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I was at my wits end without the File, Edit,….. Thanks, Leo. After spending at least an hour trying to retrieve my toolbars, I luckily found your site. You made if simple. After reading through dozens of articles about restoring the top of the screen so I can switch between tabs, with no luck, it was as simple as pressing F I like people like you that are willing to post helpful instructions on the internet. Not only helpful, but very easy to follow instructions.

My computer crashed a few days ago and that put me through a little bit of stress getting it repaired. My menu toolbar disappeared as well of course and I had completely forgotten how to recover it. Related to the question posed is a problem I keep encountering with my FireFox browser: Every so often my settings disappear and the browser loses my customizations. The theme disappears, all sorts of things are misplaced. My FireFox profile appears to be intact. Inevitably, I have to copy a backup of my profile to my Firefox profile directory to restore it.

Thanks Leo, This time is no different to any other time. Leo — You are a guardian angel….. I retrieved file with your simple directions… Do you have a book of problem solving? Have a blessed holiday. Many if not most Ask Leo! You can use the search field on any askleo. I have a new computer and it does not have the tool bar, which I need to open and view files for html. Any insights? Many laptops come with the default of having the function keys perform the Fn functions the icons shown above the Function key number.

Are you unable to resize click and hold on an edge and drag it , or maximize click the maximize icon to take it full-screen it? I want to thank Leo very much for the help.

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Search Ask Leo! I have lost my internet toolbar which allows me to go to my tools, file, internet options, etc. What do I do about this? Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing! I'll see you there! Podcast audio. Video Narration.

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At this time , the update option in existing installations of Java 1. Users who have Java SE 6 Update 20 have the latest security fixes and do not need to upgrade to this release to be current on security fixes. That may help find a solution! Hence, the separate heading Other Issues. I want it again, but I can't import it. Clicking it prompts a drop-down menu. Click Show Toolbar. It's near the bottom of the View drop-down menu.

Doing so should bring your toolbar back up. Customize your toolbar. Click and drag items from the menu up onto the toolbar. If your toolbar keeps disappearing even though you've activated it, you may have a piece of malware on your Mac that's preventing the toolbar from loading when you open Safari.

A virus scan should help remove the malware. Method 3. Open Firefox. Its app icon resembles a dark-blue background with a globe and an orange fox on it.

Make sure that you aren't in full-screen mode. It's in the top-right corner of the window. Click Add-ons. This option is in the drop-down menu. Doing so opens the Add-Ons page. Click the Extensions tab.

You'll find it in the upper-left side of the page. Find your toolbar extension. Scroll up or down to find the extension that serves as the toolbar that you want to enable. Click Enable. It's to the right of the extension's name. Click Restart now when prompted. You'll see this link pop up above the toolbar that you're enabling. Firefox will restart; when it finishes restarting, your toolbar should be back. Enable default toolbars. If enabling your add-on toolbar didn't solve your problem, you'll most likely need to enable default toolbars.

Make sure that "Toolbars" is selected in the drop-down menu at the bottom of the page. Click and drag toolbar options from the middle of the page to the upper-right side of the window. Method 4. Open Edge. Its app icon resembles a dark-blue "e", or a white "e" on a blue background. This icon is in the top-right corner of the window. It's near the bottom of the drop-down menu.

Select your toolbar. You may need to scroll down to find the toolbar that you want to use. Once you find it, click it to select it. Method 5. Open Internet Explorer.