Firefox opening with weird window position and size: SOLVED
Note: this post has been imported and re-editing from a personal blog. Time-sensitive material may no longer be relevant.
Have you ever had a problem with Firefox where the window size/position doesn’t seem to be saved like with most applications? Every time you open Firefox is appears in the same unusual position at an unusual size. It’s annoying. And here’s what to do:
Locate the “localstore.rdf” file in your Firefox profile, and delete it. Don’t worry, Firefox will make a new, fresh one when it restarts.
Of course, the corruption of localstore.rdf might be an indicator of a larger disk corruption, in which case this fix might not keep you happy for very long — but it’s worth trying.
If you’re having trouble locating your Firefox profile (and you’re on a Windows machine), look in C:\Documents and Settings\[your user login name]\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\default.xyz Replace “C:\” with your systems root drive, and insert your login name in the indicated spot. Your profile might be in “\Mozilla\Profiles\” instead of “\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles” depending on what version of Firefox you’re running. And the “default.xyz” will almost certainly be different on your system (the extension is random, from what I can tell), but it’s normally the only folder in “Profiles.”