43 Firefox no longer uses my browsing history to offer my sites frequently visited in the URL bar. Do I have to use a search engine?

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• Is there a way to expand the number of sites that appear in the location bar history?

  I would like to see more sites recently visited in the location bar history, can you do this?

  You can do this by changing a hidden preference.

  1. Type of topic: config in the address bar and press on enter
  2. Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
  3. Locate browser.urlbar.maxRichResultspreference, double-click it and change its value to the number of results to display

• Firefox does not open in full screen on the task bar and I have to go over it to see the web page.

  Firefox does not open in full screen on the task bar and I have to go over it to see the web page.

  Firefox window is sometimes "off screen" somehow. Often, you can force it to appear on the screen by right clicking on the thumbnail image just above the taskbar and choose expand. Does it work?

  A possible cause for this is that the file that stores the positions and sizes of window is corrupt. You can delete this file and Firefox will return to standard window resizing.

  #1 method: If you can get a zoomed window:

  Open the settings folder (AKA Firefox profile) current Firefox help

  • button "3-bar" menu > "?" button > troubleshooting information
  • (menu bar) Help > troubleshooting information
  • type or paste everything: in the address bar and press Enter

  In the first table of the page, click on the view file"" button. This should launch a new window that lists the various files and folders in Windows Explorer.

  Leave this window open, switch back to Firefox and output, either:

  • "3-bar" menu button > button "power".
  • (menu bar) File > Exit

  Pause while Firefox finishing its cleanup, then rename xulstore.json to something like xulstore.old. If you see a file named localstore.rdf, rename this to localstore.old.

  Launch Firefox back up again. Windows normally appear again?

  #2 method: If you can not get a Firefox window for all:

  Close Firefox by right clicking the icon in the taskbar > close all windows.

  Using the Run dialog box (windows key + R) or the start search bar menu type or paste the following and press Enter to drill down to the profiles folder:

  %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
  

  Here you can see a folder - in this case, double-click that - or more than one case - in this case, double-click on in what looks like the most recently updated.

  Scroll down and rename xulstore.json to something like xulstore.old. If you see a file named localstore.rdf, rename this to localstore.old.

  Launch Firefox back up again. Windows normally appear again?

  Then, to re - light bars, you can use one of the following methods to view the list of the toolbar, and then select the desired bars it:

  • Right click on a place empty on the tab bar (or the button '+')
  • Press the Alt key to activate the classic menu bar > view > toolbars
  • in customize mode > show/hide toolbars (see: Customize Firefox commands, buttons, and toolbars)

  To activate the menu bar, toolbar bookmarks or other bars, click it in the list.

• Tried all your suggestions and always receive "Unable to connect" when using ANY search engine.

  Can't use any search engine of FF 40.0.3 on Macbook Pro model with 10.8.5 OS 9.2. Receive "Unable to connect" message when you try to use a search engine. Other than the search engine and Mozilla Web sites to connect properly. 40.0.3 on another Mac FireFox works fine without any problems.

  In addition, I can not access the FF "Get modules" page or the home page of Mozilla. Search engines will connect not their home page or the search bar. Problem just started. I had previously been upgrade and have resorted, FF 40.0.3 without problem when it was issued. Solutions of attempts included refresh FF, launch FF in safe mode, run with all plugins disabled, graphics hardware acceleration disabled. None of these fixed the issue.

  Had already tried your suggestions, without success, but has once again to be sure. Without success. However, I made a further exploration of my own and found out that IPv6 is set to "Link Local" only in my router. I have reset on 'Automatic', the router reset to update, and my problem was solved. So it was the IPv6 setting (unlikely) or the router reset (probably) that solved the problem, or it is your suggestions I tried and did not work, COMBINED with the router reset which solved the problem (quite possible).

  Thanks for the comments!

• How to disable "Search with" in the url bar in Firefox Developer?

  How to disable "Search with" in the url bar in Firefox Developer?
  Thank you

  Hi hamid, in order to change this enter on: config in the address bar of firefox (confirmed the message information where it appears) and search for the preference named browser.urlbar.unifiedcomplete. Double-click it and change its value to false.

• Stop coming google results after attempts to use the URL bar!

  I just installed the latest firefox and am angry. I used to be able to grasp things in the URL bar and firefox would direct me to the relevant Web site, no questions asked. I could type, for example, 'BBC world news' in the URL bar, and after knocking entered, I would be on the site of BBC News world. Now, "bbc world news" by typing in the URL bar gives me some GOOGLE RESULTS! Why? I search Google. What I liked about Firefox, it's that he could send you to the websites you wanted to go and all you have to type keywords... I can't go to a page of search results for NO REASON. How to do this job properly, as formerly?

  'No useful response', note.

  When you went directly to a web site, which was also a Google search, there are three different searches Google listed in the article, and each is described, choose the one you want, I think that all three of them or something similar with labels of Firefox has been used by Firefox.

• I can't use the "Enter" key to take me to a Web site, I typed in the navigation bar - I have to use the mouse to click on the arrow 'go. ' Why? How can I fix it?

  I can't use the "Enter" key to take me to a Web site, I typed in the navigation bar - I have to use the mouse to click on the arrow 'go. ' Why? How can I fix it?

  An extension, probably "AVG Safe"

• I can't create a shortcut to the site on my desktop, when I click on the url bar I can drag on the browser to open a new, but as I drag him on my desktop I get the circle with the line through it, one that looks like a no entry sign. Help?

