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Author: Ray Cantwell
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Subject: Re: Firefox oddities
Darrin Chandler wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 09:56:47AM -0700, Ray Cantwell wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>    i recently updated firefox and now it is just lame. I can no longer 
>> remove the bookmarks bar permanently or have any of my settings stay. I 
>> am forced to reconfig the browser everytime i start it. Any ideas as to 
>> what is going on, or has anyone had this issue?
>> Thanks,
>> Ray

>>
>
> This shouldn't happen, but sometimes it does. IIRC, the solution is to
> zap the file localstore.rdf, which probably lives in
> ~/.mozilla/firefox/*.default/localstore.rdf (the * is because that part
> differs)
>
> Quit firefox, delete (or rename) localstore.rdf, then restart Firefox.
> All your settings will be back to inital defaults, but anything you
> change should stick again. Your bookmarks and other data will remain
> intact.
>
> I'm *pretty sure* I'm remembering right, but to be safe do RENAME the
> file instead of deleting. Once you've decided it worked then you can
> delete the old localstore.rdf.
>
>

Darrin,
    You are a genius! I did that and it worked like a charm. This will 
enter into the things i can never remember book so i don't forget it.
Thanks,
Ray.


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