Firefox only allows 4 websites to be saved in the location bar. How do I change this?

My location dropdown bar used to be able to hold as many websites as I wanted and it was convenient to be able to drop and click on a site rather than continually typing in the address of sites I frequent. A few months ago after an update (I'm not sure which one) the location bar started limiting my addresses to 4 in the bar. I've looked in the preferences options and online and I can't find anyone who's had the same problem who knows a solution. I'm running version 7.0.1. Thanks.

Do you have the FastestFox extension?
* FastestFox Options > General, uncheck "Enhance Awesomebar"
See image 10 in the image gallery: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/9825
*https://addons.mozilla.org/img/uploads/previews/full/37/37975.png
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode

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