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Firefox opens, but only gives a white/grey screen and does not do anything further

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I have re-started and re-installed Firefox, but nothing works. When I try to delete the profiles via run command, there pops up a little black window, but nothing further. Please tell me how to get Firefox working again. Thanks!

I have re-started and re-installed Firefox, but nothing works. When I try to delete the profiles via run command, there pops up a little black window, but nothing further. Please tell me how to get Firefox working again. Thanks!

Réiteach roghnaithe

hello pvisser, other users with this problem all had an embedded intel hd3000 graphics card with an old driver present. in case this also applies to you, here would be a link to update the driver, which in turn should also address the black firefox problem: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=23764 (for win7 64 bit)

in case this doesn't solve the issue or does not apply to your system, start firefox into safemode by pressing the shift key while the application is launching & disable hardware acceleration in the firefox menu ≡ > options > advanced > general (that setting will take a restart of the browser to take effect).

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Réiteach Roghnaithe

hello pvisser, other users with this problem all had an embedded intel hd3000 graphics card with an old driver present. in case this also applies to you, here would be a link to update the driver, which in turn should also address the black firefox problem: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=23764 (for win7 64 bit)

in case this doesn't solve the issue or does not apply to your system, start firefox into safemode by pressing the shift key while the application is launching & disable hardware acceleration in the firefox menu ≡ > options > advanced > general (that setting will take a restart of the browser to take effect).

Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems