Adblock does not remember filters, does not let me restore

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udo
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Adblock does not remember filters, does not let me restore

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Firefox latest on Fedora 24 x86_64: firefox-53.0.2-5.fc24.x86_64
Adblock plus 2.9.

Suddenly I see an advert on youtube.
I try to report an issue.
Then Adblock mentions there are no filter rules.
So I add a few, make a backup (~/filters).
I shut down FF after a while.
I start it up again.
I check the filters: gone.
I try to restore the backup.
Due to a non added extension to ~/filters the file is not recognised.
Renaming it to filters.txt does allow recognition as a custom filter but the file is not accepted.

So I guess I need help to find the root causes of these issues.
Why does FF forhget the filters?
Why can't I restore the filters?
Is this related to FF changing?
udo
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Re: Adblock does not remember filters, does not let me restore

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Found that the extension expected is .ini.
So why does adblock not show this?
Why does adblock pro not add this on making a backup?
Shut down FF.
Started it again.
Filter rules gone!
What type of product is this? Was it ever tested?
This was never an issue before.
So why now?
udo
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Re: Adblock does not remember filters, does not let me restore

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Due to this bug I have to restore the filters each time I start up FF.
We choose to restore, select the file and click OK.
Then comes another question asking if it is OK to proceed.
Why then did I select a file to restore from?
udo
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Re: Adblock does not remember filters, does not let me restore

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When restoring an ini file and closing the dialog after selecting a file, the filters do not get imported.
One has to WAIT for the useless dialog to indicate we really want to restore stuff.
Then it takes a few seconds and only then we can proceed.
udo
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kma1623
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Re: Adblock does not remember filters, does not let me restore

Post by kma1623 »

I use FF52.2.0 (32bit). For me, this problem started when I updated from 2.8.2 to 2.9.

Solved the problem by reinstalling 2.8.2.

Forgot about it until I updated to 2.9.1.

Same problem.

Solved the problem by reinstalling 2.8.2. Again.

Indeed, didn't even have to re-select the filters. They were there already as soon as I went back to the earlier version.

Could it be that 2.9 and after looks for the filters in the wrong place in the profile?
jayjonbeach
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Re: Adblock does not remember filters, does not let me restore

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Another thread of people with same issue: forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=53075&start=0

I just keep restoring for now until there is hopefully a solution, other than going to older version
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Did you try disabling all other addons ?
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