My settings are not saved

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Eric_zimmer
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My settings are not saved

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My settings are not saved. If I put me a new list, this is gone after restarting Firefox. Even though I have Ads add to the list the gone and everything is at a level of few weeks ago. I have already installed AdBlock new. Unfortunately, the problem persists. Do I need anything else Delete so AdBlock is still completely gone? Or someone has a solution for it?
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mapx
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Re: My settings are not saved

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You should:

- check your system for malware
- reset firefox (first save your bookmarks, passwords or sync them all)
- reinstall ABP, test it
- reinstall the other addons and test again
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Re: My settings are not saved

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- malware scan has been recently made. No results.
- Firefox I can not put back, because I have too many settings that i can not back up.
- ABP I had already reinstalled. all files deleted from the firefox folder.
- other addons I can make applicable settings and be saved.

Edit: I see in the FireFox Folder, adblockplus Folder, that ABP create an tmp File when i put a new Add to the list. But the tmp File will not change in to a new patterns.ini. But when i change the patterns.ini.tmp in to patterns.ini, the new settings will not load. I see the blocked Add in the patterns.ini, but it will not show in ABP in the list.
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mapx
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Re: My settings are not saved

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if you use firefox sync, all your settings will be saved. So, first reset FF, then re-sync it.

or first you could test on firefox portable
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox_portable

install ABP and test again.
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Re: My settings are not saved

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At a friend of me it doesn't work too. We think it's either a Firefox Version problem or a Windows security problem.
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Re: My settings are not saved

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Just follow my advice and try using for test firefox portable.
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