but I am curious.)
'''3.''' When I tried to uninstall the older version the uninstaller told me that I had to close the open version, but it was closed according to my taskbar. I also have this problem with Thunderbird.

1. You are using the latest version which is Firefox 9.0.1
From your description it sounds as if you may still have the old http://www.google.com/firefox Firefox start page hosted by Google as your homepage. This old default homepage is no longer used as '''about:home''' has been in use since Firefox 4.0
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