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    Jul 16, 2006, 08:55 AM
    Firefox toolbar settings suddenly aren't "sticking"
    For some reason, starting just yesterday, my toolbar settings are are lost every time I shut it down. I've not added any plugins or changed anything with FF. Weird.

    Any clues what could cause this?

    Thanks!
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    Jul 16, 2006, 09:05 AM
    Agree.. weird. What version of FF? Do you mean you add an icon to the toolbar and next time its not there?
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    Jul 16, 2006, 09:16 AM
    I'm on 1.5.0.4... and yes, it is exactly as you describe: as of yesterday, every time I open FF, it's on the default settings.
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    Jul 16, 2006, 09:34 AM
    If you can (without losing key data) do a System Restore to a point before this started happening. It's a little bit of a cop out, but it may "solve" this issue in a back door kind of way.
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    Jul 17, 2006, 02:52 AM
    I'm on the same version here at work so now am sure it's not a bug with the latest FF version... but since first posting this, I found tons of crap that my son downloaded on the laptop that has the problem... so will do a spyware/adware/virus scan and see if that solves it.
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    Aug 11, 2006, 02:18 PM
    For anyone who runs into this, I finally found the answer. It's a corrupt localstore.rdf file:
    http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_cu...set_on_startup
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