In the history menu, 'show all history' only give the websites visted today, nothing for the days before were shown.

Frustration.

You can look at these prefs on the about:config page to verify how much history you keep.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.history_expire_days (180) (also affects saved form data)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.history_expire_days_min (90)
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/about%3Aconfig
If you use cleanup software like CCleaner then check the settings for the Firefox application.

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How can I track "Show All History"?

Hi, How may we see a log of when someone has checked the browsing history on Firefox? In other words, is there a way to determine if someone has gone to the History menu, or has gone to the History menu > Show All History, or pressed Ctrl+Shift+H?

I don't think Firefox keeps track of which menu items and dialogs have been accessed. Maybe there is an add-on that tracks such things. You could search here: https://addons.mozilla.org/

When I click on 'History' 'Show All History' it is blank; I cannot go back into my history.

Okay. There are really two problems I've been having.
1. When I do the above-mentioned task, I have no history. when I click on History, it will give me 10 most recently visited websites, as well as the option to Show All History. When I click on Show All History, the box that pops up is completely blank. Other than my 10 most recent sites, I have no idea what websites I have been visiting.
2. If I try to bookmark a page, and then I click on the folder menu, and select 'Choose...', it goes blank. It does not show the dozens of bookmark folders that I have created for myself.
Both of these issues are extremely frustrating for me. Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_not_saved

Show All History is lost

Lost all history in 'Show All History' - since changing apps and refreshing Mozilla

Try http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox

My Library (History/Show All History) does not show ANY History - only Tags & "All Bookmarks". What settings do I need to adjust to have this show. Nothing in the Options/Privacy seems to be relevant

My Library (History/Show All History) does not show ANY History - only Tags & "All Bookmarks". What settings do I need to adjust to have this show. Nothing in the Options/Privacy seems to be relevant in English

Lightning is a problem for you because it hooks into Thunderbird at a low level and you need a version compiled for the platform Thunderbird is running on. So you can't do the preferred solution, which is to put your whole profile in a shared folder and have both instances of Thunderbird reference the same profile. (Ditto for Enigmail). Lightning may become an integral part of Thunderbird in an upcoming release, at which point this limitation due to Lightning should disappear.
And if you can't use a shared profile, you can't set your Lightning, or your Address Book, to share a common set of files. Put another way, the linkage from Thunderbird to its address book files and calendar data is hard-coded, and not exposed where we can adjust it. :-(
The halfway house is to place your mail stores in a shared place, and use the Local Directory setting in each account's settings to connect to it. They don't need to be in the profile; what's more important in your case is that they are in a folder accessible to both operating systems.
Look in your profile; everything under Mail and ImapMail needs to be moved out to a shared folder. Note the entries in Thunderbird under Local Directory before you do this, and reconstruct those pathnames in Thunderbird, but adjusted to suit their new locations.
(You can see here that you need to make many adjustments, one per account, in each instance of Thunderbird, so it's a high-maintenance solution and this is why we don't recommend it when the alternative, moving the whole profile, is possible.)
I share address books and calendars between Thunderbirds on various computers (and my phone and tablet) by syncing to something in the cloud; Google Contacts and Google Calendar are my choices, using gContactSync and CalDav.
Having made the break myself some years ago, I'd recommend you break away from Windows. ;-)

How can I make it to where you are not aloud to delete the history unless you have a password? Public Fox does not work because they can simply go to "Show All History" and delete from there.

Alot of people use my computer and I would like to make it to where you are required to have a password to delete the history. I tried public fox but you can simply delete the history by accessing "Show all history". So public fox doesn't work.

Sorry, Firefox doesn't have a password feature for browsing history, and I haven't seen an extension for that.

How do I find the History for past sites I've been to? It's not showing up when I select "Show all history."

I want to find sites I've previous visited in past sessions, but when I go to "Show All History," it doesn't show anything. I forgot to save the tabs before I quit Firefox and now I can't find those sites. Isn't there a way to view all the sites I've been to within the last 30 days? That's what I have it set up for in my preferences.

Hello Veronica.
Although possibly not related to your problem, I will remind you that the version of Firefox you are using at the moment has been discontinued and is no longer supported. Furthermore, it has known bugs and security problems. I urge you to update to the latest version of Firefox, for maximum stability, performance, security and usability. You can get it for free, as always, at [http://www.getfirefox.com getfirefox.com].
As for your question, hopefully this support article is what you need:
If you access your history, you can see that it is sorted by date (you can sort it by other criteria, if you want). Maybe that is the source of the confusion?

