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my browser does not have a history or tools bar on top

I had to restore Firefox on my laptop and when I did the bar on top no longer shows a tools tab, history tab and whatever else was there before. How do I get those back? I have windows vista.

I had to restore Firefox on my laptop and when I did the bar on top no longer shows a tools tab, history tab and whatever else was there before. How do I get those back? I have windows vista.

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This is called the menu bar. To enable this, please right click an empty spot on the tab bar and select Menu Bar from the drop down menu.

This should enable your menu bar and bring back the options that you are referring to.

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Right-click on a blank spot on the tabstrip and select Menu Bar.

Chosen Solution

This is called the menu bar. To enable this, please right click an empty spot on the tab bar and select Menu Bar from the drop down menu.

This should enable your menu bar and bring back the options that you are referring to.

d8kirby said

I had to restore Firefox on my laptop and when I did the bar on top no longer shows a tools tab, history tab and whatever else was there before. How do I get those back? I have windows vista.

wow, that was easy. thank you.

No problem. Glad that we could help. Thanks for contacting the Mozilla support team.