  I can't create a shortcut to the site on my desktop, when I click on the url bar I can drag on the browser to open a new, but as I drag him on my desktop I get the circle with the line through it, one that looks like a no entry sign. Help

  Try to drag the image to id web site (favicon) on the left side of the address bar, instead of the URL.

• Is it possible to change the default location where Firefox stores its profiles and browsing history

  Normally the profiles and browsing history stores in %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox

  Now, I want to change the location somewhere ("like in the office"), even during installation or after the installation of Firefox.

  Can someone help me...

  Thanks in advance...

  Mickael Kuramala.

  Hello Michael, you can use the Profile Manager to create a new profile in a custom location. more information is available to use the Profile Manager to create and delete profiles Firefox.

• How do you define your browsing history to the top so that it displays most of the sites recently visited to the oldest?

  Yesterday, I think I hit the keyboard bad combo: since my browser history does not display in the correct chronological order. Now, when I pick, say for example, ads are completely out of use. I want my story to display the most recently visited to the oldest site. Tried to sort by date/time, but same ads, I realized last week are appearing for today! Date of visit, and the hours seem to be far away! How to make a fix or restore default values that I was happy with?

  See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Viewing_the_browsing_history_-_Firefox

  You can view browsing history in the sidebar or in the library list.
  more you back in history that most items are summarized.

  In the sidebar you choice of grouping and sorting are in the 'View' button next to the search. I think the default is ' by Date and location: ", I usually have mine by"last visit ".

• Firefox used to distincly highlight sites already visited (on the results page) and 'snap' to the part previously used in the results page. No more! Help please.

  Firefox used to select distinctly the sites already visited when returning to a results page.
  It is also used to 'snap' to the area from the results page just visited.
  This seems more to happen. Please notify

  Go to tools in your menu bar, then options. Where we see Firefox goes..., click the menu drop-down and click on do not forget history, and then click OK. Waalaa. your websites is highlighted in pink. Good luck. Lynne

• In Firefox 3, I could type history search for words in the URL bar and pressing on enter would take me directly the debates, without going through Google. How can I get 4 to do this?

  I could even find in the websites in this way, say by typing France wiki and need me the Wikipedia for the France page, even though I had never been there. (Or sometimes, if I did a search with the term wiki, it would take me to a wiki dedicated to this subject, even though I had never been to this site before.)

  I really do not understand how this feature works, but can I turn it on for firefox 4?

  The change between Firefox 3.6. * and Firefox 4 is how the location bar search. In Firefox 3.6, it uses Google search "search by name". With innovation by the name search, it performs a search on Google and if there is a clear match he will take you on the site, otherwise, it shows the Google search result. With Firefox 4 it performs just a search on Google, if you type in something that is not recognized as a URL.

  To get the behavior of Firefox 3.6 on Firefox 4, you must change a hidden preference.

  1. Type of topic: config in the address bar and press on enter
  2. Accept the warning message that appears, you will be taken to a list of preferences
  3. Locate the preference keyword. URL, double-click it and change its value on the link below

  http://www.Google.com/search?ie=UTF-8 & oe = UTF - 8 & SourceId = navclient & gfns = 1 & q =

  If you prefer, you can also do this by installing traverse it by extension - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/browse-by-name

• How can I make Mozilla Firefox Start Page use Google search instead of Aol search?

  A few months ago the Mozilla Firefox Start Page has suddenly started using Aol instead of Google search when I used the search bar. I don't remember if I did anything on PURPOSE or something when it happened, but on the navigation bar, my search engine is always Google... I really want to use Google instead of Aol search, and I don't want to change my home page?

  Change of the topic: Home search engine to Google.

  Firefox button > Web Developer-> Notepad.
  Copy and paste this script into Notepad > then click on run > run

  javascript:{localStorage["search-engine"]="{\"name\":\"Google\",\"searchUrl\":\"http://www.google.com/search?q=_searchTerms_&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a\"}";void(0);}
   

• Use Firefox 4, the URL bar displays most web address to my current web site so I can't copy and paste links. In addition, there is no refresh button.

  I upgraded to Firefox 4 and so far I really like it, but I want to give him a chance again. However, the URL address bar displays more current address for that I surfed on websites. It is therefore sharing pages or emailing links almost impossible. In addition to this, there is no icon refresh I can find so I'm stuck just hit F5 to refresh my page.

  Short of downgrading, is anyway I can change these specific issues?

  This problem may be caused by an extension that is not working properly.

  Start Firefox in Firefox to solve the issues in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions of the origin of the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > appearance/themes).

  • Makes no changes on the start safe mode window.
  • https://support.Mozilla.com/kb/safe+mode

  If this does not work in mode without failure, then disable all extensions and then try to find out who is the cause by allowing both the problem reappears.

  • Choose "Disable all add-ons" on issues to troubleshoot Firefox in Safe Mode to set window to disable all extensions.
  • Close and restart Firefox after each change through "file > exit ' (Mac: ' Firefox > leave";) Linux: "file > exit ')

  In Firefox 4, you can use one of them to start in the questions to troubleshoot Firefox in Safe Mode:

  • Help > restart with disabled modules
  • Hold down the SHIFT key while double-clicking the shortcut from the desktop Firefox (Windows)
  • https://support.Mozilla.com/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

• I use a Macbook Air and I lost my Firefox toolbar menu. All I have are the tabs and the URL bar. I can't adjust Firefox settings or print.

  I don't know that it is a simple problem to solve as I'm new to Apple. The two blue arrows that normally appear in the upper right to enlarge and reduce the page Firefox and this reveals the Firefox menu, aren't there.

  Try typing on: press on the address bar, press ENTER. Then click on reset Firefox. That solves your problem.