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Why Firefox 10.0 Disappears?

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IamDazMan
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Sometimes when I minimize Firefox to the taskbar and then try to restore, it does not appear. It is in the taskbar and when I press F11 it appears as full screen, but while in full screen if I try to restore, it disappears, but is in the taskbar. If I exit and restart, it will appear for a few seconds then disappear.

System: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit

Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @1.86 GHz 1.87.GHz

Virus Protection: Avast v6.0.137

Sometimes when I minimize Firefox to the taskbar and then try to restore, it does not appear. It is in the taskbar and when I press F11 it appears as full screen, but while in full screen if I try to restore, it disappears, but is in the taskbar. If I exit and restart, it will appear for a few seconds then disappear. System: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @1.86 GHz 1.87.GHz Virus Protection: Avast v6.0.137

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Hasan
Hasan
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-> Update Firefox to the latest version 10.0.1

Perform the suggestions mentioned in the following article:

Check and tell if its working.

Not related to your problem but some of your Firefox Plugins are out-dated

  • Update All your Firefox Plugins -> https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
  • When Downloading Plugins Update setup files, Remove Checkmark from Downloading other Optional Softwares with your Plugins (e.g. Toolbars, McAfee, Google Chrome, etc.)
cor-el
cor-el
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It is possible that the Firefox window is off-screen and not visible.

  • Use Restore or Maximize in the right-click context menu of the Taskbar icon to set focus to the Firefox application if you do not see the Firefox window.
  • Open the system menu of that Firefox window via Alt+Space and see if you can move and resize that window.

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

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