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Newtab page shows for half a second then disappears

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When I open a new tab, the "newtab" page appears for less than half a second, then disappears and a blank page shows. I've tried everything I could find in the help section.l I'm using 13.0 and have just upgraded. I treid the "newtab url" addon; I tried the the "about:config" solution.

When I open a new tab, the "newtab" page appears for less than half a second, then disappears and a blank page shows. I've tried everything I could find in the help section.l I'm using 13.0 and have just upgraded. I treid the "newtab url" addon; I tried the the "about:config" solution.

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

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Thank you! It was the Elf community toolbar that was causing the problem. I'm not even sure how that got on to begin with :)

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You're welcome