Use either of the two methods given below, to regenerate the localstore.rdf file. Note: You can restore the default set of toolbar items by opening the Customize Toolbar dialog and selecting 'Restore Default Set' but this does not restore the default content of the localstore.rdf file and is not a solution if the localstore.rdf file is indeed corrupt. Your toolbar customizations will be gone but future changes will be retained.īefore continuing you may wish to save a screenshot of your current toolbar customizations, to help you restore them later. When you restart the application, a new localstore.rdf file will be generated. If you have no localstore.rdf backup, you will need to close Firefox (or SeaMonkey) and remove the localstore.rdf file from the Firefox (or SeaMonkey) profile folder (by moving, deleting, or renaming the file).

If you have a backup copy of the localstore.rdf file from a working profile, a quick remedy is to close your Mozilla application and overwrite the localstore.rdf file in the profile folder with your backup copy (see Profile folder - Firefox or Profile folder - SeaMonkey for profile folder locations). Unable to save or download files because the dialog box prompting you to open or save a file does not appear.Navigation Toolbar (containing the Location bar, a.k.a address bar) or Bookmarks Toolbar is empty, even though selected in the Firefox 'View -> Toolbars' menu or in the Firefox button Options sub-menu.Back/forward toolbar buttons missing after Firefox upgrade and unable to restore using the Customize Toolbar dialog.Bookmarks appear in the Bookmarks Manager but not in the main menu and can't be edited.Window size or position not remembered at startup.Changes to the toolbar reset themselves after you close Firefox and start it up again.

This article will help you fix problems caused by a corrupt localstore.rdf file, which include: Note: Starting in Firefox 34, localstore.rdf is deprecated and the file xulstore.json is used instead. (Redirected from Search engines disappear from search bar) This article was written for Firefox but, in general, it also applies to SeaMonkey.

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