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I Cannot see add-ins or extensions to disable Yahoo in MENU bar, not toolbar!

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Hello: I am trying to remove a suddenly appearing Yahoo option in my MENU bar (not toolbar).

Hello: I am trying to remove a suddenly appearing Yahoo option in my MENU bar (not toolbar).

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To get rid of Yahoo in the Menu Bar, try this:

  1. type about:config in the Location/URL bar and press the Enter key
  2. if you see a warning, accept it (promise to be careful)
  3. Search space on the about:config page, type yahoo.ytff.options
  4. if you see an item in the lower panel yahoo.ytff.options.menubar, the value column will be true
  5. double-click that item to toggle the value column to false or right-click that item and choose "Toggle" to toggle the value column to false
  6. close the about:config tab
  7. you may need to restart Firefox to see the change.

Also see - http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config


Cannot see add-ins or extensions

The database that keeps track of your extensions may be corrupt and you need to reset those files; you will not lose your extensions! The files will be recreated by Firefox when you restart Firefox. Delete the files with Firefox closed.

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You might be able to remove it using the Customize feature. To access that, right-click the blank part of the Menu bar and choose Customize. (Or use View > Toolbars > Customize)

Can you drag the unwanted item back to the Customize dialog?

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do not click the Reset button on the Safe mode start window or otherwise make changes.
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No, it won't let me drag it over.

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No, it won't let me drag it over.

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Could you reply and attach a screen shot showing the unwanted item? I'm having trouble picturing it. This article might help: How do I create a screenshot of my problem?

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I've included a screen shot below.

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Chosen Solution

To get rid of Yahoo in the Menu Bar, try this:

  1. type about:config in the Location/URL bar and press the Enter key
  2. if you see a warning, accept it (promise to be careful)
  3. Search space on the about:config page, type yahoo.ytff.options
  4. if you see an item in the lower panel yahoo.ytff.options.menubar, the value column will be true
  5. double-click that item to toggle the value column to false or right-click that item and choose "Toggle" to toggle the value column to false
  6. close the about:config tab
  7. you may need to restart Firefox to see the change.

Also see - http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config


Cannot see add-ins or extensions

The database that keeps track of your extensions may be corrupt and you need to reset those files; you will not lose your extensions! The files will be recreated by Firefox when you restart Firefox. Delete the files with Firefox closed.

Modified by TheOldFox

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Yay! That fixed it! Thank you SOOOO much! That was driving me crazy. I hate sneaky stuff like that.  :)

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That item was added by an Extension or by a separate program installed on your system.

It may also be included as part of the Firefox version distributed by Yahoo ( http://downloads.yahoo.com/firefox/ ) or a Firefox version offered by your ISP through their affiliation with Yahoo.