# Firefox problem after update

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-problem-after-update/366789>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 31, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-problem-after-update/366789 "2006-07-31T22:16:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-problem-after-update/366789/1 "2006-07-31T22:16:47Z")

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Argh! Firefox did an automatic update today and I lost all bookmarks and search engines. I tried adding search engines from the Mozilla website but they don’t show on the drop down menu. Anyone else having that problem?

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2006, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-problem-after-update/366789/2 "2006-07-31T23:16:34Z")

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If this is on a Windows PC, try going to Task Manager and closing and Firefox sessions you see there. Sometimes one is left hanging and when you try to run Firefox, it launches a new session as if you’re a new user.