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Firefox opens minimized and cannot bring the window up (PC)

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Wendeejay
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Firefox "opens" when clicked, but the window doesn't appear. Hovering over the icon, the window is visible, but will not appear when selected. Uninstalled & Reinstalled Firefox; Rebooted, Deleted 'parentlock', and several other fixes.

Firefox "opens" when clicked, but the window doesn't appear. Hovering over the icon, the window is visible, but will not appear when selected. Uninstalled & Reinstalled Firefox; Rebooted, Deleted 'parentlock', and several other fixes.

Chosen solution

Could you send us a screenshot when you are hovering over the icon?

Otherwise you can try to start Firefox in Safe Mode.

  1. Close totally Firefox: Open the Task Manager, find the firefox.exe process and end it.
  2. Start Firefox by holding down the shift key of your keyboard.

Is the Firefox window displayed normally?

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Banban
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Chosen Solution

Could you send us a screenshot when you are hovering over the icon?

Otherwise you can try to start Firefox in Safe Mode.

  1. Close totally Firefox: Open the Task Manager, find the firefox.exe process and end it.
  2. Start Firefox by holding down the shift key of your keyboard.

Is the Firefox window displayed normally?