Firefox updates wipe out pop up blocker exceptions

I am using Firefox 8. I have three pop up blocker exceptions that I need to download and print from a research site. When Firefox updates, the pop up blocker exceptions are wiped out and have to be reentered. (This does not happen with IE 8.) Is there a software fix or is this a development issue?

I should also add that site preferences is unchecked in clear recent history.

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In case you are using "Clear history when Firefox closes":
*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-browsing-search-and-download-history
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This seems an uncommon problem as I haven't found any other posts on it, but I'm having the issue that LR updates wipe out my catalog?! I've had LR4 for a couple years now. When the 4.4 update first came along awhile back, I accepted the download, and when I did so, to my horror my entire catalog was wiped out. I did a restore point (thus undoing the update) hoping that would restore the catalog, but it did not. I of course still had all of the files and side cars on my hard drive, but had to re-launch my most recent back up which had been a few weeks previous (I know, I know), and lost the history on the work I'd done on images after that.
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Thanks again.

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* [[Pop-up blocker]]

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Self-explanatory

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*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Clear+Recent+History
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Hi bernwa,
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Hey everybody,
I'm helping my wife with a web site that needed PHP, and
since I know Dreamweaver I figured it couldn't be that hard to do.
And it's not - between the DW application development features and
a little hacking, it's been going fgreat.
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There's more to it than that, right? Let's see it all,
please. The best
way would be to upload it and post a link....
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> Here is is, thanks for taking a look!
>
>
>
> <?php require_once('Connections/serv.php'); ?>
> <?php
> if (!function_exists("GetSQLValueString")) {
> function GetSQLValueString($theValue, $theType,
$theDefinedValue = "",
> $theNotDefinedValue = "")
> {
> $theValue = get_magic_quotes_gpc() ?
stripslashes($theValue) :
> $theValue;
>
> $theValue = function_exists("mysql_real_escape_string")
> mysql_real_escape_string($theValue) :
mysql_escape_string($theValue);
>
> switch ($theType) {
> case "text":
> $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" . $theValue . "'" :
"NULL";
> break;
> case "long":
> case "int":
> $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? intval($theValue) :
"NULL";
> break;
> case "double":
> $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? "'" .
doubleval($theValue) . "'" :
> "NULL";
> break;
> case "date":
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"NULL";
> break;
> case "defined":
> $theValue = ($theValue != "") ? $theDefinedValue :
> $theNotDefinedValue;
> break;
> }
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> }
> }
>
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posterID ASC";
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Firefox Update for Mac pops up, I click OK, but NOTHING happens. The "connecting" bars starts, but goes on and on ad infinitum.

There's a message telling me a certain add-on (which I can't identify) "will be disabled" for the time being.
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If you have problems with updating or with the permissions then easiest is to download the full version and trash the currently installed version to do a clean install of the new version.
Download a new copy of the Firefox program and save the DMG file to the desktop
* Firefox 5.0.x: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
* Trash the current Firefox application to do a clean (re-)install
* Install the new version that you have downloaded
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Current firefox version wipes out internet conection and other programs as "incompatible" Any solution ??

Repeated efforts to downloaded latest version of firefox results in error message that various programs are incompatible with firefox, including roadrunner internet connection and most every Java subprogram.
Would like to switch to latest version of firfefox, but always have to restore computer to earlier 3.6 version.
Any solution ??

Hi there rbowman, I can understand how concerning this is. It sounds like you set up Firefox on one or a couple of computers. It also sounds like you went with the regular version of Firefox. When you first set up Firefox it ask if you would like to pull settings, history, etcetera. I believe it does this after an update too. At lest in the regular one. So the employee must of said yes I want all my stuff from IE, and we know how that worked out. Firefox makes a version for the IT admin. It is called Firefox extended support. This lets you manage settings and all of that good stuff that an admin would have to do without going computer to computer. I would recommend you try this. Hope it goes better this time.

