Firefox always starts maximized

Whenever I start firefox, it's maximized. This normally wouldn't be a problem, but I've got dual monitor with xinerama, and it spans both monitors. Even that would be tolerable, but it doesn't start centered, it starts with it's upperleft corner in the middle of the right monitor. It's a pain to drag it over and restore it. I'm using fluxbox-devel, and the remember stuff doesn't seem to work. I restore it from maximized, drag it over to the left monitor, make it a reasonable size, pick remember position and remember dimensions from the menu, and hit save on close and close. When start it again, it's back the way it was! It's really aggravating :evil: . Has anyone else had this problem? I can't seem to find any info on it.

perhaps it is a bug with firefox have you looked through their bug tracker to see if this is a bug? perhaps googling will give you some info? also maybe check some other distros forums to see whats up.
i would help you out but my web browsing is limited to about an hour from work. i am not at home right now and where i am staying has no internet capabilities.

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== windows start

Certain Firefox problems can be solved by performing a ''Clean reinstall''. This means you remove Firefox program files and then reinstall Firefox. Please follow these steps:
'''Note:''' You might want to print these steps or view them in another browser.
#Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from http://www.mozilla.org and save the setup file to your computer.
#After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows (click Exit from the Firefox or File menu).
#Delete the Firefox installation folder, which is located in one of these locations, by default:
#*'''Windows:'''
#**C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox
#**C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox
#*'''Mac:''' Delete Firefox from the Applications folder.
#*'''Linux:''' If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see [[Installing Firefox on Linux]]. If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the [http://www.mozilla.org/firefox#desktop Firefox download page], simply remove the folder ''firefox'' in your home directory.
#Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox:
##Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard.
##Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button.
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I had reinstall my Windows 7 (win 7 pro 64bit)
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