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Resized firefox's zoom default and don't know how to fix it

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PyongPyonsaeng
PyongPyonsaeng
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Hello, I have Firefox ver. 24.0 and it seemed that the zoom was larger than normal but it was it's default size. I've tried to find a solution and it showed going into config, ect. I've accidentally typed a certain number when I was carelessly typing and pressed 'enter'. It is now way, way, too large. When I went into Firefox, all you see is the file button that shows the whole screen! and I've tried using 'ctrl' and '-' but it did not work. I've tried re-downloading Mozilla Firefox but it seem to keep its default! I've even downloaded an older version of Mozilla and yet all I saw was a large 'file' button. Is there someway this can be fixed?

Thank you.

Hello, I have Firefox ver. 24.0 and it seemed that the zoom was larger than normal but it was it's default size. I've tried to find a solution and it showed going into config, ect. I've accidentally typed a certain number when I was carelessly typing and pressed 'enter'. It is now way, way, too large. When I went into Firefox, all you see is the file button that shows the whole screen! and I've tried using 'ctrl' and '-' but it did not work. I've tried re-downloading Mozilla Firefox but it seem to keep its default! I've even downloaded an older version of Mozilla and yet all I saw was a large 'file' button. Is there someway this can be fixed? Thank you.

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philipp
philipp
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hello PyongPyonsaeng, you can perform the following steps to change the value again "blindly":

  1. open firefox and press ctrl +L (this will put the focus into the location bar)
  2. type about:config
  3. press enter twice
  4. type devpix
  5. press the tab key
  6. press enter
  7. type 1.0
  8. press enter again & hopefully you should be back to normal visibility now
cor-el
cor-el
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You can also check the prefs.js file in the Firefox profile folder with a text editor and remove the line with the layout.css.devPixelsPerPx pref.

The "Application Data" folder in XP/Win2K and the "AppData" folder in Windows Vista and Windows 7 and later versions are hidden folders.