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There are no longer an X to close the tabs or anything to open a new tab

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As of this morning, May 29 2010, my tabs have no X to close them. There is also nothing to open a new tab

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== May 29, 2010

As of this morning, May 29 2010, my tabs have no X to close them. There is also nothing to open a new tab == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == May 29, 2010

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If you close Firefox, then start Firefox in Safe Mode, does the problem still occur? For instructions on starting in Safe Mode, see Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode.

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Restarted in Safe Mode and still no X to close tab. I looked at a post on Colorful Tabs and another person had the same problem. Colorful Tabs stated it was not their problem.

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Do you have Tab Mix Plus?

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done the safe mode start and x is there. i uninstalled FF and reinstalled and it worked till i went on to facebook and i lost the x

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I did a system restore back to May 24 and I now have the X. Windows is now downloading an automatic update. I guess I'll see if that screws it up

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Just noticed that the theme I've had for a few years is no longer on my FireFox page after the system restore. It went to the default theme and the theme I had (walnut) is no longer available.

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Same problem No "x" on that tabs.

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These issues are usually due to third-party themes, but Safe Mode always uses the default theme.