Whitelist rest at startup. Every time.

Havard · Post by **Havard** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:40 pm

The issue is this: On my laptop (WinXP, SP3) with FF 3.5.3, Noscript resets every time I restart the browser. No matter what I add or remove from the whitelist, it's always loading the same old same on next startup. It's a bit annoying having to allow the same addresses over and over again for trusted sites.

Anyone know what may cause this? I ahve two other PCs (one XP, the other Vista) where this is not happening.

Post by **Giorgio Maone** » Sun Sep 27, 2009 1:57 pm

NoScript's whitelist is saved with all the other browser preferences in the prefs.js file, inside your profile directory.
You should check if something (wrong permissions, a conflicting extesion...) is preventing preferences from being saved.

Havard · Post by **Havard** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:10 am

I have located one prefs.js file in my apps data folder. It's not write protected or anything.

There are a few other extensions installed, but those are also present on my other PCs that are working properly...

Post by **Giorgio Maone** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 10:54 am

Please try NoScript Options|Reset, then change any NoScript preference and check if the change persists across browser restarts.

Havard · Post by **Havard** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 12:59 pm

I find a reset button under the General tab, next to an Import/Export button. If this was the one you mentioned I see no difference.

Post by **Giorgio Maone** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:09 pm

Yes, it is that.
The question was, though, does any preference persist across restarts (whitelist aside)?
Oh, BTW, does disabling all the other extensions change anything?

Havard · Post by **Havard** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:25 am

I have tested this now - no settings seem to persist.

I have disabled all other extensions and still the same

Post by **Giorgio Maone** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 10:39 am

Do Firefox normal settings persist?
Have you got proper permissions on your profile directory and the prefs.js file inside it?

Havard · Post by **Havard** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 7:44 am

Good point... It appears no Firefox settings are persisting (although I can bookmark pages)...

However, the prefs.js file is not write-protected, and teh folder does not appear ti be write-protected either.

Perhaps I should re-install FF...

Post by **Giorgio Maone** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 8:15 am

Havard wrote:Good point... It appears no Firefox settings are persisting (although I can bookmark pages)...

No wonder, as bookmarks are saved in a separate database.

Havard wrote:Perhaps I should re-install FF...

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_ ... ew_profile should suffice.

Havard · Post by **Havard** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:35 am

Ah! That did the trick. Made a new profile, moved teh most important stuff and now it works. Thanks for the patience

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