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My browser opens blank, no page, no toolbars, and no options.

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When I open my browser it doesn't display anything. It doesn't show the search bar, bookmarks toolbar or the orange Firefox button in the top left. I have to open it by right clicking on the icon in my desktop tool bar and opening it from there.

When I open my browser it doesn't display anything. It doesn't show the search bar, bookmarks toolbar or the orange Firefox button in the top left. I have to open it by right clicking on the icon in my desktop tool bar and opening it from there.

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Make sure that you do not run Firefox in full screen mode (press F11 or Fn + F11 to toggle; Mac: Command+Shift+F).

Make sure that toolbars like the "Navigation Toolbar" and the "Bookmarks Toolbar" are visible.

  • Firefox menu button > Options
  • View > Toolbars (press F10 to display the menu bar)
  • Right-click empty toolbar area

Use Toolbar Layout (Customize) to open the Customize window and set which toolbar items to display.

  • check that "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is on the Bookmarks Toolbar
  • if "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is not on the Bookmarks Toolbar then drag it back from the toolbar palette into the Customize window to the Bookmarks Toolbar
  • if missing items are in the toolbar palette then drag them back from the Customize window on the toolbar
  • if you do not see an item on a toolbar and in the toolbar palette then click the "Restore Default Set" button to restore the default toolbar setup

You can check for problems caused by a corrupted localstore.rdf file if the above didn't help.