Firefox Windows 10 Issues
Sep 02, 2020 Firefox just auto-updated itself to v57.0 on my high end Windows 10 PC (which also just updated itself). Firefox now doesn't work well enough to use. Go to Firefox Help Troubleshooting Information. Click the 'Reset Firefox' button. Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish. Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.
You can use Firefox to create a shortcut on your computer's desktop to a page you've visited:
- Resize the Firefox window so you can see both your computer's desktop and the Firefox window on the same screen.
- Click the icon on the left of the address bar (where the URL is shown).
- While still holding the mouse button down, move the pointer to the desktop, then release the mouse button. The shortcut will be created.
Note: If drag and drop doesn't work in Firefox, see the article Drag and Drop errors with Firefox Launcher Process enabled and Windows UAC disabled - How to Fix.
You can also drag and drop items to the desktop from the Bookmarks menu and the Library window to create shortcuts.
If you open the shortcut you made, your default browser will open, and display the page for which you made the shortcut. Compare binary files linux. If you want to make Firefox your default browser, see Make Firefox your default browser.
Firefox Windows 10 Home Page
In addition, there may be third-party Firefox extensions that can help you. For more information on searching for and installing extensions, see Find and install add-ons to add features to Firefox.
We’re excited to bring all that you love about Firefox, the web browser, to Windows 10. When you upgrade to Windows 10 or get a device that already has it installed, you may be surprised to find that your default browser is set to Microsoft Edge by Windows. Microsoft has changed how to set default applications in Windows 10 and to help with the process, we have illustrated below all the steps you need to set or change your default back to your intended choice.
- When you open Firefox for the first time, you will be asked if you’d like to make it your default browser. To do so, click the “Use Firefox as my default browser” button.
- The Windows Settings app will open with the Choose default apps screen. Scroll down and click the entry under Web browser. The Web browser icon will say either “Microsoft Edge” or “Choose your default browser”. It may not be intuitive, but you need to click on the Microsoft Edge logo to open the window that will let you choose another Web browser as your default.
- This will open the Choose an app screen. Click Firefox in the list to set it as the default browser.
- Firefox is now listed as your default browser. Close the window to save your changes.
Here’s a video walkthrough of this process.
If you need more help, please go to our support page.
If you need more help, please go to our support page.
Help Test Firefox Beta on Windows 10
We wanted to make sure that Firefox showed up on Windows 10 as a first-class experience, so we’ve made a lot of subtle tweaks to the look and feel that both sit well in the Windows 10 context and are definitively Firefox. We’re taking visual cues from style changes appearing in Windows 10 and we’re also reducing the overall browser UI footprint to increase space for viewing the Web. Download Firefox Beta now to help test out these updates or watch out for them coming soon in the general release of Firefox! Turbo mailer 2.7.10.
More information:
- Release Notes for Firefox
- Release Notes for Firefox Beta