This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Icons move or get lost - frequently. Why?

  • 2 replies
  • 4 have this problem
  • 2 views
  • Last reply by DiZgusted

more options

I can put them all back again via Toolbar Layout, but it's no fun doing that ten times a day! Why is Firefox 4 so unstable? Why doesn't retain my settings?

I can put them all back again via Toolbar Layout, but it's no fun doing that ten times a day! Why is Firefox 4 so unstable? Why doesn't retain my settings?

All Replies (2)

more options

Please read this article to see if it helps:


http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/preferences%20are%20not%20saved

more options

I had no of the opposing programs installed. However, moving on, most of the proposed solutions couldn't work because the files/items that were said to be going to appear didn't. All I could find was prefs (the final solution), so I deleted it. It appears to have left all my settings untouched. If they stay that way remains to be seen. Thanks for trying. But I still think Firefox 4 was launched prematurely. I'm very disappointed with its instability. And I shouldn't have to be fiddling with it to make it work. It should work, full stop, like Chrome...