Once I install Downloadhelper, I am no longer able to open the Downloads window (Command-J) or the show all history window.

I am using Firefox 7.0.1 on Mac 10.7.2, my downloads window and my show all history window would not open. After trying everything, I had to remove all my firefox information from the computer and reinstall then make a new profile with the profile manager. That fixed it but when I re-installed download helper the problem occurred again. I repeated this to make sure it was download helper.

I located the problem and it is not Downloadhelper. When I open firefox on my second monitor (I use an imac and a second monitor for dual screen) I can no longer see my downloads window.

A way to copy the list of URL's in "Show All History"?

Sometimes I want to make a copy of the websites I've been to during a particular session.
Although the URL's are clearly shown on the 'Show All History' screen, I'm not aware of any way to select them 'as text' -- e.g., so that I can then copy-and-paste them as a list into a document, email, etc.
Is there any way to do this?
(I'm not referring to a way of getting a 'non-editable' list, such as via a screenshot.)

Hello, stevenray1.
I am not sure the following is what you need, but just in case.
In Safari, I am able to go to History –> Show All History.
Click once on the first item listed under “Last Visited Today” to highlight it.
Use Command + A to select all items and highlight them.
Use Command + C to copy all items.
Launch a word processing application and use Command + V to paste in the information from the clipboard.
The http addresses are pasted and editable.
Sincerely,
No Alibi.

How do I get a longer list of items in the history window - and not have to click "Show All History"? The default list is too short.

How do I get a longer list of items in the history window - and not have to click "Show All History"? The default list is too short.

Well I figured it out… all you do say show commands :-/

After automatically updating when I turned on the computer, Firefox erased all my History from the end of September until the update yesterday; how can I get back all the searches in my Show All History?

When I opened Firefox and it automatically updated yesterday, all my search history from then back to the end of September was wiped clean from the "Show All History." I very much need that search history, which is essential for my research. I didn't bookmark it because I knew it would always be there. But it's not. Please help.

Firefox tarballs from Mozilla Org use prefs within Firefox for updates. The "toggle" for not automatically updating - '''app.update.enabled''' and where to look for updates - '''app.update.url'''. The first needs to be '''''false''''' and the second could be a '''''null''''' string, do an update can't be found.
''I use both prefs to keep Firefox from updating by itself. I install each new version of Firefox as it is released, and keep the older versions around for reference purposes. Those prefs are the same since Firefox 1.5 came out.''
The versions of Firefox that are part of an operating system installation usually are that OS's own build of Firefox, and don't use the same update setup as Mozilla uses, in most cases. I am not familiar with Cent OS, but Ubuntu and Debian look for Firefox updates and from their own program repository servers outside of Firefox - as with the tarballs from Mozilla.

Show All History Is Blank?

I have only recently noticed this problem, when I am clicking into my Show All History it turns out to be blank and my bookmarks aren't showing up either they show up when I click Bookmarks tab but not in my Library under All Bookmarks.
I have double checked my settings and everything is set as to how the forum help suggests I tried maybe extending the amount of time before my history got deleted I have set mine to delte in 5 days however when I turned my pc off the other day and I logged on to try and find something I had searched for the previous day by clicking Show All History nothing is there it is just blank why is that?
I hope I have explained the problem well enough because I can't seem to figure out why my history is blank

Try http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox

When I go to "Show All History" there's nothing there and I don't know what happened. Help?

When I click on "Show All History," the normal window appears. However, there's nothing there and the only thing in the sidebar on the left is "Bookmarks." I looked under my preferences and saw that I had custom history settings set, and though I couldn't find anything that made sense as to why my history isn't showing it up, I changed it back to the generic "Remember history." However it's still not showing any of my history. I'm confused.

A possible cause is 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
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_places-database-file

Show all History is no longer showing since recent update

After a recent Firefox update my History disappeared when doing "Show all History". Have checked preferences. Settings seemed to have not changed. How do I fix?

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

I select "Show All History" and nothing happens

The subject kind of says it all ;-)
FWIW, FF crashed on me and when I restarted it, the tabs it opened were NOT the ones I most recently had open (in fact, some were MONTHS old).
I went to History > Show All History, but the dialog box with my history doesn't appear.

You can look at these prefs on the about:config page to verify how much history you keep.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.history_expire_days (180) (also affects saved form data)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.history_expire_days_min (90)
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/about%3Aconfig
If you use cleanup software like CCleaner then check the settings for the Firefox application.

In the history menu, 'show all history' only give the websites visted today, nothing for the days before were shown.

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