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Why does my menu bar keep disappearing from the top of my browser?

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Every day I have to right click to add the menu bar to the top of the page (File...Edit...View...Bookmarks,etc.)

this is very annoying.

Every day I have to right click to add the menu bar to the top of the page (File...Edit...View...Bookmarks,etc.) this is very annoying.

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By the way, your "More System Details" information shows that you have a user.js file. This file is read at startup and overrides any preferences you may have saved in a previous session. While I don't think this can change your menu/toolbar layout, perhaps there's a trick I'm not aware of. To investigate that issue further, check out this article: How to fix preferences that won't save.

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Does it disappear while you are using the browser, or when you start Firefox?

Try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode, which disables most add-ons.

(If you're not using it, switch to the Default theme.)

  • On Windows you can open Firefox 4.0+ in Safe Mode by holding the Shift key when you open the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
  • On Mac you can open Firefox 4.0+ in Safe Mode by holding the option key while starting Firefox.
  • On Linux you can open Firefox 4.0+ in Safe Mode by quitting Firefox and then going to your Terminal and running: firefox -safe-mode (you may need to specify the Firefox installation path e.g. /usr/lib/firefox)
  • Or open the Help menu and click on the Restart with Add-ons Disabled... menu item while Firefox is running.

FirefoxSafeMode

Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode" Safe Mode Fx 15 - Win

If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. Please follow the Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems article for that.

To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.

When you figure out what's causing your issues, please let us know. It might help other users who have the same problem.

Thank you.

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Sometimes the file that stores your menu/toolbar customizations becomes corrupted and fails to update properly at the end of your session. You can rename the file and customize from scratch.

Open your current Firefox settings (AKA Firefox profile) folder using

Help > Troubleshooting Information > "Show Folder" button

Leaving that window open, switch back to Firefox and Exit

Pause while Firefox finishes its cleanup, then rename localstore.rdf to something like localstore.old

Restart Firefox. Hopefully now your changes will be remembered.

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By the way, your "More System Details" information shows that you have a user.js file. This file is read at startup and overrides any preferences you may have saved in a previous session. While I don't think this can change your menu/toolbar layout, perhaps there's a trick I'm not aware of. To investigate that issue further, check out this article: How to fix preferences that won't save.

Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer

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Seems to be working fine after making the changes you suggested. Thank you very much!


LTF