426716 - clicking bookmarks won't open URL, must use side bar or manager

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: Bookmarks & History, defect)

Description

[Thomas Oskk]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13

Dunno if this is a dupe, couldnt find this exact issue.

When clicking bookmark from drop-down menu item, nothing happens, neither left nor right click.
Using side bar or bookmarks manager works. 


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. do as described
2. see what happens
Actual Results:  
sustains in fale-safe mode.

Expected Results:  
tab/window with URL opening

Maybe this is another bug, but since i discovered this issue, clicking the URL-text does not highlight it any more. Instead i have to click the web-site symbol besides it to highlight. This is annoying.

Comment 1

[Thomas Oskk]

if it helps: Right now i additionally noticed that my default "home" page has been overridden by some customized google page. 
When opening a new window, my default page opens, but clicking on "home" brings up the google search page http://www.google.de/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official 

Options/Main still shows my default, but it wont load on clicking the home button.
What went wrong on the last update??

Comment 2

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Maybe deleting the file localstore.rdf in your profile wil help?
If not, you could try a new profile or a reinstall in a new empty folder.

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

Comment 3

[Thomas Oskk]

Wow, Ria, thanks! I renamed localstore.rdf to localstore_old.rdf, also renamed localstore-safe.rdf to localstore-safe_rdf.old and that worked out fine:

- Bookmarks are working again from menu dropdown list
- home page is the preset one
- URL gets highlighted again by clicking on it

I just had to change toolbar settings and icon size.

My profile was ok, I only have one, and there was no other one. 
Maybe one should add the symptoms I described above to the
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf
help page, as there are the non-highlighting URL, the reset home page and the not working bookmarks <U>though shown</u>. 

Thanks for the quick fix!

Comment 4

[Tracy Walker [:tracy]]

The FIXED resolution is reserved for bugs with code checked in to fix a issue. Not for where someone found a workaround to their support issue.  marking as WFM

Comment 5

[Thomas Oskk]

First: Sorry if i changed the sataus, wasnt even aware of doing that. 

Second: IT'S BACK!
As soon as i open a second browser window, the same issues as discribed before reappear. 
I think its not suitable to delete the localstore.rdf everytime i open a new window. So, this time i reopend the bug. 

Comment 6

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

Maybe caused by some faulty add-on that is corrupting the localstore.rdf file? Try safe-mode to find out or try disabling the add-ons one by one.
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_Mode_(Firefox)

Comment 7

[Thomas Oskk]

I think, the malefactor is unmasked now: It the All-In-One-Sidebar.
Strange to say disabling did not change behavior of FF the first time.
The problem is already known there, and a temporary workaround is provided here: http://firefox.exxile.net/aios/knownissues.php
This does the trick. For now. Bookmarks are accessible as known again, URL-bar behaves like desired, "home" leads home, even when opening new window. 
Thanks for your efforts, Ria and Tracy! 
Have a nice day :)