I want to uninstall firefox and re-install it with no bookmarks pre-loaded

What it says on the tin, basically. I want to reinstall Firefox as if its the very first time I'm installing it, like it has to ask me if I want to import any bookmarks. Is that possible, or do I have to manually delete all of my bookmarks?

You can delete the places.sqlite file in the Firefox profile folder and also all JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder if you want to remove all current bookmarks.
If you want to reset all Firefox data then you can use the Profile Manager to delete the current profile folder and all files in it and create a new profile.
A Firefox reset will still preserve some data including bookmarks, so that wouldn't work for you.
You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
To make Firefox ask to import data from other browsers you would have to delete the profiles.ini file, that registers all present profiles, in the parent location of the profile folder.
You can import bookmarks manually in the Bookmarks Manager (Library).
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_bookmarks
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-use-bookmarks

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After installing SP1 Firefox quit working and Internet Explore quit working. I can only use Chrome as a browser at this time.

See:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser_will_not_start_up
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Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls
Do a malware check with some malware scanning programs on the Windows computer.<br />
You need to scan with all programs because each program detects different malware.<br />
Make sure that you update each program to get the latest version of their databases before doing a scan.
*http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
*http://www.superantispyware.com/ - SuperAntispyware
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*http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/defender/default.mspx - Windows Defender: Home Page
*http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html - Spybot Search & Destroy
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Remove all rules for Firefox and the plugin-container from the permissions list in the firewall and let your firewall ask again for permission to get full unrestricted access to internet for Firefox and the plugin-container process and the updater process.
See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Server+not+found
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firewalls
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/fix-problems-connecting-websites-after-updating

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Either I do have missing some bar or i am not getting the proper setting on my windows of fire fox. But really I want to say that I don't like my present screen of fire fox.

You can delete the places.sqlite file in the Firefox profile folder and also all JSON backups in the bookmarkbackups folder if you want to remove all current bookmarks.
If you want to reset all Firefox data then you can use the Profile Manager to delete the current profile folder and all files in it and create a new profile.
A Firefox reset will still preserve some data including bookmarks, so that wouldn't work for you.
You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
To make Firefox ask to import data from other browsers you would have to delete the profiles.ini file, that registers all present profiles, in the parent location of the profile folder.
You can import bookmarks manually in the Bookmarks Manager (Library).
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Import_bookmarks
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-do-i-use-bookmarks

I was infected with Malware. I wanted to uninstall Firefox and reinstall. I did, but after the reinstall, the bookmarks, everything was still there.

How can I ensure a clean install?

Follow the removal instructions that '''ideato''' hyperlinked. Not everything that Trovi installed on your PC resides within Firefox folders; sometimes garbage like that goes so far as to infect the Registry and if you don't get rid of it all it will just reinstall itself into Firefox all over again on launch.
MalwareTips.con is one of the best and most consistently correct websites I have found for dealing with Malware, ''as linked by ideato''.
http://malwaretips.com/blogs/trovi-com-removal/

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See [[Firewalls]] and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firewalls
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Try to disable the real-time (live) scanning of files in your anti-virus software temporarily to see if that makes it work.
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Bookmarks and other personal data are located in your Profile folder. See:<br />
* http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles
* https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Backing+up+your+information
* http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles#How_to_find_your_profile
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Show_hidden_files_and_folders
* http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
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*Uninstalling Firefox: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/uninstalling+Firefox

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See:
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Transferring_data_to_a_new_profile_-_Firefox
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*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show in Finder
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
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* [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Session_Restore
* [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/sessionstore.js

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