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Why is every link highlighted on every open webpage, and it doesn't happen when using Internet Explorer.

AnonymousUser
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Every time I open a webpage, every web link is highlighted in gray. If I use Internet Explorer as my browser, this doesn't happen.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== About 2 days ago

Every time I open a webpage, every web link is highlighted in gray. If I use Internet Explorer as my browser, this doesn't happen. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == About 2 days ago

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Chris Ilias
Chris Ilias
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See Website colors are wrong

cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes). See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems

If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all your extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears. You can use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window. You have to close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (on Mac: "Firefox > Quit")