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Newly installed FF 19.0.2 'Clear history when Firefox closes is greyed out???

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Tomcatfixer
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After doing a new FF 19.0.2 installation on a freshly built Win XP computer, cannot select "Clear history when Firefox closes" because it is greyed out.

After doing a new FF 19.0.2 installation on a freshly built Win XP computer, cannot select "Clear history when Firefox closes" because it is greyed out.

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philipp
philipp
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hello Tomcatfixer, from your configuration it appears that you've already set firefox to always use private browsing mode in the options panel, therefore firefox won't create a history anyway. so the option to clear the history when firefox closes would be repetitive...

cor-el
cor-el
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Note that clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, and passwords.

Make sure that you do not run Firefox in (permanent) Private Browsing mode.

  • Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
  • Deselect: [ ] "Always use private browsing mode"