# What happened to the the My Favorites tab on Firefox on my wife's laptop? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 27, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655 "2010-08-27T11:50:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655/1 "2010-08-27T11:50:57Z")
Last evening, it just went poof, and I can’t seem to get it back, no matter how many times I uninstall and reinstall it. She’s running version 3.6.8 on a computer with Windows 7, if that makes any difference. Personally, I think it has something to do with this stupid Petville toolbar she installed several days ago, but when I bring that up, she gets pissy and says “well, it’th _my_ computer!” :smack: Anyway: Help! ---
**Author:** ![GHO57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@GHO57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GHO57)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655/2 "2010-08-27T11:57:27Z")
You mean the bookmarks toolbar has disappeared? ---
**Author:** ![BorgHunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@BorgHunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BorgHunter)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655/3 "2010-08-27T12:04:33Z")
Are you talking about the Bookmarks Sidebar? View \> Sidebar \> Bookmarks. Are you talking about the Bookmarks Toolbar? View \> Toolbars \> Bookmarks Toolbar. Are you talking about something else entirely? If so, you’ll have to explain the term, because I don’t know what else a “My Favorites tab” would be in Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655/4 "2010-08-27T17:30:13Z")
> [@BorgHunter](#): > > Are you talking about the Bookmarks Sidebar? View \> Sidebar \> Bookmarks. > > Are you talking about the Bookmarks Toolbar? View \> Toolbars \> Bookmarks Toolbar. > > Are you talking about something else entirely? If so, you’ll have to explain the term, because I don’t know what else a “My Favorites tab” would be in Firefox. You both correctly deduced that it was the bookmarks toolbar, despite my idiotically garbled post. Thanks for the help! ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655/5 "2010-08-27T17:39:58Z")
Well, not so fast. The whole “File, Edit, View, History, Bookmarks, Tools, Help” line is gone. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655/6 "2010-08-27T17:49:23Z")
Right-click on the top bar (right below the blue one that lists the name of the current page) and see if Menu Bar is checked. If not, check it and it should reappear. ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655/7 "2010-08-27T17:53:04Z")
I’m guessing: -Wife clicks on MTCicero’s Favorites -Wife see how many porn sites are on MTCicero’s Favorites -Wife deletes MTCicero’s Favorites -MTCicero heads over to the Dope to see what’s up That’s how my Favorites disappear… ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655/8 "2010-08-27T18:00:38Z")
> [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](#): > > I’m guessing: > > -Wife clicks on MTCicero’s Favorites > -Wife see how many porn sites are on MTCicero’s Favorites > -Wife deletes MTCicero’s Favorites > -MTCicero heads over to the Dope to see what’s up > > That’s how my Favorites disappear… That probably would be the case, excepting the fact that it’s her laptop, which I hardly ever use because I despise laptops. And, **Dewey Finn** , I’ll be attempting your solution presently. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655/9 "2010-08-27T18:06:12Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Right-click on the top bar (right below the blue one that lists the name of the current page) and see if Menu Bar is checked. If not, check it and it should reappear. Tried this, and I get no “Menu Bar” option. All that comes up is a drop down menu with these options: Open All in Tabs New Bookmark… New Folder… New Separator Cut Copy Paste Delete Sort By Name Properties And it says Mozilla Firefox is operating in Safe Mode. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655/10 "2010-08-27T18:24:39Z")
try F10 key ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655/11 "2010-08-27T18:37:08Z")
> [@MTCicero](#): > > > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > > > Right-click on the top bar (right below the blue one that lists the name of the current page) and see if Menu Bar is checked. If not, check it and it should reappear. > > Tried this, and I get no “Menu Bar” option. All that comes up is a drop down menu with these options: > > Open All in Tabs > New Bookmark… > New Folder… > New Separator > Cut > Copy > Paste > Delete > Sort By Name > Properties > > And it says Mozilla Firefox is operating in Safe Mode. I get those options if I right-click on the Bookmarks Toolbar. Try right-clicking above that. ---
**Author:** ![MTCicero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a4c791/32.png) [@MTCicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MTCicero)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2010, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-the-my-favorites-tab-on-firefox-on-my-wifes-laptop/551655/12 "2010-08-27T18:42:31Z")
I solved it. Finally. I hit the ALT key to make the Menu Bar appear temporarily, then I, as told to do above, went into View and checked the Menu Bar option. And _un_checked the evil Zynga Bar option (and sent the wife a message telling her that if she ever again makes the thing appear on her laptop, that her laptop would become _my_ laptop, even though I despise the effing things). Again, thanks to all for the good advice and tips.