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I click. Firefox reverts to strictly text. All html coding disappears and I am looking at lines and lines of purely text.

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I don't know how to explain it better. A screenshot would be perfect, but I can't figure out how to add that. I have uninstalled Firefox and reinstalled it. I have uninstalled Firefox and all of my bookmarks and everything associated with Firefox, restarted my computer and then reinstalled Firefox. The problem persists.

I don't know how to explain it better. A screenshot would be perfect, but I can't figure out how to add that. I have uninstalled Firefox and reinstalled it. I have uninstalled Firefox and all of my bookmarks and everything associated with Firefox, restarted my computer and then reinstalled Firefox. The problem persists.

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Can you resolve the problem for a short time by reloading the page bypassing cached files? You can do that using the Ctrl+Shift+r keyboard shortcut.

If that works and you have a Samsung system, you may need to disable or remove the Samsung Support Center program, which can remove files from Firefox's cache at unpredictable intervals.

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hello Kathi_B, you can attach a screenshot in a reply to your first post.

it might also be helpful if you could go to firefox > help > troubleshooting information, copy the contents of that page and paste them here into a reply on the forum too, since this might give us a clue what is going on...

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Wow! I figured out how to get that screenshot on here.  :) Also, here's the troubleshooting information. Will this help you help me?

Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 26.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:26.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/26.0

Extensions


Name: AVG SafeGuard toolbar Version: 17.1.3.3 Enabled: false ID: avg@toolbar

Name: PasswordBox Version: 1.18.0.2194 Enabled: false ID: firefox@passwordbox.com

Important Modified Preferences


accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0 browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400 browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: false browser.cache.disk.smart_size_cached_value: 358400 browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4 browser.sessionstore.upgradeBackup.latestBuildID: 20131205075310 browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20131205075310 browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone: 26.0 extensions.lastAppVersion: 26.0 network.cookie.prefsMigrated: true places.database.lastMaintenance: 1386791492 places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 99550 plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf plugin.importedState: true privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: true storage.vacuum.last.index: 0 storage.vacuum.last.places.sqlite: 1386791492

Graphics


Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 Adapter Drivers: igdumd64 igd10umd64 igd10umd64 igdumd32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x0166 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.2.9200.16581) Driver Date: 10-17-2012 Driver Version: 9.17.10.2875 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10 Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000 Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureContentBackend: direct2d AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


Activated: false Prevent Accessibility: 0

Library Versions


NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.2 Version in use: 4.10.2

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.15.3.1 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.15.3.1 Version in use: 3.15.3.1

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Chosen Solution

Can you resolve the problem for a short time by reloading the page bypassing cached files? You can do that using the Ctrl+Shift+r keyboard shortcut.

If that works and you have a Samsung system, you may need to disable or remove the Samsung Support Center program, which can remove files from Firefox's cache at unpredictable intervals.