Why aren't my settings retained after restarting Firefox?

I customize the toolbar and remove the FEEDBACK button. But every time I restart Firefox, the FEEDBACK button comes up. How do I get rid of it?
I also "USE CUSTOM SETTING FOR HISTORY" but every time I restart Firefox 4, it goes back to default "Firefox will remember history".
This is annoying because having blocked cookies, and other things from specific sites - the settings go back to default and undesired effects pop up (like cookies from the blocked sites).

You can disable or uninstall the Feedback (Test Pilot) extension (Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) if you do not want to use that feature.

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