I have been having a problem with the Search Box in the top right of Firefox Portable. After a period of use, sometimes weeks-sometimes days, the search box just stops working. I type in a search parameter and click the button (or press enter) and nothing happens.
After some troubleshooting, I have found that I can fix the problem by deleting the file "formhistory.sqlite-journal". Any ideas about what could be causing this?
I have searched for this problem on the forum but didn't see it, so if it is already out there and I missed it, I apologize.
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i think it´s related to USB overload issues.
if the USB hub or ports are very busy, my flash drive stater,
and the address bar ? the search box does not do anything.
a restart of firefox sometimes help.
your suggestion didnt help in my case
thanks Ecto
you saved me! Recently I needed to reinstall whole FF because of that error. How did you figure it out which file to delete?
I had the same problem, I reinstalled FF and didn't work.
Now it's working fine, never realized how much I use that little box
Thanks!!!!
Thanks Ecto! This worked for me as well.
Thanks,
For me I was having similar trouble. Your post suggested the problem was with formhistory.sqlite
On my system moving the file --> formhistory2.sqlite and then copying that file back as formhistory.sqlite fixed the problem.
So thanks.
Matt.