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Browser re-sizing on start up

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When I open the application it loads as a small window that I have to maximize to make it full screen. It never used to do this so I need some help to fix this. I've taken a quick look through settings etc and can't see anything wrong...

When I open the application it loads as a small window that I have to maximize to make it full screen. It never used to do this so I need some help to fix this. I've taken a quick look through settings etc and can't see anything wrong...

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Try changing privacy.resistFingerprinting to false in about:config.

This option in my config is already set to false. The problem continues. What now?

Window sizes should be persisted across Firefox restarts. How are you closing Firefox?