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Lost the search bar

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I have lost the search bar on one of our computers. I have already tried the solution athttps://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Back%20and%20forward%20or%20other%20... and it did not work. First there was not a "search" option listed and restoring the default did not work.

I have lost the search bar on one of our computers. I have already tried the solution at[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Back%20and%20forward%20or%20other%20toolbar%20items%20are%20missing] and it did not work. First there was not a "search" option listed and restoring the default did not work.

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cor-el
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Delete localstore.rdf or rename the file to localstore.rdf.sav in the Profile Folder to test if the file is corrupted.
See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf
(caution: do not delete the localstore.rdf file in the Firefox program installation folder)

Note:
Deleting the file localstore.rdf will reset the customizations of the toolbars to the defaults.
You can rename "localstore.rdf" to "localstore.rdf.sav" to test if that solves it.
Then you can restore the customization by copying "localstore.rdf.sav" to "localstore.rdf" if it didn't work.

There are other things that need attention:
Your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks that you should update.

  • Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_15 for Mozilla browsers

Update the Java plugin to the latest version.

ronancitylibrary
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Thank you, I will give that a try....I was actually posting from a different computer than the one with the problem, but I will make sure and fix the plugins you mentioned on this computer.