Toolbox gone missing

[FreeHandRage webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Hi you all experts,

All of sudden I cannot get the toolbox open. I go under Window and select Tools from there but what happens is that a grey bar appears to the left side of the screen where the toolbox used to be - but all the tool buttons keep missing, i.e. the text block tool etc. When I again deselect Tools, the grey bar disappears. So there is a change when selecting Tools - only there are never any buttons in sight. I can use the tools by clicking the right mouse button but that is not exactly very convenient.

Anyone know what on earth I am supposed to do?

Best
FreeHandError :-P

[Raind0g webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Yeah. I have exactly the same problem. Help needed quickly!

[FreeHandRage webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

Wonderful, a fellow victim! Let's wait for the help to arrive together! :-D

[Judy Arndt]

FreeHandRage wrote:

> Wonderful, a fellow victim! Let's wait for the help to arrive together! :-D

Help yourselves! ;-)

I suggest all of you make a trip to the Freehand support page

[url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/freehand/[/url]

Do a search for 'missing toolbox'. At least one of the solutions presented
should solve your collective problems.

Judy Arndt

[Christine-WoBeGe-Germany webforumsuser@macromedia.com]

To help ourselves is what we want - but unfortunatly all the solutions on the freehand support-page don't work. (I escpecially do not find that fhprefs.txt file, it Did you others get help from that support page?

[eddizonb]

I highly recommend that you carefully follow the steps in this link:
[url]http://www.macromedia.com/support/freehand/ts/documents/missing_toolbars.htm[/url]

MMTS-EddizonB

"FreeHandRage" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:bpdjqb$3d1$1@forums.macromedia.com...

> Hi you all experts,
>
> All of sudden I cannot get the toolbox open. I go under Window and select

Tools from there but what happens is that a grey bar appears to the left
side of the screen where the toolbox used to be - but all the tool buttons
keep missing, i.e. the text block tool etc. When I again deselect Tools, the
grey bar disappears. So there is a change when selecting Tools - only there
are never any buttons in sight. I can use the tools by clicking the right
mouse button but that is not exactly very convenient.

>
> Anyone know what on earth I am supposed to do?
>
> Best
> FreeHandError :-P
>
>

[Unregistered]

How to restore missing toolbars and panels
I had tried everything to restore my tool box and nothing was working. What finally did work was the following.
• Delete the Toolbar settings file.
Quit FreeHand prior to trying this option.
This file will be recreated upon relaunching FreeHand MX

Macintosh OS X - [harddrive]> Users > [username]> Library > Application Support > Macromedia> FreeHand MX > 11 > English > Settings > Toolbars> Toolbars

It worked for me!!!