Re: [PCWorks] Firefox - address box down-arrrow list
- From: "Harold B." <harold7@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:35:37 -0400
Thank you, gentlemen. I tried Peter's solution and it worked like a charm. I
even changed the value to 0 (zero) and not one url is showing on the down
arrow. I'd say that is maximum privacy. I don't know how it happened but the
value before changing it was 12. Nice to know that I can now bring it up to
something more reasonable. I would try Clint's suggestion but note that the
problem is not with the History, but with the URL bar. Right now moving to
that History folder would be difficulty as I'm having some trouble with
making all file/folders visible. That will be my next problem to post.
Notwithstanding all this, the computer is working fine. PS: Thanks for the
Firefox/Foxfire correction, Clint. There are some pages on the internet
discussing that common spelling error people make. Just as an example ...
http://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm/432841?articleid=432841 ... I'll
eventually get it right --- Harold
> .............Original Problem...............From: "Harold B."
> <harold7@xxxxxxx>
> Hello again ... Using Firefox 3 [originally misspelled "Foxfire"], I find
> an ongoing problem. The down arrow to the left of the Address box (where
> the URL is found) always shows some addresses that I visited many moons
> ago, innocent pages where one would never pick up a virus. This list of
> pages keep showing up even if I reinstall Firefox. After re-installing, as
> soon as I open that down arrow list, a short list of pages that appear on
> the default Bookmarks Toolbar show up on that list. But as soon as I
> import the bookmarks that I have backed up, this old list again shows up
> with the first default list disappearing. I hope the above explanation of
> the problem makes sense. Any solution to this problem? --- Harold
>
> From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Until someone else replies that uses FF3, and uses FF regularly......I can
> tell you now that program just talked about on the list (IE Privacy
> Keeper) will get rid of the History and URL History. (It's FireFox, not
> Foxfire ;-). As to why it's remaining, obviously it's staying behind in a
> folder that's not getting deleted. I don't have my FF History saved, so
> knowing that; FF is in 3 different folders, so check these for some kind
> of History:
>
> C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
> C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox
> C:\Documents and Settings\[user name]\Local Settings\Application
> Data\Mozilla\Firefox
>
> Don't just look for the obvious "History", it may be under "Profiles" as
> well. -Clint
> From: Peter Kaulback <peter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Yes this is the smarter "auto-complete" location bar feature which as
> you've found automatically grabs recent page visits, bookmarks and tagged
> pages too. You can disable this feature by open the about:config page and
> set the value of browser.urlbar.maxRichResults to -1. Restart Firefox and
> the address bar will behave like it did in Firefox 2. --- Peter Kaulback
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