Ever since the installation of 12.4, Firefox only starts in a small window. I'm getting really pissed about that. Does anyone know how to fix that? Any kind of help would be really appreciated!!!

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This usually happends when the localstore.rdf file is corrupted.

It is located in ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile_name>/.

You can use either of the following solutions:

• If you have a backup copy of localstore.rdf file from a working profile, a quick remedy is closing Firefox and overwriting the localstore.rdf file in the Firefox profile folder with your backup copy.

• If you don't have a backup copy just delete the file from the path mentioned above, and Firefox will generate a new copy for you.

• If you're using Firefox 15, just reset the firefox profile from History > Reset Firefox.

  Important Note (if you're using Reset Firefox):

All of your Firefox settings and personal information is stored in your profile folder. The reset feature works by creating a new profile folder for you while saving your:

• Bookmarks
• Browsing history
• Passwords
• Cookies
• Web form auto-fill information

The following items are either NOT SAVED or set to their defaults.

• Extensions and themes

• Open tabs, windows and tab groups

• Site-specific preferences, search engines, personal dictionary, download history, DOM storage, security certificate settings, security device settings, download actions, plugin MIME types, toolbar customizations and user styles

After the reset is finished, your old Firefox profile information will be placed on your desktop in a folder named "Old Firefox Data."

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This problem actually went away after I opened Firefox, maximized it, then closed it and I repeated the process multiple times.

Most of the OS have the ability to save the last thing you do which an application

so try to maximuze you firefox and then close it and when you open it. it will open in large window.

I hope this helps

Edit

ok here is the link

you have to use command line to set your firefox width and height

you can find out your screen width height and set is according to that

firefox -width 800 -height 500

Hope this helps

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