FireFox v1.5.0.4 non-persistent window size & location
Chuck Chopp
yesterday. After restarting the browser, the window size & location of the
browser are no longer persistently stored. FireFox always starts with a
portrait oriented window with it's upper left corner located at the upper
left corner of my desktop. Under previous versions, the window size &
locate were always persistently stored so that closing the browser and
opening it resulted in the 1st window being located in the same place on the
desktop with the same height & width as before.
Is anybody else encountering this problem?
Is v1.5.0.4 a "bad" version with a rollback to v1.5.0.3 necessary until
these problems are fixed in a new version?
gwtc
> FireFox updated itself automatically to v1.5.0.4 on my WinXP SP2 Pro system
> yesterday. After restarting the browser, the window size & location of the
> browser are no longer persistently stored. FireFox always starts with a
> portrait oriented window with it's upper left corner located at the upper
> left corner of my desktop. Under previous versions, the window size &
> locate were always persistently stored so that closing the browser and
> opening it resulted in the 1st window being located in the same place on the
> desktop with the same height & width as before.
>
> Is anybody else encountering this problem?
>
Nope, you're the first one complaining about this
> Is v1.5.0.4 a "bad" version with a rollback to v1.5.0.3 necessary until
> these problems are fixed in a new version?
No.
When you open FF, do you place it where you want it, then close it and
reopen it? Does it stay, or not?
If not, then close FF, and using your file manager, locate the file
localstore.rdf within your profile. Once found, remove it. Now
restart FF. Does this work now?
To locate your profile, you can read this:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/edit#profile
but if you're using windows, then you must read this first:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/hiddenfiles.mspx
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Chuck Chopp
> Chuck Chopp wrote:
>
>> FireFox updated itself automatically to v1.5.0.4 on my WinXP SP2 Pro
>> system yesterday. After restarting the browser, the window size &
>> location of the browser are no longer persistently stored. FireFox
>> always starts with a portrait oriented window with it's upper left
>> corner located at the upper left corner of my desktop. Under previous
>> versions, the window size & locate were always persistently stored so
>> that closing the browser and opening it resulted in the 1st window
>> being located in the same place on the desktop with the same height &
>> width as before.
>>
>> Is anybody else encountering this problem?
>>
>
> Nope, you're the first one complaining about this
Oh happy happy joy joy!
>> Is v1.5.0.4 a "bad" version with a rollback to v1.5.0.3 necessary
>> until these problems are fixed in a new version?
>
> No.
OK. I'm still having dubious mixed feelings about this release.
> When you open FF, do you place it where you want it, then close it and
> reopen it? Does it stay, or not?
Yes, I open FF, place & size it as desired, then close it and re-open it.
It does not preserve my settings and always opens in the upper left hand
corner of the desktop in a taller-than-wider portrait layout even though I
had positioned it middle of the desktop with a wider-than-taller landscape
layout.
> If not, then close FF, and using your file manager, locate the file
> localstore.rdf within your profile. Once found, remove it. Now restart
> FF. Does this work now?
Yes, TYVM, that seems to have corrected the problem. When FF did the
automatic upgrade & restarted itself, something must have gotten corrupted
in that file. All seems to be well now.
squaredancer
to generate the following:? :
yepp - had this "feature" suddenly - can't say what caused it...
"dragged" the bottom right corner to full screen, and it "went away", as
the man said! Odd, odd!
reg
Chris Ilias
No problems here; but try this:
Close Firefox.
Go to your profile folder[1].
Remove the file 'localstore.rdf'.
[1]<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile>
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gwtc
> _Chuck Chopp_ spoke thusly on 25/06/2006 4:23 PM:
>
>>FireFox updated itself automatically to v1.5.0.4 on my WinXP SP2 Pro
>>system yesterday. After restarting the browser, the window size &
>>location of the browser are no longer persistently stored. FireFox
>>always starts with a portrait oriented window with it's upper left
>>corner located at the upper left corner of my desktop. Under previous
>>versions, the window size & locate were always persistently stored so
>>that closing the browser and opening it resulted in the 1st window being
>>located in the same place on the desktop with the same height & width as
>>before.
>>
>>Is anybody else encountering this problem?
>>
>>Is v1.5.0.4 a "bad" version with a rollback to v1.5.0.3 necessary until
>>these problems are fixed in a new version?
>
>
> No problems here; but try this:
> Close Firefox.
> Go to your profile folder[1].
> Remove the file 'localstore.rdf'.
>
> [1]<http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/profile>
isn't that what I said, and the problem was solved! This has happened
with you many times Chris, especially with me. I'm curious, don't you
read the entire thread. Or maybe you've got me killfiled!?