After starting Firefox, a blank rectangle appears inside of Firefox. After selecting a tab, the blank rectangle goes away, but reappears when Firefox is minimiz
After starting Firefox, a blank rectangle appears inside of Firefox. After selecting a tab, the blank rectangle goes away, but reappears when Firefox is minimized as the same blank rectangle now covering a portion of our desktop image. Logging off and logging back on did not change this problem.
Thank you,
Dan
Réiteach roghnaithe
That looks like a menu off the search box.
Did you try Safe Mode?
Do you have this problem anywhere else?
Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.
- Clear the Cache and
- Remove Cookies
Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to.
Type about:preferences<Enter> in the address bar.
- Cookies; Select Privacy. Under History, select Firefox will Use Custom Settings. Press the button on the right side called Show Cookies. Use the search bar to look for the site. Note; There may be more than one entry. Remove All of them.
- Cache; Select Advanced > Network. Across from Cached Web Content, Press Clear Now.
If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode;
Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar.
Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.
Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?
Then restart.
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What is your home page?
Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac Options) key, and then starting Firefox. Is the problem still there?
Hello,
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Thank you!
Home page is "Bing" as shown... the second image is my desktop image with the rectangular hole I am hoping to get rid of!
Thanks!
Réiteach Roghnaithe
That looks like a menu off the search box.
Did you try Safe Mode?
Do you have this problem anywhere else?
Many site issues can be caused by corrupt cookies or cache.
- Clear the Cache and
- Remove Cookies
Warning ! ! This will log you out of sites you're logged in to.
Type about:preferences<Enter> in the address bar.
- Cookies; Select Privacy. Under History, select Firefox will Use Custom Settings. Press the button on the right side called Show Cookies. Use the search bar to look for the site. Note; There may be more than one entry. Remove All of them.
- Cache; Select Advanced > Network. Across from Cached Web Content, Press Clear Now.
If there is still a problem, Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web link} While you are in safe mode;
Type about:preferences#advanced<Enter> in the address bar.
Under Advanced, Select General. Look for and turn off Use Hardware Acceleration.
Poke around safe web sites. Are there any problems?
Then restart.