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when I click tools|options, I cannot see the options tabs

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Normally the options window has a set of tabs at the top, but when I click tools | options all I can see is the general tab, no tabs are shown and I cannot move the window down. I am operating with a screen resolution of 800x600 and have tried in both normal mode and safe mode. However, if I change the resolution to 1024x768 I can see the options tabs, but it is difficult for me to see with impaired vision. How can I fix this to be able to see all the options using 800x600 screen resolution?

Normally the options window has a set of tabs at the top, but when I click tools | options all I can see is the general tab, no tabs are shown and I cannot move the window down. I am operating with a screen resolution of 800x600 and have tried in both normal mode and safe mode. However, if I change the resolution to 1024x768 I can see the options tabs, but it is difficult for me to see with impaired vision. How can I fix this to be able to see all the options using 800x600 screen resolution?

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Could not reproduce this on Linux using Firefox 6. Can you please let me know which operating system and Firefox version you are using.

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Windows 7, FF 6.0.2. I am using safe mode now, and suddenly after restarting FF the Options appear correctly even in 800x600. I will have to try enabling addons and plugins to see what happens

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After I restarted FF in safe mode and did not change any settings, I cannot even see the FF menu items, and FF did not remember the last tabs open, even though I did not check any of the safe mode boxes . see image

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  • Press F10 or tap the Alt key to bring up the "Menu Bar" temporarily if the Menu Bar is hidden and the orange Firefox menu button is displayed.
  • Use "Firefox > Options" instead of "Tools > Options" if the menu bar is hidden.

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cor-el - seeing the menu is not the problem. Not being able to see the options tabs is the problem.But now I can see those also in normal mode with only some of previously active add-ons disabled. . I am suspecting an add-on, but not sure which one, and don't have time at the moment to disable-reenable them one at a time.