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The File Edit View History Bookmarks Tools etc. menus are gone from the top of my Firefox home page. How do I restore them?

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The forward/back, refresh, stop loading icons are now the top line. I don't know what happened to the bookmark line of menus.

The forward/back, refresh, stop loading icons are now the top line. I don't know what happened to the bookmark line of menus.

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Menu Bar (File, Edit, View, History, Bookmarks, Tools, Help) , see:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Menu+bar+is+missing
Navigation Toolbar (Back/forward, Refresh...Home, URL/Location Bar, Search Bar): Do one of the following

Bookmarks Toolbar: Same procedure as Navigation Bar except click "Bookmarks Toolbar".
Status Bar: click View, click Status Bar to place a check mark
Full Screen Mode: If you have no Toolbars or Tab Bar: Press F11 (F11 is an on/off toggle). See: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Netbooks#Full_screen

Also see: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_customization_-_Firefox#Restoring_missing_menu_or_other_toolbars



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