On Tuesday 17 March 2020 07:42:41 [email protected] wrote: > Hi again, > > 17 mars 2020 à 11:43 de [email protected]: > > The -p > > option wiped out my history replacing it with links to fb etc, which > > for security reasons I don't touch with a 30 foot pole. So I'll > > have to spend a week restoring that just to regain my daily news > > sites tour. > > If you just used the -P switch, you should still have your previous > profile with everything inside. Try typing firefox -P again (with no > profile provided after the switch) and you should get the Profile > Manager. You can then choose your old profile.
But it appears to have 20 or more all named by a hash generator. And for the most part, all identical to the newly generated one. So I've switched the default browser to konqueror & will see if I can make it work. My bank won't like that so I'll have to login and answer all their security stuff again. PITA, but... > NB: > * You may need the -no-remote switch as well (both 2 switches). > * Did you try typing "about:addons" in the address bar and see which > one could block javascript? Again, as someone told you, you could > start a new session with all add-ons disabled. > > Kind regards, > l0f4r0 Thanks alias Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
