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I do not want theatre screen as default view. I want small view to be my default view. How do I set this?

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Theatre view appears on any video window. I do NOT want theatre view. I want the small window (resizable) as my basic view. How do I set this default?

Theatre view appears on any video window. I do NOT want theatre view. I want the small window (resizable) as my basic view. How do I set this default?

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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/changes-toolbars-and-window-sizes-are-not-saved You may have corrupt xulstore.json or Localstore.rdf file.

Close Firefox. Open your file browser to this hidden location:

  • Mac: *~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles
  • Linux: *~/.mozilla/firefox/Profiles
  • Windows: %AppData%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
  • *C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
  • Windows XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\Application Data
    \Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\

Search for the above files. Then rename or delete them. Restart Firefox.

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A detail like a website remembering you is stored in a cookie. Remove the cookies from a website to make the website forget about you.

Clear the cache and remove the cookies from websites that cause problems via the "3-bar" Firefox menu button (Options/Preferences).

"Clear the cache":

  • Options/Preferences -> Advanced -> Network -> Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"

"Remove the cookies" from websites that cause problems.

  • Options/Preferences -> Privacy -> "Use custom settings for history" -> Cookies: "Show Cookies"
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Does this happen on any site that plays videos, or just on YouTube  ? If the latter is the case : Do you by any chance have an extension like 'Youtube Flash Video Player' installed  ? If so : would you disable it and see if that will make a difference  ?

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none of the ideas you have sent work.

Why don't you just write the code into Firefox to select the default size of video?

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Nothing works. See my last post to you. That would constitute a solution.

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AFAIK then Google no longer saves the theater setting in a persistent cookie (it is a session cookie that automatically expires).

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions ("3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • switch to the DEFAULT theme: "3-bar" menu button or Tools -> Add-ons -> Appearance
  • do NOT click the "Refresh Firefox" button on the Safe Mode start window
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As nothing seems to work, I'm beginning to think that we're dealing with Theater Mode adware. To rule that out (or get rid of it) :

Go to the 3-bar menu (or   'Tools') => Addons => Extensions and look for any unfamiliar or suspicious looking extensions. When you find any : remove them.

Also look in : 3-bar menu (or 'Tools') => Options => Advanced => Network tab => Under : 'Offline Web Content and User Data'

Do the same in Windows' Control Panel => Programs.

However :   most malware will be 'hiding' somewhere , so let's run malware scans :

Further information can be found in this article :
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-caused-malware?cache=no

Run most or all of the listed malware scanners.
They all work differently   -   what one program doesn't pick up, the other might.

Also see : http://www.malwareremovalguides.info/remove-theater-mode-adware-free-removal-guide/