Sync does not transfer menu and toolbar customization to newly-installed copies of Firefox.

Sync's been working pretty well for me...except for, well, syncing most of the GUI. Every single time I reinstall Firefox - which is very frequently, sometimes - I have to click 'Customize', remove *every single icon* from the menu, display the bookmarks toolbar, drag the bookmarks toolbar items to where I always keep them. I have to close the bookmarks toolbar again, and then move all of the icons and the home button from the navigation bar to where I keep all of those. Then I have to remove the search bar from the navigation bar, because I never leave the search bar there.
This happens *every single time* I reinstall Firefox.
It is a lot of work, it is tedious, and I've done it at least four times this week alone. This really shouldn't be happening. I never had to deal with this kind of thing when using Chrome - their sync function works exactly as you'd expect it to.
I prefer Firefox for a few reasons, but if this isn't resolved, I might have to switch back. A sync function that only syncs half of what it should is not a useful sync function at all. I should be able to log in, wait a minute or two for it to download my data, and then I should be presented with the browser set up exactly as I left it.
I should not be presented with a horrendous mixture of my settings and the defaults that bleeds over into my other computers. Oh, did I not mention that part? Many times, when I log into my sync account on a new installation, the default bookmarks that get shoved in with the rest of my bookmarks GET SYNCED TO MY ACCOUNT AND TRANSFERRED TO MY OTHER COMPUTERS.
I'm then forced to delete all of them a few *more* times.
Please tell me there's a solution to this.
edit: Also, search settings are never transferred. That's another thing I'd like to be able to stop having to change every time.

In order to change your Firefox Configuration please do the following steps :
# In the [[Location bar autocomplete|Location bar]], type '''about:config''' and press '''Enter'''. The about:config "''This might void your warranty!''" warning page may appear.
# Click '''I'll be careful, I promise!''' to continue to the about:config page.
# Please add: services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.uiCustomization.state and make it a boolean and mark it as true.

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