Is there some way Tabs can be turned on or off? To get rid of a hijacked search page, that somehow installed itself in my browser, I did a "Refresh" by pushing the refresh button in the Troubleshooting menu. That got rid of the rogue BUT I no longer have any tabs. I have to load one page at a time. Anyone have any ideas on this? Google has nothing. Firefox forum has nothing! I even uninstalled Firefox and installed a fresh version from Mozilla.
Thanks.

 

hi pyro,
Have use seen these links, same FF problem.?
https://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox+tabs+have+disappeared!&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b
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What operating system are you using? You do not have a Firefox problem. You have a malware problem.

Have you ever scanned and cleaned your operating system before?

 

What operating system are you using? You do not have a Firefox problem. You have a malware problem.

Have you ever scanned and cleaned your operating system before?

Yes, I scan it often and run AVG in the background, always checking for malware.
Today, re-scanned and it shows nothing.

 

hi pyro,
Have use seen these links, same FF problem.?
https://www.google.com/search?q=Firefox+tabs+have+disappeared!&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b
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Thanks Eric, but that does not work either. These Google posts all refer to restoring closed tabs.
What are "pinned tabs"?
I have attached a screen shot to show there is NO tab bar. GONE !
Why does this stuff happen only to me?. This is a very specific Firefox problem, not a malware problem.
It happened because of a Firefox refresh action.

 

hi pyro,
This is a screen clip from my FF using XP Pro.
Note the different sequence from top to bottom of yours and my menus.???
I right clicked on the 'Fire Fox tabs have disappeared' Tab to create the pop up up menu.

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When you go to Options / General, what do you see checked/unchecked for Tabs? If "Open Links in Tabs instead of new window" is not checked, try it with that option checked.

 

Close Firefox, delete the Firefox profile (I don't know where it is in Windows), and restart Firefox. It will make a complete new default profile. All your bookmarks, saved passwords and cookies, and settings will be gone. You may want to export your bookmarks first.

 

When you go to Options / General, what do you see checked/unchecked for Tabs? If "Open Links in Tabs instead of new window" is not checked, try it with that option checked.

View attachment 154242

Yes this is checked. I have always used that option. Been using Firefox for years without any problems.
It is interesting that when I close Firefox it shows me the usual warning box that says I am about to close X amount of Tabs.
So it is accumulating tabs but not showing them!

 

Close Firefox, delete the Firefox profile (I don't know where it is in Windows), and restart Firefox. It will make a complete new default profile. All your bookmarks, saved passwords and cookies, and settings will be gone. You may want to export your bookmarks first.

I don't know where the Profile is kept either. Also, I don't see any option to Export bookmarks.

 

Also, I don't see any option to Export bookmarks.

Bookmarks -> Show All Bookmarks -> Import and Backup

 

Bookmarks -> Show All Bookmarks -> Import and Backup

OK, I backed up the Bookmarks but searching for "profile" I only find api-ms-win-core-profile-|1-1-0.dll and i don"t think i should delete a DLLfile

 

OK, I backed up the Bookmarks but searching for "profile" I only find api-ms-win-core-profile-|1-1-0.dll and i don"t think i should delete a DLLfile

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

 

Hello,

Here is given how to find the profile folder and waht is stored there:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/k...ta?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=Profiles

And here is given how to restore default settings:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/refresh-firefox-reset-add-ons-and-settings

Bertus

 

Try this:

Remove search engines
To remove a search engine, follow these steps:

1. Open the Search panel in Firefox Options using one of these methods:
   • Click the magnifying glass on the Search bar and click Change Search Settings.
   • Click the menu button
     
     and choose Options. In the Options tab that opens, click on Search in the left pane.
   
2. Click on the search engine you don't want.
3. Click the Remove button to take it off your list.
   
   CREDITS: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox

 

Thanks for your input. I had actually tried this first and it would not remove. If you read my initial post you will see that I had already successfully removed the rogue search engine by doing a Firefox "Refresh" action. This is an option on their troubleshooting menu.
My problem was that for some reason this left me with no (visible) tabs.
I signed up for the Firefox forum, posted the problem and quickly got an answer. It was rather a simple step: In the menu, click on Toolbars and then click on "Restore Defaults". My tab display came back!