I have no Menu or Navigation bars available when I open Firefox

While trying to delete an unused ad-on, i erroneously deleted my Menu and Navigation bars. Now, despite having uninstalled and re-installed Firefox, no menu or navigation bars are there when I open up. I can only get my homepage. How do I re-install Firefox so that i can navigate, use bookmarks, and so on? These options are still available on IE, so it's not something in my computer.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Today, May 9th 2010 ==
== User Agent ==
Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; GTB6)

Nandha, what an elegant and simple solution for those of us who, in the wee hours of the morning, turn off the wrong tool bar. Thank you for your contribution, it saved much time, aggravation, and panic.
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