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Plus sign (new tab) stopped working

GreenMonster
GreenMonster
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Used to have a plus sign adjacent to current window tab. Lately it's gone. When I type about:config and scroll down to the entries for browser.newtab there is an entry: browser.newtab.blocked followed by "user set" and to the right, what appears to be a registry string of characters.

How do I restore the original new tab function?

Used to have a plus sign adjacent to current window tab. Lately it's gone. When I type about:config and scroll down to the entries for browser.newtab there is an entry: browser.newtab.blocked followed by "user set" and to the right, what appears to be a registry string of characters. How do I restore the original new tab function?

Chosen solution

I think the problem isnt this option, try start FIrefox in Safe Mode:

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  • Question details
    Product Firefox
    Topic Tab basics
    System Details
    • Windows XP
    • Firefox 26.0

Additional System Details

Installed Plug-ins

  • Shockwave Flash 12.0 r0
  • Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 11.0.06
  • Next Generation Java Plug-in 10.51.2 for Mozilla browsers
  • NPRuntime Script Plug-in Library for Java(TM) Deploy
  • The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
  • RealPlayer(tm) LiveConnect-Enabled Plug-In
  • RealPlayer Download Plugin
  • 5.1.20913.0
  • RealNetworks(tm) RealDownloader PepperFlashVideoShim Plug-In
  • RealNetworks(tm) RealDownloader HTML5VideoShim Plug-In
  • RealDownloader Plugin
  • ActiveTouch General Plugin Container Version 105
  • Motive Plugin for Mozilla Browsers
  • Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) plug-in for Mozilla browsers
  • DRM Netscape Network Object
  • Npdsplay dll
  • DRM Store Netscape Plugin
  • Rhapsody Player Engine Plugin

Application

  • Firefox 26.0
  • User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:26.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/26.0
  • Support URL: https://support.mozilla.org/1/firefox/26.0/WINNT/en-US/

Extensions

  • AniWeather 0.8.39 ({4176DFF4-4698-11DE-BEEB-45DA55D89593})
  • Flashblock 1.5.17 ({3d7eb24f-2740-49df-8937-200b1cc08f8a})
  • Ghostery 5.1.0 (firefox@ghostery.com)
  • IE View 1.5.6 ({6e84150a-d526-41f1-a480-a67d3fed910d})
  • Lightshot (screenshot tool) 3.1.0 ({394DCBA4-1F92-4f8e-8EC9-8D2CB90CB69B})
  • Microsoft .NET Framework Assistant 0.0.0 ({20a82645-c095-46ed-80e3-08825760534b})
  • Norton Identity Safe Toolbar 2014.6.2.3 ({F04D2D30-776C-4d02-8627-8E4385ECA58D})
  • Norton Vulnerability Protection 12.0.5.3 - 1 ({BBDA0591-3099-440a-AA10-41764D9DB4DB})
  • Print/Print Preview 0.9 ({19EB90DC-A456-458b-8AAC-616D91AAFCE1})
  • Troubleshooter 1.1a (troubleshooter@mozilla.org)
  • Copernic Desktop Search - Home Connector 3.0.3.13 ({83D65D9A-9CCA-439B-9E4A-EC1FE481B443}) (Inactive)
  • RealDownloader 1.3.3 ({DF153AFF-6948-45d7-AC98-4FC4AF8A08E2}) (Inactive)

Javascript

  • incrementalGCEnabled: True

Graphics

  • adapterDescription: NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
  • adapterDescription2:
  • adapterDeviceID: 0x0427
  • adapterDeviceID2:
  • adapterDrivers: nv4_disp
  • adapterDrivers2:
  • adapterRAM: Unknown
  • adapterRAM2:
  • adapterVendorID: 0x10de
  • adapterVendorID2:
  • direct2DEnabled: False
  • direct2DEnabledMessage: [u'tryNewerDriver', u'182.65']
  • directWriteEnabled: False
  • directWriteVersion: 0.0.0.0
  • driverDate: 11-16-2007
  • driverDate2:
  • driverVersion: 6.14.11.5683
  • driverVersion2:
  • info: {u'AzureCanvasBackend': u'skia', u'AzureFallbackCanvasBackend': u'cairo', u'AzureContentBackend': u'none', u'AzureSkiaAccelerated': 0}
  • isGPU2Active: False
  • numAcceleratedWindows: 0
  • numAcceleratedWindowsMessage: [u'tryNewerDriver', u'182.65']
  • numTotalWindows: 1
  • webglRendererMessage: [u'tryNewerDriver', u'182.65']
  • windowLayerManagerRemote: False
  • windowLayerManagerType: Basic

Modified Preferences

  • accessibility.typeaheadfind: True
  • accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0
  • browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
  • browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: False
  • browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: False
  • browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400
  • browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4
  • browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand: False
  • browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20131205075310
  • browser.startup.homepage: http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui?s=ibm
  • browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20131205075310
  • browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 26.0
  • browser.tabs.loadInBackground: False
  • browser.tabs.warnOnClose: False
  • dom.mozApps.used: True
  • extensions.lastAppVersion: 26.0
  • font.internaluseonly.changed: True
  • font.name.monospace.x-western: Arial
  • font.name.serif.x-western: Arial
  • font.size.fixed.x-western: 16
  • network.cookie.prefsMigrated: True
  • places.database.lastMaintenance: 1390941438
  • places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 53638
  • plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf,application/x-mplayer2
  • plugin.importedState: True
  • plugin.state.np32dsw: 0
  • plugin.state.npgeplugin: 0
  • plugin.state.npgoogleupdate: 0
  • plugin.state.npmozcouponprinter: 0
  • plugin.state.nppdf: 2
  • plugin.state.npplayerplugin: 0
  • plugin.state.nprndlchromebrowserrecordext: 0
  • privacy.donottrackheader.enabled: True
  • privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: True
  • privacy.sanitize.timeSpan: 2
  • storage.vacuum.last.index: 1
  • storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1388862218

Misc

  • User JS: No
  • Accessibility: No
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Diego Victor
Diego Victor 658 solutions 4175 answers
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Chosen Solution

I think the problem isnt this option, try start FIrefox in Safe Mode:

I think the problem isnt this option, try start FIrefox in Safe Mode: *[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode Firefox in Safe Mode]
cor-el
cor-el
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You can check for problems caused by a corrupted localstore.rdf file.

You can check for problems caused by a corrupted localstore.rdf file. *http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf
GreenMonster
GreenMonster
Posted

Question owner

Thanks for the help. Could not find this file, so I reset and reconfigured FF.

Thanks for the help. Could not find this file, so I reset and reconfigured FF.
GreenMonster
GreenMonster
Posted

Question owner

Restart in safe mode, and other suggestions I read, did not fix my problem. So I did the FF reset, reconfigured my settings and now all is good again. Thanks for your help.

Restart in safe mode, and other suggestions I read, did not fix my problem. So I did the FF reset, reconfigured my settings and now all is good again. Thanks for your help.