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Firefox will not start-up in a maximized window, reverts to minimized state.

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I have a Windows 10 Home PC (version 1903 os build 18362.476) with Firefox 70.0.1 (64-bit) installed. My Firefox browser in will not start-up in a maximized-state, it reverts to a minimized. Generally, when I close my browser, I just hit the "x" button on the top right corner or I choose 'Exit' from the menu. As a note, the only changes I made to the browser were in about:config - privacy.resistFingerprinting =true and privacy.trackingprotection.fingerprinting.enabled= true. When I set both to false", the browser opens correctly in a maximized-state.

I have a Windows 10 Home PC (version 1903 os build 18362.476) with Firefox 70.0.1 (64-bit) installed. My Firefox browser in will not start-up in a maximized-state, it reverts to a minimized. Generally, when I close my browser, I just hit the "x" button on the top right corner or I choose 'Exit' from the menu. As a note, the only changes I made to the browser were in about:config - privacy.resistFingerprinting =true and privacy.trackingprotection.fingerprinting.enabled= true. When I set both to ''false", the browser opens correctly in a maximized-state.

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Hi FinnyBoy, The config entry "privacy.resistFingerprinting" alters your browser size to prevent identifying any uniqueness of your browser.