Tor not reopening on USB

After I installed tor on my usb, the initial opening works fine. When I try to open it after that, tor does not connect (no network settings page displays) and just opens firefox. No website loads at all after that.

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Username: mackey

added component::applications/tor browser owner::tbb-team priority::medium reporter::mackey severity::normal status::needs-information tbb-8.0-issues tbb-regression type::defect labels

What operating system are you using?

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Status: new to needs_information
Owner: N/A to tbb-team
Component: Applications to Applications/Tor Browser

Looking at #28098 (moved):

It works fine if I install directly to my Windows 10 drive (c:/). I am using Windows 10 with Tor version 8.02. 

#28098 (moved) is a duplicate.

Is that a new problem coming with Tor Browser 8? In other words, does Tor Browser 7.5.6 work with that installation method (you can find older bundles to test at https://archive.torproject.org/tor-package-archive/torbrowser/7.5.6/)?

Tor browser 7.5.6 works fine. Thew new version 8 does not.

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Username: mackey

Are you installing directly to the USB drive or are you copying an installed version over to your USB drive before starting it first? Does either scenario make a difference for you?

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Keywords: N/A deleted, tbb-regression, tbb-8.0-issues added

I should clarify that I was creating a virtual drive within that USB but never had this issue on previous Tor versions. Also, I was using the 64bit version, however, this all applies to the 32bit version as well.

I directly installed Tor onto the virtual drive and copied it directly from the local c: drive as well. Same issue. Randomly, it may open and connect to Tor a couple times but eventually the same issue occurred and would stay permanent unless I install the entire Tor folder again from scratch. Tested it by leaving Tor at default settings and also changing settings, same issue.

Tried it on the local drive and directly onto the USB (non-virtual). The issue does not appear. So it seems that using Tor on virtual drive is the problem.

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Username: mackey

Issue still persists with version 8.0.3

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Username: mackey

mentioned in issue #28098 (moved)

mentioned in issue #30718 (moved)

moved to tpo/applications/tor-browser#28068 (closed)

mentioned in issue tpo/applications/tor-browser#30718 (closed)