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The Task bar at the bottom of my computer dissapears when I use Firefox how do I get it back?

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  • i mujjee tontu mooy ladybug252

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I think I clicked something near the bottom of Firefox, and now the task bar at the bottom of the computer screen disappears when I go on Firefox. It goes a bit transparent when I first goon Firefox but then disappears completely when I click anywhere on Firefox. I want to have the task bar back. (By task bar I mean the thing at the bottom with the start menu and things on)

I think I clicked something near the bottom of Firefox, and now the task bar at the bottom of the computer screen disappears when I go on Firefox. It goes a bit transparent when I first goon Firefox but then disappears completely when I click anywhere on Firefox. I want to have the task bar back. (By task bar I mean the thing at the bottom with the start menu and things on)

Saafara biñ tànn

This has happened to me in Chrome, Firefox & IE. (I have Windows 8). So many other people have had this issue over the past couple of years in forums. They have all been "Closed/Solved" but they have NEVER been solved!!

(Hint: It is not solved by toggling task bar properties etc etc etc or dragging anything anywhere or messing with explorer.exe or clicking F11 / F10 or F bloody anything else!! etc etc et bloody cetra! ! So don't talk about that!!! I can go to my 11yo for such mundane, non-thinking wastes of time!!)

Why can't someone do something to fix it?! No wonder Microsoft can only exist through size but not with client service!!

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Do you have the Firefox window maximized?

You can check for problems caused by a corrupted localstore.rdf file.


Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window

cor-el moo ko soppali ci

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This did not work

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Can you resize the Firefox window and make it less tall, enough to have the Windows Task bar visible?

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I have the opposite problem: My task bar used to be unlocked so it would disappear when not in use. Now it stays visible all the time even tho' I right clicked & clicked Unlock. Why won't it unlock anymore?

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I also have same problem. I can temporary get it back by pressing F11 twice, but if I then go somewhere it disappears again

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Saafara yiñ Tànn

This has happened to me in Chrome, Firefox & IE. (I have Windows 8). So many other people have had this issue over the past couple of years in forums. They have all been "Closed/Solved" but they have NEVER been solved!!

(Hint: It is not solved by toggling task bar properties etc etc etc or dragging anything anywhere or messing with explorer.exe or clicking F11 / F10 or F bloody anything else!! etc etc et bloody cetra! ! So don't talk about that!!! I can go to my 11yo for such mundane, non-thinking wastes of time!!)

Why can't someone do something to fix it?! No wonder Microsoft can only exist through size but not with client service!!

Nospam moo ko soppali ci

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I had this problem myself and a Reset took care of it.