Changes to toolbars and window sizes are not saved

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In some instances, changes made to your preferences or configuration may not be remembered by Firefox. This article addresses how to fix the source issue that may result in one or more of the following browser behaviors:

  • Changes that you made to your toolbars do not appear when you restart Firefox.
  • Changes made to the browser window's size and position are not remembered when you restart Firefox.
  • You cannot save bookmarks.

Cause

The above symptoms may be caused by a corrupted file, in your Firefox user data, called localstore.rdf. This file is maintained by Firefox to manage some of your local configuration information.

They may also be caused by a misbehaving Add-on.

Fixing the problem

Resetting localstore.rdf

Click the menu button Fx89menuButton, click Help, select Troubleshoot Mode… and click Restart in the Restart Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode? dialog.

Note: You can also start Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode by holding down the Shift key while starting Firefox.holding down the option key while starting Firefox.quitting Firefox and then going to your Terminal and running: firefox -safe-mode
You may need to specify the Firefox installation path (e.g. /usr/lib/firefox).

  1. In the Firefox Safe Mode window, select Reset toolbars and controls.
  2. Click Make Changes and Restart.

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Based on information from Corrupt localstore.rdf (mozillaZine KB)

Disabling Add-ons

If resetting the localstore.rdf does not solve the issue, then the issue may be caused by an add-on.

Click the menu button Fx89menuButton, click Help, select Troubleshoot Mode… and click Restart in the Restart Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode? dialog.

Note: You can also start Firefox in Troubleshoot Mode by holding down the Shift key while starting Firefox.holding down the option key while starting Firefox.quitting Firefox and then going to your Terminal and running: firefox -safe-mode
You may need to specify the Firefox installation path (e.g. /usr/lib/firefox).

  1. In the Firefox Safe Mode window, select Disable all add-ons
  2. Click Make Changes and Restart.

Changes to the toolbar should now save correctly. You can no open the add-on manager and re-enable add-ons one at a time,restarting the browser between each one until the toolbar resets.. Once you locate which add-on caused the toolbar to reset file a bug with that add-on so that it may be fixed.