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'find' function is not operating: neither Ctrl-F nor thru Firefox menu

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Newly installed Firefox running on Windows Vista Home Premium.

Recently formatted hard disk - run on clean machine.

Never had this issue in years of use

Newly installed Firefox running on Windows Vista Home Premium. Recently formatted hard disk - run on clean machine. Never had this issue in years of use

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Do you see the Find bar (Ctrl F) or the Add-ons bar (Ctrl /) if you open them?

It is possible that the screen is too high and that the scroll bar and the find bar and add-on bar fall off at the bottom.

If that works then close Firefox (File > Exit/Quit) to save that setting.

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If the above didn't help then see:

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

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Did not help: started in Safe Mode, tried to go to themes but all themes are disabled in Save Mode.

Tried Ctrl-F on two separate pages - still disabled.

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Chosen Solution

Do you see the Find bar (Ctrl F) or the Add-ons bar (Ctrl /) if you open them?

It is possible that the screen is too high and that the scroll bar and the find bar and add-on bar fall off at the bottom.

If that works then close Firefox (File > Exit/Quit) to save that setting.

See also:

If the above didn't help then see:

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You got it! the screen was too high!!

Thank you!

  :-)

Modified by lenblank