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Hi, I have an "overlay" thing on the bottom of my web browser. How do I get rid of it?

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Dr.Noe
Dr.Noe

This is the whole thing on the bottom of my page:

<overlay xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul" </p>

how do I get rid of this?

This is the whole thing on the bottom of my page: <overlay xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul" how do I get rid of this?

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Sounds like a broken addon. You should do some basic Firefox troubleshooting to discover what is causing that message.

Do you have that problem when running in the Firefox SafeMode?
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode
Don't select anything right now, just use "Continue in SafeMode."

If not, see this:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+theme...

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister

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Sounds like a broken addon. You should do some basic Firefox troubleshooting to discover what is causing that message.

Do you have that problem when running in the Firefox SafeMode?
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode
Don't select anything right now, just use "Continue in SafeMode."

If not, see this:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+theme...

Dr.Noe
Dr.Noe Question owner

Hi, resetting Firefox worked. Thanks!