Hello there, it should be possible to do that in the settings. go to firefox > options > privacy & in history select firefox will: "Use custom settings for history" - then you can uncheck "remember download history".

You will have to clear the download history manually in the Downloads Manager (Clear Downloads) if you only want the clear the download history and keep the browsing history.

Firefox manages downloads in the Downloads folder in the Library (History > Show All History) Downloads are treated as history items: clearing history removes included download items and vice versa.

I suspected I couldn't. Perhaps I hadn't noticed the change when I upgraded.

I have more pressing matters. Firefox crashed earlier and I lost all my settings, add-ons, search engines and toolbars - more wasted time to come

If you have submitted crash reports then please post the IDs of one or more recent crash reports that start with "bp-":

• bp-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx

You can find the report ID of recent crash reports on the "Help > Troubleshooting Information" page (about:support).

• Click the "All Crash Reports" button on this page to open the about:crashes page and see all crash reports.

Alternatively you can open about:crashes via the location/address bar.

See also:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Crash_Reporter
• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Mozilla+Crash+Reporter

Did Firefox create a new profile folder?

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Recovering_a_missing_profile
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox

In case you have an "Old Firefox Data" folder on the desktop shortcut then you can check if you can recover some of your personal data.

• https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile