<p>I know this is a very basic question, and yes, I have tried to find the answer – but no luck. Right now I’m using Firefox and the window takes up the entire width of my screen. The scroll bar on the right side is hidden and I have to manually make the window smaller by using the shaded part in the lower right corner. Every time I go to a new website I have to do the same thing. BUT, this only started yesterday. Did I hit a wrong button somewhere? There must be a way to put this back. I tried looking under “Firefox Preferences,” but couldn’t find it. When I switch browsers to Safari, everything is fine. Can someone please help?</p>
<p>Does this help?</p>
<p>[Missing</a> vertical scroll bar](<a href=“http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Missing+vertical+scroll+bar]Missing”>Missing vertical scroll bar | Firefox Help)</p>
<p>Thanks, but no. The scroll bar isn’t missing, just partially obscured. The entire window is just way too w-i-d-e, and I have to manually make it thinner – if that makes any sense.</p>
<p>Is it only Firefox or do you have an adjustment to your screen available- like we used to have on TVs, where you can adjust how wide the display is?</p>
<p>It sounds like a problem in the profile. Could you create a new one, and give that a try to see if the problem goes away?</p>
<p>It’s only on Firefox – and all windows/websites I open from Firefox.</p>
<p>BC – I have a Firefox profile??? (As you can see, I’m hardly a computer savant here!)</p>
<p>Your best bet might just be to uninstall Firefox and then reinstall it.</p>
<p>Firefox has two parts: the software and a profile. You install the software and it creates a default profile for you. The profile contains bookmarks, cookies, saved form information, history, themes, extensions (most) and some other stuff.</p>
<p>If you remove Firefox, the profiles remain. So reinstalling Firefox for a profile problem usually doesn’t solve the problem.</p>
<p>You can create as many profiles as you want to though you have to name them if they are other than the default. If I run into profile problems, I’ll usually create a new one and then copy over the files from the old profile that I need and then just run the new profile.</p>
<p>"Did I hit a wrong button somewhere? "
here’s the solution [I think]. for some reason you have the FULL SCREEN F 11 button locked in the on position. Try pushing it on your keyboard and see if it reverts to the size you want. The info on this can be found on the top tool bar under View. Right click on View and you will see Full Screen F11 at the bottom of the pull down menu.</p>
<p>On F11, the scroll bar should still work while the shaded part won’t be there.</p>
<p>Also, in the top right hand corner (I have a Mac), there are three buttons, red yellow and green. If you click the green one, the window fits the screen. Don’t know if this is what you are talking about.</p>
<p>Well, thanks for all the help, everyone. So far nothing has worked. If I hit F11, the whole window just disappears. As for this:
I don’t have that when I right click. I forgot to mention that I’m on a Mac. (I tend to blame every and all variances on using a Mac.) I may have to live with it, unless I get an answer back from the Firefox Forum.</p>
<p>Try running the profile manager and create a new profile and run that. Instructions are at:</p>
<p>[Profile</a> Manager - MozillaZine Knowledge Base](<a href=“http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager]Profile”>Profile Manager - MozillaZine Knowledge Base)</p>
<p>Have you tried this
[Firefox</a> window is too large or opens off screen](<a href=“http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Firefox+window+is+too+large+or+opens+off+screen]Firefox”>Changes to toolbars and window sizes are not saved | Firefox Help)</p>
<p>WOW!!! swimcatsmom, that’s it!! Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can’t for the life of me figure out how things got all out of whack. </p>
<p>BC, I was going to try your suggestion next.</p>
<p>I knew I’d get an answer here!</p>