Deleting Forms and Search History is Dictating my freedom

Is this a trick? I used to be able to freely delete my forms and search history. Now the checkbox on the delete everything dialog box is disabled, and unchecked! When I ask to delete everything, I mean everything, please. I should be able to make the decision myself, not have it made for me by Google, the government, or some script kiddie. Please give our freedom back, and make the delete forms and search history accessible.
Furthermore, please, please, delete everything and shred it, if that is what the user wants (Unlike Microsoft with Pending Deletes, and Google with its Autocratic Internet takeover policies. And what is with all the google and chrome junk in the about:config anyway?)
I used to love Firefox because it seemed like a Freedom Fighter, but now I have deleted it from all Windows systems and all but one Linux system, because it seems like it is selling out. On the sales pitch page, Firefox purports to be working for greater Internet freedom, but the closer you look, it seems two-faced.
I will watch the status of Firefox on that one system, and if it improves, I might allow it back on the other systems. Otherwise, I might just fork it like IceWeasel or even find something else, eventually.

No it's not a trick. You should be able to check-mark Form and Search History in Clear Recent History. Any chance that "Remember search and form" history is not selected in the Privacy tab of Options?
I have also seen reports from some users that their security suite on Windows PC "took over" many of the Clear Recent History items and locked out users from changing the status of any item in Clear Recent History, but I can't see something occurring with Linux versions of Firefox.

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I can't delete "Form and Search History". Why?

When I try to delete,it shows the box to check to clear "Search and Form History",but the box is inactive and can't be checked. This has been going on for a week that I know of.

Hi snarble,
Have you tried starting Firefox in Safe Mode or tried using a new profiles?
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles
You might want to check in ''Tools > Options > Privacy'' to see if you've disable History. It won't let you clear something if there's no history saved.
Hopefully this helps!

I'm unable to clear my search history after many attempts with the firefox instructions as I'm unable to check the "Form and Search History" box for some reason

I've tried several times to clear my search history without any success. I've been able to do so in the past, but this is the first time I've tried in a while and for some reason it will not let me check the box for "Form and Search History." Then sometimes it will let me check that box, but when I click "ok" to apply the clearing of the search history, nothing happens and it still remembers all my sites. At that point I try to clear it again and its back to not letting me check the "Form and Search history" box (I've gone through this cycle a few times). I tried looking through some of suggested articles that Firefox sent me too, but I don't know much about computers and just doing the things they seem talking about isn't working either. Please help, thanks!

It seems to have worked itself out. Thanks anyway!

Form and search history is disabled- can you tell me why this is and give me some simple steps to fixing it?I've tried reading forums and support to no avail :(

For some reason, when I try and click on form and search history under the clear history tab it's greyed out (all of the other options for clearing history are available)
I don't seem to be able to find any answers to WHY this is (which I would like to know) and also I've tried to follow instructions (factory reset firefox, restart computer etc) but for some reason it doesn't make any difference and I really don't know what to do. I'm not particularly tech savvy so any help would be really really appreciated

This happens if there is no form history to clear (you probably already cleared it).
Is saving form history enabled?
*Firefox > Preferences > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history": "Remember search and form history"
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Form+autocomplete
Firefox won't save new form data if you are in Private Browsing mode.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Private+Browsing

When trying to clear the history (Browsing and download history, cookies, form and search history, and cache) firefox freezes and sometimes Ill get a warning for an unresponsive script.

When trying to clear the history (Browsing and download history, cookies, form and search history, and cache) firefox freezes and sometimes Ill get a warning for an unresponsive script.
Using MacOSX 10.6.8 on Macbook Pro
Using Firefox 10.0.2

Try to exclude the cookies from the clear history settings and let the cookies expire at the end of the session instead.

How do i get back my deleted or lost search history???

someone else had used firefox before i found out and it seems he had downloaded somethings and says he didnt do anything on purpose. i can't find my entire search history from before. i really need to get it back its important!!!

Try this...
How to re download apps from the Mac App Store:
Open the App Store. From the menu bar click Store > Sign In
Click Purchases from the top of the App Store window.
Select which apps you want to re download. Then right or control click where you see Installed then click Install.
Make sure and use the same Apple ID used for the original purchase.

Search form and search results page

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Suddenly, Firefox seems to have stopped deleting cookies and browsing history at close, although that is what I have always had selected, and selections haven't changed.

