History of How to fix preferences that won't save

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Revision Status S Editor R Comment
Current   AliceWyman Options/Preferences->settings, other minor edits
Approved   Chris Ilias purged pre-fx57 content
Approved M AliceWyman SearchReset add-on is {for not fx57} only - see discussion
Approved M AliceWyman removed {/note} from the end of the last section
Approved M AliceWyman Moved content to "Other solutions" section, removed pre-fx35 content, other edits
Unreviewed   easyaspi314 A better description for user.js, changing a few instances of "Preferences" to "Options". Not complete. But whatever.
Approved M AliceWyman edit to Fred's revision: added reference for Advanced SystemCare note
Unreviewed   FredMcD Another reason
Approved M Lan Removed link to an outdated article, updated names
Approved M AliceWyman preferences are reset, not refreshed, even in fx35
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta Added fx 35 support
Approved M AliceWyman added info to "Reset Firefox to fix the problem" section, removed ShareArticle template
Unreviewed   popol0909 Download action not remembered: rename mimeTypes.rdf
Approved M AliceWyman Firefox program file locks or prevents changes to certain preferences - see discussion
Approved M Michael Verdi Made reset firefox the main solution for fx13+
Approved M Michael Verdi New 160 character search summary
Approved M Swarnava Sengupta added the Share this article template
Approved M Tonnes remove first {/for}
Approved M Michael Verdi Add info about the search reset add-on and a link to Uninstalling toolbars
Unreviewed   Michael Verdi for fx13 - added note about reset firefox feature
Approved M AliceWyman Resetting preferences file: added that this will not restore any settings stored in user.js, if one exists.
Approved M Tonnes fix Firefox Privacy Cleanup link, nits
Approved M Matt_G Added information for resetting prefs through Safe Mode
Approved M scoobidiver empty revision to be approved as normal
Approved   Jason changed keywords
Unreviewed   Jason added keywords, added link to malware KB article, changed layout, made article more friendly
Unreviewed   Thomas Inserted missing new "profileFolder" content blocks

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