Comments on: Forward and Back button disappear in Firefox navigation toolbar

By: Nechto

Nechto — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:34:14 +0000

I’ve had the exact same problems and every forum i read, everybody gives useless info and they’re not solving the problem and even if they do solve the problem its a long complicated process. its very very simple actually and i figured this out myself:

1) uninstall firefox.
2)delete the ‘mozilla’ folder in c:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data
3)reinstall firefox

problem solved. its THAT simple

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:25:18 +0000

Thanks very much method 2 worked for me to. I usually customize my toolbars so that everything is on the same line as the menu bar maximizing the screen area. I guess the firefox upgrade couldn’t work this out.

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:08:28 +0000

I have Firefox and my back/forward buttons are greyed out (not functional and I have lost all my bookmarks.
Any help would be appreciated.

By: Turbo

Turbo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 08:12:21 +0000

Method 2 worked for me. Thanks!

By: rajeev

rajeev — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:57:37 +0000

Good one

By: abhishek

abhishek — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:59:38 +0000

@dan - looks like there is some problem with your firefox profile we would suggest you to back up your profile with Febe add on and then install the latest version of firefox and restore your profile

By: frank

frank — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:20:49 +0000

method 2 worked out for me.
many thanx

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:58:38 +0000

None of the above techniques work. Tried them all with no new results. The forward, back, stop, and reload buttons gray out on the toolbar and in the right-click context menu. Likewise, the keyboard (ctrl, arrow) strategy fail to work. While using the customize function, the reload button is in color but then turns gray. After using the customize function once, it also is no longer available, as are not the main menu items, which are grayed-out and produce no pull-downs.

In addition, clicking in the address panel no longer selects all text, merely places the cursor. Mousing over a link does not display the address in the bottom of the window. HELP!!!

What’s next? I’ve got this sucker set up the way I want it. Please don’t tell me I have to uninstall and lose all my add-ins and settings. help?

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:20:24 +0000

Wow long way around, here is how to get the buttons back(they disappear if you switch between FF2 and 3 or vice versa) right click toolbar choose customize find the back/fwd buttons drag to where you want them and click done.

By: rex

rex — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:46:30 +0000

Good one.