I'd like to first state that although the bookmarks are not showing up, the bookmarks bar is.
I don't know what has caused this but somehow, FF has stopped showing the bo… (read more)
I'd like to first state that although the bookmarks are not showing up, the bookmarks bar is.
I don't know what has caused this but somehow, FF has stopped showing the bookmarks in the bookmarks bar. I also cannot drag and drop a link onto the bar either. When I try that, I get a circle with a slash through it.
I've tried a few things, including:
1. Installing Places Maintenance 2.0.3 add on and attempting a fix.
2. Backing up my bookmarks and deleting the places.sqlite file as stated here:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
Neither helped and has not allowed me to view old bookmarks or drag new bookmarks onto it.
NOTE that the bookmarks are still there. I can see them when I click on the bookmarks icon and show the Bookmarks Toolbar. Now that I think about it. They shouldn't be there should they? Shouldn't the bookmarks be wiped out? I didn't import them yet. The only thing that did change is that their icons disappeared when viewing them from the bookmarks menu.
This happened on my father's machine a few days ago according to him. I don't see any recent releases, so I'm not sure what it could be. Is it possible that he accidentally activated/deactivated something? He is almost blind and sometimes doesn't notice when he clicks on things.