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How do I fix latest FF update which has removed all icons, menus and tool bars and i am left with an unuseable black shape.

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I allowed FF to update as normal. When opening FF afterwards I have only a black rectangle where the normal browser window was, and where all the icons, address bars, menus etc etc were there is nothing.. I have tried system restore and re installing, but there is no change. All other programs seem to be OK.

I allowed FF to update as normal. When opening FF afterwards I have only a black rectangle where the normal browser window was, and where all the icons, address bars, menus etc etc were there is nothing.. I have tried system restore and re installing, but there is no change. All other programs seem to be OK.

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hello, 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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hello, 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

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