Firefox only opens in full-screen and I can't do anything at all except control-alt-delete and close Firefox!
Hi. I made a dumb mistake and installed an add-on or extension (not sure which) that I was hoping would allow me to view YouTube videos in full-screen. Unfortunately I can't recall the name of the add-on/extension.
The problem is, now every time I open Firefox it opens in "full screen" and NOTHING (including F11) will allow me to access the taskbar, the address bar, or any of the other Firefox controls. I can't do anything at all but view the home page in full-screen! The only option I have is to hit control-alt-delete and close Firefox.
I tried uninstalling and re-installing Firefox and this didn't solve the problem. Please help. Thank you!
P.S. I'm writing this in Internet Explorer since I currently can't use Firefox.
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Try to rename (or delete) the xulstore.json file in the Firefox profile folder.
You can check if you can start Firefox in Safe Mode by holding down the Shift/Options key.
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
- Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
- Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
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Did you look in "Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions"?
Hi Fred. Thank you for your reply. Unfortunately, I cannot even access the address bar in Firefox. In fact, like I was saying, I can't do anything in Firefox at all, other than look at my homepage in full-screen. All I can do otherwise is ctrl-alt-delete and close Firefox.
Do you have another suggestion?
Hi cor-el ... Same reply to you as to Fred. I can't do anything at all in Firefox except look at the homepage in full-screen.
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Try to rename (or delete) the xulstore.json file in the Firefox profile folder.
You can check if you can start Firefox in Safe Mode by holding down the Shift/Options key.
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
- Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
- Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window
Hi cor-el ... That seems to have done the trick!! Thank you so much for (a) solving my problem and (b) replying so quickly!!!
Take care!
You're welcome