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Ubuntu Firefox Desktop icon is HUGE after update to 59.0 (64-bit), can't resize

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Ubuntu Firefox Desktop icon is HUGE (about 5 times normal) after update to 59.0 (64-bit), can't resize by any normal method.

This happens in Gnome Flashback Metacity, Cinnamon, and regular Ubuntu desktops.

I don't know if I got this from a Ubuntu build or straight from Mozilla - it's been years since I installed it. How can I tell?

Ubuntu Firefox Desktop icon is HUGE (about 5 times normal) after update to 59.0 (64-bit), can't resize by any normal method. This happens in Gnome Flashback Metacity, Cinnamon, and regular Ubuntu desktops. I don't know if I got this from a Ubuntu build or straight from Mozilla - it's been years since I installed it. How can I tell?

Modified by RogerDavis

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Delete it or drag to a folder then Search for Firefox.exe and right click make a shortcut or what ever way you do it in linux and put it on the desktop.

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Need a Ubuntu Linux version answer...

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RogerDavis said

Need a Ubuntu Linux version answer...

Then you need to go to a Ubuntu Linux how to page or a forum and ask how to make a program short cut.

Modified by Shadow110

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RogerDavis said

Ubuntu Firefox Desktop icon is HUGE (about 5 times normal) after update to 59.0 (64-bit), can't resize by any normal method.

Are you using Firefox from Ubuntu or from www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/  ?

What desktop manager do you has as in Unity, Gnome3, KDE, Xfce or something else?. This will help make it easier for somebody to post instructions or find a article that will help.

Not sure about the Ubuntu builds of Firefox however there is a mozicon128.png you can use in Firefox folder > browser icons for Firefox from Mozilla.

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I looked for the file mozicon128.png, haven't yet found it - doesn't mean for sure it's not there...

This happens in Gnome Flashback Metacity, Cinnamon, and regular Ubuntu desktops.

It's a Ubuntu build

Modified by RogerDavis