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I can't remove a url from the location bar.

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After completely clearing out my history, cache, and cookies, a single website remains when I drop-down the location bar. If I mouse over it and hit delete, it will disappear until I re-click the drop-down arrow and it shows up again. It doesn't appear when I set the location bar to only show bookmarks in the options menu, but it is there when I set it to show only history. Also, if I click the url, I am unable to bookmark that particular site either by clicking the star or by using the Bookmarks menu (not sure if this is related). Thank you for any help.

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After completely clearing out my history, cache, and cookies, a single website remains when I drop-down the location bar. If I mouse over it and hit delete, it will disappear until I re-click the drop-down arrow and it shows up again. It doesn't appear when I set the location bar to only show bookmarks in the options menu, but it is there when I set it to show only history. Also, if I click the url, I am unable to bookmark that particular site either by clicking the star or by using the Bookmarks menu (not sure if this is related). Thank you for any help. == Operating system == Vista

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places.sqlite could have been corrupted.

Since it sounds like you already cleared out everything, try locating and renaming/deleting places.sqlite in your profile folder.

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places.sqlite could have been corrupted.

Since it sounds like you already cleared out everything, try locating and renaming/deleting places.sqlite in your profile folder.

cor-el
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See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox