Bookmark toolbar is blank after upgrading to firefox 4

I just upgraded to firefox 4. When I turned the bookmark toolbar on, it is blank. When I browse bookmarks via the firefox menu, there is a section near the top labeled "bookmarks toolbar." This has all of my bookmarks from the toolbar of my previous version, but they do not actually appear in the toolbar, its just dead space. That option is not there in the bookmarks button in the top right, but the rest of my bookmarks that were not on the toolbar are there.

* Show your blank Bookmarks Toolbar.
* Show the Menu Bar. This should show all your old toolbar bookmarks, yes?
* Turn on "Customize".
* In the Menu Bar, you will see now an icon followed by the text "Bookmarks Toolbar Items >>". Grab that and pull it down onto the blank Bookmarks Toolbar.
* Hit "Done" in the "Customize Toolbar" window.
* Send me a Scotch.

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