Join the AMA (Ask Me Anything) with the Firefox leadership team to celebrate Firefox 20th anniversary and discuss Firefox’s future on Mozilla Connect. Mark your calendar on Thursday, November 14, 18:00 - 20:00 UTC!

This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Firefox only comes up as a blank, black rectangle with no toolbars or anything else.

  • 2 respostas
  • 3 have this problem
  • 3 views
  • Last reply by DaveJenkins

more options

I have uninstalled and reinstalled it several times, but it does the same thing every time.

It happened when I clicked on the "Accept" button on a LinkedIn e-mail in Thunderbird, while then immediately clicking on another e-mail to delete it instead of waiting for Firefox to open.

Dave Jenkins

I have uninstalled and reinstalled it several times, but it does the same thing every time. It happened when I clicked on the "Accept" button on a LinkedIn e-mail in Thunderbird, while then immediately clicking on another e-mail to delete it instead of waiting for Firefox to open. Dave Jenkins

Chosen solution

hello dave, other users with this problem all had an embedded intel hd 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.

Intel guide to find out which model you're using

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

Ler a resposta no contexto 👍 1

All Replies (2)

more options

Chosen Solution

hello dave, other users with this problem all had an embedded intel hd 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.

Intel guide to find out which model you're using

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

more options

Starting Firefox in Safe mode and disabling hardware acceleration seems to have done the job. Thanks for your help.