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How to open ms-settings: links from Firefox?

When I browse to How to uninstall a Windows update in Firefox and click on the View update history settings button, it opens the ms-settings:windowsupdate-history?activationSource=SMC-Article-12415 ...
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firefox returns odd results for file:/// or file:///tmp

Not long ago (a few months at most), Firefox on Ubuntu 22.04 was able to open files in /tmp, using a file:///tmp/xxx link. Now these links show the files as unavailable. When I try to use a file:/// ...
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Clicking on "See More" in Facebook WITHOUT mouse on Firefox or Chrome [migrated]

I tried using Ctrl+F, input "See More", Esc, then Enter, but it does not work. What other keyboard shortcut can I used to trigger "See More" in Facebook for long posts? An ...
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Firefox web browser installed automatically from Windows Store on new Windows 11 machine?

Only the third day of using a new Windows 11 Pro machine. (Incidentally the first time using Windows 11.) I had opened the "Windows Store" and had searched for "firefox", but did ...
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The Downloads folder is not updated

The problem appears on Windows 10 in Chrome and Firefox browsers. Reproduction steps: Open the Downloads folder in Explorer. Download any file in the browser. Open the list of downloads in the ...
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Is there a way to force enable Reader View in Firefox Android on pages where the icon doesn't appear? [migrated]

From this question about Firefox in general I have tried everything except the custom css answer. How can I force enable Reader Mode in the Android app? Even the about:config page won't open. Maybe it'...
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userChrome.css changes to Firefox only take effect on Ubuntu, not Mac

I have a userChrome.css file that I use to remove unused menu items from Firefox context menus on my Ubuntu machine. Here is the contents: :root[inFullscreen] #PersonalToolbar { visibility: ...
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How do I get email notifications for Firefox updates?

As Mozilla shut down their mailing lists some years ago, is there a way to still get notifications about Firefox updates via email? Maybe by a third party? Screen-scrape their download servers?
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How to see image size in Firefox?

I would like to have a way to see image size not in pixels but in bytes. I tried Tools > Page Info > Media but I have a table with "Size" option not enabled by default and after I have ...
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convert the .json file back to .jsonlz4 file as it was in Firefox

Hello every professional engineer I knew how to convert the Firefox file sessionstore.jsonlz4 to .json file by using this website https://www.jeffersonscher.com/ffu/scrounger.html and after editing ...
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How to disable google automatically being selected in address bar when pressing G on a new tab?

When I open a new tab and press g, it suggests and selects my google.com bookmark: However, whenever I open a new tab and press y. It suggests searching for the letter y on google and I have to press ...
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How to get rid of the back and forward button in firefox 126.0?

I tried to create a file in my profile folder: chrome/userChrome.css @namespace url("http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"); #back-button, #forward-button { ...
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