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i somehow lost my firefox tab - how do i restore it to homepage?

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when i log on to the internet through my provider, i used to see the FIREFOX tab in the upper left-hand corner. somewhere along the line, that tab disappeared and i don't know how to get it back. i do have my original homepage as well as the tabs that i pinned. but no FIREFOX... what do i need to do to restore it? uninstall it then reinstall another? HELP... i am lost without FIREFOX.

Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 29.0.1 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0

Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days


All Crash Reports

Extensions


Name: Game BOX Version: 1.4.0 Enabled: true ID: alawar@Alawar

Name: YouTube Video and Audio Downloader Version: 0.3.5 Enabled: true ID: feca4b87-3be4-43da-a1b1-137c24220968@jetpack

Name: ArcadeWeb Version: 1.0.0 Enabled: false ID: text_links@arcadeweb.com

Name: Forecastfox Version: 2.2.2 Enabled: false ID: {0538E3E3-7E9B-4d49-8831-A227C80A7AD3}

Name: MumboJumbo Toolbar Version: 3.2.0.31 Enabled: false ID: {b2352e52-a24e-44ab-9e7c-ce7ef2e1ad39}

Name: SweetPacks Version: 10.21.1.507 Enabled: false ID: {7e8a1050-cf67-4575-92df-dcc60e7d952d}

Important Modified Preferences


accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 6 browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20140506152807 browser.startup.homepage: http://start.toshiba.com/ browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20140506152807 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 29.0.1 dom.mozApps.used: true dom.w3c_touch_events.expose: false extensions.lastAppVersion: 29.0.1 gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0 gfx.direct3d.prefer_10_1: true network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1401779694 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true security.warn_viewing_mixed.show_once: false storage.vacuum.last.index: 1 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1399017952

user.js Preferences


Your profile folder contains a user.js file, which includes preferences that were not created by Firefox.

Graphics


Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumdx32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x0116 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16571) Driver Date: 4-4-2011 Driver Version: 8.15.10.2353 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10 Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureContentBackend: direct2d AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.3 Version in use: 4.10.3

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.16 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.16 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.16 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.16 Version in use: 3.16

when i log on to the internet through my provider, i used to see the FIREFOX tab in the upper left-hand corner. somewhere along the line, that tab disappeared and i don't know how to get it back. i do have my original homepage as well as the tabs that i pinned. but no FIREFOX... what do i need to do to restore it? uninstall it then reinstall another? HELP... i am lost without FIREFOX. Application Basics ------------------ Name: Firefox Version: 29.0.1 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0 Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days --------------------------------- All Crash Reports Extensions ---------- Name: Game BOX Version: 1.4.0 Enabled: true ID: alawar@Alawar Name: YouTube Video and Audio Downloader Version: 0.3.5 Enabled: true ID: feca4b87-3be4-43da-a1b1-137c24220968@jetpack Name: ArcadeWeb Version: 1.0.0 Enabled: false ID: text_links@arcadeweb.com Name: Forecastfox Version: 2.2.2 Enabled: false ID: {0538E3E3-7E9B-4d49-8831-A227C80A7AD3} Name: MumboJumbo Toolbar Version: 3.2.0.31 Enabled: false ID: {b2352e52-a24e-44ab-9e7c-ce7ef2e1ad39} Name: SweetPacks Version: 10.21.1.507 Enabled: false ID: {7e8a1050-cf67-4575-92df-dcc60e7d952d} Important Modified Preferences ------------------------------ accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 6 browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20140506152807 browser.startup.homepage: http://start.toshiba.com/ browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20140506152807 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 29.0.1 dom.mozApps.used: true dom.w3c_touch_events.expose: false extensions.lastAppVersion: 29.0.1 gfx.direct3d.last_used_feature_level_idx: 0 gfx.direct3d.prefer_10_1: true network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1401779694 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 104858 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true security.warn_viewing_mixed.show_once: false storage.vacuum.last.index: 1 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1399017952 user.js Preferences ------------------- Your profile folder contains a user.js file, which includes preferences that were not created by Firefox. Graphics -------- Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumdx32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x0116 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16571) Driver Date: 4-4-2011 Driver Version: 8.15.10.2353 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10 Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureContentBackend: direct2d AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0 JavaScript ---------- Incremental GC: true Accessibility ------------- Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0 Library Versions ---------------- NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.3 Version in use: 4.10.3 NSS Expected minimum version: 3.16 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16 Basic ECC NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.16 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16 Basic ECC NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.16 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16 Basic ECC NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.16 Version in use: 3.16

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Firefox 29 switched from that orange button at the upper left to a 3-bar (hamburger) button on the far right end of the main toolbar. I made some comparisons showing where things moved: http://jeffersonscher.com/res/menu/comp.php

If you want to customized Firefox to have the orange button, you will need an add-on. A popular one is mentioned in this support article: How to make the new Firefox look like the old Firefox.