Firefox on Mac Window Location & Size Issue
Begin forwarded message:
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> Date: March 10, 2009 12:10:51 AM EDT
> To: Hunter Greene
> Subject: Re: quick question
>
> Amazing — that worked! Thank you SOOO much!
>
> On Mar 9, 2009, at 11:40 PM, Hunter Greene wrote:
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>>
>> Did it start recently?
>>
>> Mozilla recommends either:
>>
>> 1) Flakey plug-in
>> 2) Corrupted preferences file.
>>
>> For #2, try this:
>>
>> Quit Firefox
>> Open Macintosh HD
>> Browse to Darra/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/
>> XXXXXXXXX.default
>> Find the file called localstore.rdf and throw it in the trash
>> Open Firefox
>> Resize window
>> Quit Firefox
>> Re-open Firefox
>>
>>
>>> 3.0.7
>>>
>>> On Mar 9, 2009, at 11:10 PM, Hunter Greene wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I can’t reproduce your problem, so I don’t really know what’s
>>>> wrong. When I resize a Firefox window, then quit Firefox
>>>> (Firefox->Quit), the window size & location is maintained when I
>>>> reopen it.
>>>>
>>>> What version of Firefox are you running (Firefox->About Mozilla
>>>> Firefox)?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Hunter,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry to bother you with what is no doubt a really basic
>>>>> question — but try as I might, I can’t figure it out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Firefox has always opened to a nice size window that doesn’t
>>>>> take up my entire 17″ screen. Suddenly it has begun filling the
>>>>> entire screen, so each time I have to make it smaller by pulling
>>>>> it in from the bottom right hand corner. I can’t figure out how
>>>>> to get the entire window to automatically display smaller,
>>>>> though I’m sure it’s something obvious. I’ve restarted the
>>>>> machine, tried preferences, tried minimizing — nothing has
>>>>> worked. Can you help? It’s driving me crazy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>
>>
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