Firefox is stuck minimized

Greetings,
I sometimes minimize windows to reduce clutter. However, Firefox sometimes gets stuck minimized. This happens at least once per day. The only thing I can do is right-click it on the taskbar and close it. When I open Firefox again, most of the window appears off-screen (to the left). How can I troubleshoot this? It doesn't happen to any other application.
Thanks,
Shane.

This isn't a solution, but it might help someone else figure out what the underlying issue is: if you hold down the Shift key and right-click on the Firefox icon in your taskbar, then click "Restore" or "Maximize", does your Firefox window reappear?

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