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want firefox to open on startup at top of screen

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Burrett
Burrett
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new computer, Firefox would open on top of screen with my bookmarks / toolbar ..... bottom of screen showed my other icons on my backgroung picture VERY NICE! I installed malwarebytes which i had on the old machine, ran the scan and now firefox and my bookmarks are gone .... I can open Firefox from the sidebar icon. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help1

new computer, Firefox would open on top of screen with my bookmarks / toolbar ..... bottom of screen showed my other icons on my backgroung picture VERY NICE! I installed malwarebytes which i had on the old machine, ran the scan and now firefox and my bookmarks are gone .... I can open Firefox from the sidebar icon. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help1

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FredMcD
FredMcD
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).

Is the problem still there?

Look on your desktop. Do you see a folder called; Old Firefox?

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/recovering-important-data-from-an-old-profile

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles