Which Muppet Is the Opposite of Oscar the Grouch? COOKIES

[BobH]

I've done something foolish and don't know what nor how to fix it.

I tried to delete cookies because I was getting so many ads every time I went web surfing. I used the Firefox Tools/Options route to show cookies then delete them. Now, every time I open my browser I have to login on all my favorite sites - the ones that I open in tabs as my home pages. Just now, I went back to the Tools and Show Cookies and deleted them all; and before I could close the panel, all of them repopulated in the list. My home page tab sites are included in the list; yet I have to log in each time I navigate to one of them again.

Short of det cord and C4 or PETN, what can I do to fix this?

TIA

[HansV]

Most web sites where you need to log in, including this one, have a check box "Remember me" or "Log me in automatically" or similar on their login page. Make sure that you tick this check box.

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[Argus]

Just now, I went back to the Tools and Show Cookies and deleted them all; and before I could close the panel, all of them repopulated in the list. [...]

At some sites, the cookies come back that quick since you have the site open in a tab/window (in your case a result of multiple "home pages").

I tried to delete cookies because I was getting so many ads every time I went web surfing. I used the Firefox Tools/Options route to show cookies then delete them. Now, every time I open my browser I have to login on all my favorite sites - the ones that I open in tabs as my home pages.

Try them one at a time; close the other tabs, and log in to the site.

You probably selected the wrong option in the drop down:
"Keep until: I close Firefox"

They will be removed when Firefox is closed; and when you restart the browser (thus revisit the sites) new cookies are created and you have to log in again.

P.S. I think this is a Fx question; it has nothing to do with the OS, XP.

[HansV]

P.S. I think this is a Fx question; it has nothing to do with the OS, XP.

You're correct, Argus. I have moved this thread to the Firefox forum.

[BobH]

Thank you all!

I have used the "Remember Me" boxes. My guess was that the cookie stored was an old one and that it was not being replaced when I logged in again.

I'll try closing everything, deleting the cookies and going through the process again. I'll report the results.