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Bookmarks folders getting invisble ?

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Wobak
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Hi,

I'm having a bit of a problem in Firefox 4.0b7

Some (=not all) of my bookmarks menus and folders are invisible, as well as the semi-automatic pre-typed texts or some contextual menus (e.g the "This happened" menu in this very page).

If I start in safe mode it works, but if I uninstall all addons and themes, I still have the issue.

Don't know what to try...

Here is a screenshot of the problem : Screenshot

Hi, I'm having a bit of a problem in Firefox 4.0b7 Some (=not all) of my bookmarks menus and folders are invisible, as well as the semi-automatic pre-typed texts or some contextual menus (e.g the "This happened" menu in this very page). If I start in safe mode it works, but if I uninstall all addons and themes, I still have the issue. Don't know what to try... Here is a screenshot of the problem : [http://images.wobak.fr/report-bug.png Screenshot]

Chosen solution

Such problems can also be solved by disabling the hardware acceleration in case updating the video driver doesn't help.

Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Browsing: [ ] "Use hardware acceleration when available"

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Try a new Profile, and then recover your personal data from the old Profile.

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Recovering+important+data+from+an+old+profile

Wobak
Wobak Question owner
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Hi,

let me add some info :

unfortunately, it didn't work. I tried using Mozbackup, using Firefox Sync, and also using manual copy.

But I noticed 2 things : -If I import my data, then create a blank profile, the bug is immediately here, without having to import anything. -I just tried to uninstall fully (= checking the box "remove all my data and customizations") and reinstall Firefox after that, with the default profile, the bug is immediately here !!

It is not related to my profile or my addons ! But starting firefox in safe mode works..

I supposed it had to be an addon, or a theme or an extension, but even disabling/removing all of them doesn't fix the bug.

Thanks for your help !

Wobak
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Ok bug solved by updating my Nvidia graphics drivers.

cor-el
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Chosen Solution

Such problems can also be solved by disabling the hardware acceleration in case updating the video driver doesn't help.

Tools > Options > Advanced : General: Browsing: [ ] "Use hardware acceleration when available"

KPale
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This was realy pissing me off and I was about to down grade. turning off hardware acceleration worked a treat.

win 7 64bit phenom 2 ati hd5780

8-)