I have always had Firefox set up to delete cookies and history at close. I noticed today that it doesn't seem to be doing so.
I can shut down and restart, and still see prior history, and cookies are apparently still there.
The functionality has always been that if I'm in an email account like gmail, and I close Firefox, I have to log back in when I return. I noticed today that when I restart Firefox, I don't have to log into gmail, I'm still logged in, even though I didn't tell gmail to remember my info (and even if I did, that cookie should be gone). I don't think it's a gmail problem, because other browsers still seem to work correctly.
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Hey, these are the instructions on how to try safe mode. Please post back with your results.
'''Try Firefox Safe Mode''' to see if the problem goes away. [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode|Firefox Safe Mode]] is a troubleshooting mode that turns off some settings, disables most add-ons (extensions and themes).
If Firefox is open, you can restart in Firefox Safe Mode from the Help menu:
*In Firefox 29.0 and above, click the menu button [[Image:New Fx Menu]], click Help [[Image:Help-29]] and select ''Restart with Add-ons Disabled''.
*In previous Firefox versions, click on the Firefox button at the top left of the Firefox window and click on ''Help'' (or click on ''Help'' in the Menu bar, if you don't have a Firefox button) then click on ''Restart with Add-ons Disabled''.
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* On Windows: Hold the '''Shift''' key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
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* On Linux: Quit Firefox, go to your Terminal and run ''firefox -safe-mode'' <br>(you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)
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[[Image:Safe Mode Fx 15 - Win]]
'''''If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode''''', your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the [[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]] article to find the cause.
''To exit Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.''
When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help others with the same problem.

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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
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Delete a possible user.js file and numbered prefs-##.js files and rename (or delete) the prefs.js file to reset all prefs to the default value including prefs set via user.js and prefs that are no longer supported in the current Firefox release.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
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You're almost there. When you look in that Profiles folder, you should see one or more folders with semi-randomized names. The most recent one probably is your last active profile.
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Infopath Forms and Search

Good Morning - just a quick question. Is an ifilter required in order for SharePoint 2010 to return .xsn files? If so, where may someone find one of these ifilters.
Any information would be appreciated.
Kim

Hi,
According to your post, my understanding is that you want to implement the IFilter for the .xsn file in SharePoint 2010.
Per the below technet article, it is not supported IFilter for .xsn file in SharePoint 2010.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg405170(v=office.14).aspx
And I don’t find a dedicated IFilter for the .xsn files, however, we can customize a custom IFilter for the .xsn file programmatically.
There is an article about building an IFilter for SharePoint, you can refer to them.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh694268.aspx
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I am unable to delete Form & Search History (it's greyed out as an option to be deleted under the clear recent hisotry tab) help!

my son has used my computer to visit porn websites and I want to delete the Form and Search history so the drop down with these sites is eliminated. The instructions said to go to History > clear recent history and then chose Form and Search history, but it won't allow me to choose this (it's greyed out). How do I do this?

I found this link for a similar problem someone had with a Lotus Notes account. I used it to resolve my issue with a different email account (basically followed the same steps, and then looked for the particular account I needed to delete)... hope it helps!
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Error only occurs when under "Options/Privacy/Use custom settings for history" at "Clear History when Firefox closes" the option "Browsing and Download History" is selected.
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I switched this option it several times. When "Browsing and Download History" at "Clear History when Firefox closes" isn't selected, the error doesn't appear.
Reproducible regardless if "Remember my browsing history" and "Remember download history" are selected or not.
Reproducible:
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- with new profile with no addons or dictionaries installed
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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/997918
https://support.mozilla.org/de/questions/997670
I want to describe the problem more precisely:
It only occurs when "Browsing and Download History" is delete on exit. The other option at "Clear History when Firefox closes" don't cause this issue.
Is there any other solution then to turn "Browsing and Download History" off?

From what I have been reading from other posts on this forum, the issue may
be caused by the clear history settings.
Press the '''<Alt>''' or '''<F10>''' key to bring up the tool bar.
Then '''Tools > Options > Privacy'''.
The button next to '''History''', select '''Use Custom Settings'''.
At the bottom of the page, turn on '''Clear History When Firefox Closes.'''
At the far right, press the '''Settings''' button. Turn on ONLY '''Cache''' and
'''Form And Search History''' leaving the others off.
This is not a cure but will make it easier if Firefox locks up.
'''https://support.mozilla.org/questions/997866?esab=a&s=&r=1&as=s''' {web link}

Can't delet form autolocation item. arrow down ,press delete nothing

follow the procedure delet indivdual form entry but did not delete.
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I have had the same issue and had to go through Oracle Support to get it working.
First of all make sure that you have a recent patch installed (patch 9 as being the latest one available).
Second, set in the data block the property key mode to updatable and the property primary key to yes for one item of the data block. (this is bug 1561423)
Make sure that you only modify those columns that are updateable.
Quite a large number of bugs have been reported on the concept of updatable views and the installation of a recent patch will most definitely get you working again.
This functionality does work !
Goodluck,

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