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Can someone tell me the problem with my Firefox browser?

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every time i try to open it, it doesnt work and it looks like this..

http://prntscr.com/4yt5zx


Yes i already restarted my computer, i also uninstalled firefox and re installed it.

every time i try to open it, it doesnt work and it looks like this.. http://prntscr.com/4yt5zx Yes i already restarted my computer, i also uninstalled firefox and re installed it.

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Getting a black screen after updating to Firefox 33 can be caused by a problem with hardware acceleration in Firefox.

You can start Firefox in Safe Mode by holding down the Shift/Options key (Safe Mode disables hardware acceleration).

You can try to disable hardware acceleration in Firefox.

  • Tools > Options > Advanced > General > Browsing: "Use hardware acceleration when available"

You need to close and restart Firefox after toggling this setting.

Note that there is a Firefox 33.0.1 release scheduled that addresses some hardware acceleration related crashes.

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Im trying to do what you told me to but it isnt working still. and everything is blacked out so i can even see what it is doing.

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Hold down the <Shift> mac <Command> key, and start Firefox. This will put it in Safe mode.

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Did you try to start Firefox in Safe Mode by holding down the Shift key while starting like I wrote above?

You can also make a copy of the Firefox desktop shortcut and add a space and -safe-mode to the target line.

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In order to start up in Safe Mode, you need to first close the blacked-out Firefox. You can use the Windows Taskbar icon (right-click > Close window) to do that.