Comments on: Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar Acting Funny (but not

Question: Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar Acting Funny (but not

abbyladybug — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:17:43 -0800

I have been using Firefox for forever. I keep folders with my most used bookmarks in the Bookmarks Toolbar (View -> Toolbars -> Bookmarks Toolbar). I also tweak my Firefox browser to oblivious and back again on a regular basis. Recently, I think something I did make the bookmarks toolbar disappear, and I can't figure out what it was.

In order to remedy the problem, I've tried the following:

Disabled every extension I had, restarted.
Backed up all my extensions, plugins, etc. Then uninstalled FF completely and deleted the FF Program Files directory.
Even messed with the registry a little to get rid of every shred of FF, then restarted and reinstalled. Still no luck.

Help me find my toolbar! Here's a picture of the browser right now. Look below the address bar. What you will see is a white space where my bookmarks used to be. When I try to drag anything there, I get that circle with a line through it. "No!" It seems to say. "You can't have any bookmarks here anymore!" Help me show FF who's boss!

By: jouke

jouke — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:23:13 -0800

Have you tried starting up Firefox in safe mode? (is an option in the start menu)

By: ktrey

ktrey — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:23:25 -0800

I was having somewhat similar minor issues with my Firefox Bookmarks.
Following the advice in this article fixed it.

By: dreamyshade

dreamyshade — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 14:24:06 -0800

broken link...but one time this happened to me, and it ended up that while customizing my toolbar buttons, i had accidentally removing the doohickey on the bar that said "this is where toolbar bookmarks go".

By: Boobus Tuber

Boobus Tuber — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:16:42 -0800

Try right-clicking on your Navigation Bar somewhere, select Customize, and Click 'Restore Default Set'.

By: abbyladybug

abbyladybug — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 15:43:58 -0800

Hooray! That last answer was the easiest, and it totally worked! THANK YOU!

By: flabdablet

flabdablet — Mon, 04 Sep 2006 23:28:47 -0800

For your future reference: Firefox keeps its user settings (including extensions and UI customization settings) in your Firefox profile. Firefox profiles are folders under C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles, not registry settings; which means that none of the uninstallation steps you described would have touched your profile (except removing your extensions).

Many odd Firefox bugs - particularly bugs caused by bad or mutually incompatible extensions - can be fixed by starting over with a new profile. More here.

Note that although extensions are part of your profile, plugins are not; they do indeed live inside the Firefox program directory.