Firefox To Remember Password / Logins

How do you get Firefox to remember passwords / logins please?

 

Tools > Options > Security > Log ins

 

I have the attached - my internet explorer always remembers the logins, but my firefox never does?

 

Have you clicked on 'saved log ins' and, crucially, in the 'exceptions' to see? I never save log ins or passwords with any other browser and Firefox has never failed me. Plus, not using the 'Master Password' option is not my idea of good security.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/usernames-and-passwords-are-not-saved

 

As on the attached, nada in either? What next?

 

Is Firefox even asking or ever asked you in a permissions window to save the data when you log in to a website with a username and password?

Your next step would be to run Firefox in its 'safe mode' > Help > Restart with add ons disabled.
Restart Fx go to a website to log in, see if it asks to save the details, save them. Log out, restart Fx and see if it remembers.

 

Firefox has never asked me.

 

Then it seems it was never set to do that.
Have you done what I suggested in post #6? If not you need to do that to see if an add on, or some external software, is causing it.

 

Not yet.

 

It takes less than 60 seconds.

 

Yep, but am doing something else in FF as well.

 

It's called simple 'troubleshooting' so do it when you find the time if you want it to save log in data.

 

Okay, did that, and wasn't asked to remember the login.

 

A ot of things can be 'simple', I just couldn't do it right there at that moment.

 

As your IE is working so well why don't you just use that while you test Fx in safe mode.

 

I did, and the answer is above.

 

It never has.

As mentioned - done all that, still doesn't remember logins.

 

What is the setting for History under Privacy?
If you have checked/ticked Clear History when Firefox closes, nothing is saved.

 

Thanks for coming in here on this. Attached is how it is and still not remembering passwords?

 

Also, I don't see any purple mask anywhere.

 

There are hidden elements missing in that Privacy screenshot - change the remember history setting to 'Use custom settings for history' and in the options that appear look to see if 'clear history when Firefox closes' is checked. If it is uncheck it. If it is not, do the below.

Do a clean reinstall of Firefox this way.
1. Download a new Firefox set up file and save it to the desktop
2. Close Firefox completely
3. Do NOT uninstall Firefox that's not needed
4. Go to Program Files (on a 64 bit system) AND Program Files (x86) and change the name of both files (both if two) to:
C:\Program Files\OldFirefox
C:\Program Files (x86)\OldFirefox
Now run the set up file you downloaded. It should automatically connect to your existing profile settings.
Now make sure you have Tools > Options > Security > Log ins checked and try again.

Note: Some plugins may exist only in that OldFirefox folder. If something essential is missing, look in these folders:
\OldFirefox\Plugins
\OldFirefox\browser\plugins

 

Thanks. Will it still keep the favourites/bookmarks?

 

I just edited the post as you were replying - read the first part again before doing a reinstall.
Your question about profile settings was answered:

 

Just to be clear, it shows what is here:

 

OK carry on with the clean reinstall steps in post #21

 

By the way, if you are using any kind of drive cleaner software (eg CCleaner, Wise Disk Cleaner, Slim Cleaner etc) that could be wiping all saved data.

 

Interesting, I have used ccleaner for about 6 years, maybe there's a link there? But wouldn't the same thing affect ie as well?

 

If you open CCleaner > Cleaner > Applications and look to see if the relevant sections for Firefox > site preferences, saved form information and saved passwords are CHECKED then it deletes them all. IF they are checked, then UNCHECK those three.
The settings in CCleaner for each browser are separate.
If not, carry on with the clean reinstall.

 

It was unchecked for ff in ccleaner. Will do that reinstall later today. Thanks for the input, it's appreciated.

 

On the right side of the page, click "Open menu". (looks like 3 straight lines). Then click 'options'. Then "Security'( on the left). Then under 'logins" Click "Remember logins for sites". That should take care of you!

 

Please see post number 3 here.

 

Open FF and uncheck Remember logins for sites. Close FF and reboot the computer.
Then go back in and re- check Remember logins for sites.

I find if thing are registering correctly, I change the item, reboot then try again.

If that doesn't do it, the perhaps something in about:config needs to be changed. I'm not sure exactly what though.