External Discs; Wndows not Remembering Positions/Size...

Hi all,
OK, this is driving me nuts: for some reason, my Mac won't remember the position/size of a window after I close one and open the app back up again, nor will things like external discs, ipods, etc. show up on my desktop when they are connected (ipods show up for an instant, then disappear.) It worked fine for a while then, one day, both things just gave up the ghost--any ideas what might be causing this?
Note: Yes, I have Prefs in Finder set to display extrenal drives, ipods, etc.

As far as I can tell this problem was never fixed and it goes back years:
[https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=251024 Bug 251024 - On startup the main window is incorrectly sized according to the workspace of the primary monitor]
Even more bugs about it here:
https://www.google.com/#q=firefox+dual+monitor+size+site:bugzilla.mozilla.org

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