Pop up blocker exception list isn't saving

When I close firefox and open it again the allowed list is empty.
I've marked it as don't notify me when a site tries to redirect and I've turned off add-ons but still when I reopen firefox the list is empty.
I've tried adding to the list manually and then via the drop down allow this site that option that's at the top of the page that's still blocked.
I can find others with problems but they don't lose the list when firefox shuts down.
Any ideas?
THanks

Firefox stores those entries in a database file named permissions.sqlite, along with other site-specific settings, such as cookie permissions.
One possible reason to lose these settings is if Firefox is set to clear them at shutdown. You can check for this in the Options dialog on the Privacy panel:
"3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Options > Privacy
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If it says "Firefox will: Never remember history", change it to "Firefox will: Use custom settings for history". This should display numerous controls on the lower part of the panel, one of which is "Clear history when Firefox closes". If this is turned on, click the Settings button to the right of it and make sure that Site Preferences is '''not''' checked here.
This support article lists other reasons that Firefox settings might get lost between sessions: [[How to fix preferences that won't save]].
Another common culprit is Advanced SystemCare, which like some other utility/security software can roll back unwanted browser settings changes -- but they don't know wanted from unwanted and may just roll them all back.

FYI The latest update wipe out my Windows user info resulting in a locked computer. had to restart in safe mode and restore my system. Basiclly it killed my whole computer. If I was not a programmer , fixing it would have been nearly impossible.

The new apple itunes update . corrupted or deleted my user profile in Windows 7 home premium.resulting in a locked computer with no way of getting into windows.

Never heard of that happening before and given the way the OS works that should not be possible. Sounds like something was awry with your computer before you started the process.
What program did you write to fix it and in what language? You might want to share this with Microsoft so they can look into it further.

Trying to do firefox updates as it pops up and it never seems to complete task?? why??

the little bar just keeps rotating on the bottom but never appears to finish or download. How do I know if it really updated. It never says finished! Thanks.. jb

Answered in your Other post on this Topic...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/24053626#24053626

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Well, I decided to update to 7.4.1 from 7.4 this morning. The update went as expected, with no errors. Once I started iTunes again after the update, it started freezing while playing any song. It would continue to play the song until it finished, then it would just hang. The only way to quit was a Force Quit about 3-4 times on the process. So, I decided to reboot. The reboot hung. So, I powered off the machine after 3-4 minutes. I powered on the machine, ran Disk Utility to check the disk (OK), ran Repair Permissions to check the permissions (fixed Library sticky bit), and then started iTunes. iTunes now plays music OK, but all my music I added after 6/15/2007 is now missing! The files are still in the iTunes Library folders; however, they are missing from the Music Library and/or Purchased Library in iTunes.
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actually, scratch that - I fixed it.
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The spry pop-up menu I built in Adobe Dreamweaver worked fine in my old Firefox, I updated Firefox today and the menu no longer works--despite disabling the pop-up blocker in Firefox preferences...what's the problem??? I need the menu to work!!!

I built a new pop-up menu for my website using Spry in Adobe Dreamweaver. Because of some differences in .HTML and .XHTML
it took me days to get it right. I tested every variation in Firefox until it worked perfectly. Today, I installed the newest version of Firefox and now the pop-up no longer works. I changed the preferences in Firefox to disable to pop-up blocker and it STILL DOESN'T WORK...although an older style of pop-up menu (menu machine) which is no longer supported by Adobe, DOES WORK.
HELP!!! THIS IS IMPORTANT.

pixlor:
OP is using CS3 and the menu blog is talking about the menus
in earlier
versions of FW, so *most* of the points made in the blog
don't apply.
That's not to say that using CS3 pop-up menus is a *good*
thing....
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>
quote:
Originally posted by:
captainbianco
> I agree completely and totally, and I will haha but I'd
like to get this
> one
> fixed if I can. You can view the page here
>
http://www.flooringanswers.com/nysurfaces/index2.htm
> Hover over the letters to see the pop-up menu's. The one
over "t" is the
> problem.
> Under Flooring, for example, you have a div with id of
> MMMenu0910163730_1_1
> (ugh). Under that are four items and they have their own
IDs:
> MMMenu0910163730_1_1_Item_0
> MMMenu0910163730_1_1_Item_1
> MMMenu0910163730_1_1_Item_2
> MMMenu0910163730_1_1_Item_3
> MMMenu0910163730_1_1_Item_4
>
> Your CSS file, however, doesn't have location
information for the ..Item_4
> object.
>
> That's just from a quick, cursory look. In order to fix
this, you're going
> to
> have to go through it line by line and debug it. By the
time you do this,
> you
> might be better off getting something else and starting
from scratch.
>
> Read this:
>
http://www.losingfight.com/blog/2006/08/11/the-sordid-tale-of-mm_menufw_menujs/
>

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