Is there a blank area visible where the bookmarks should be or is there nothing at all?

Make sure that toolbars like the "Navigation Toolbar" and the "Bookmarks Toolbar" are visible.

• Firefox menu button > Options
• View > Toolbars (press F10 to display the hidden Menu bar)
• Right-click empty toolbar area

Use Toolbar Layout (Customize) to open the Customize window and set which toolbar items to display.

• check that "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is on the Bookmarks Toolbar
• if "Bookmarks Toolbar items" is not on the Bookmarks Toolbar then drag it back from the toolbar palette into the Customize window to the Bookmarks Toolbar

• if missing items are in the toolbar palette then drag them back from the Customize window on the toolbar
• if you do not see an item on a toolbar and in the toolbar palette then click the "Restore Default Set" button to restore the default toolbar setup

You can check for problems caused by a corrupted localstore.rdf file if the above didn't help.

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf

Since my issue is with the toolbar, I will add it to this topic.

all of the above mentioned suggestions have been tried.

My issue: Everytime I start Firefox, The Toolbar Bookmarks aren't there. If I restart Firefox, they re-appear. It will happen every single time onfresh start.

It was happening since version 28 and also 29. I am now on 24.4.0 ESR which resolved other issues.

Hi Darrtz

You can check for problems caused by a corrupted localstore.rdf file.

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf

ok, simple enough to fix according to instruction... However, I don't have a 'localstore.rdf' in the profile folder...

You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:

• Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)

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

ok, localstore.rdf deleted and restarted - so far looks good. Thanks cor-el

You're welcome Darrtz

This morning did it again on first start - no toolbar :( had to restart for it to appears - same as before.

I have changed the thread title

• From
  Why doesn't Firefox does not display the Bookmarks Toolbar?
• To
  Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar does not display, but is selected

Darrtz

No doubt renaming the fie localstore.rdf will fix the issue again.

• see also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf

Possibly if you try Firefox's safe mode the problem will not reoccur

• Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode

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