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White screen only, won't connect, tried clean install

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My Firefox stopped connecting, and just get the white screen (two tabs-one says new tab, the other security privacy). Nothing loads. Iexplorer works fine.The firefox tray icon shows a window open even after closing the tabs, but doest come up when clicked.

I tried refresh then got a profile error. I tried creating a new profile and still doesn't connect. I tried the "clean" install but not sure I got all info cleaned off. Went to %APPDATA% - into roaming and changed Mozilla to Oldmozilla. Is there something else I need to "clean" can't find anymore folders.

I am no longer concerned about bookmarks at this point, just want a clean install. Windows 7 and an older Samsung laptop.

My Firefox stopped connecting, and just get the white screen (two tabs-one says new tab, the other security privacy). Nothing loads. Iexplorer works fine.The firefox tray icon shows a window open even after closing the tabs, but doest come up when clicked. I tried refresh then got a profile error. I tried creating a new profile and still doesn't connect. I tried the "clean" install but not sure I got all info cleaned off. Went to %APPDATA% - into roaming and changed Mozilla to Oldmozilla. Is there something else I need to "clean" can't find anymore folders. I am no longer concerned about bookmarks at this point, just want a clean install. Windows 7 and an older Samsung laptop.

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hi, are you running any security-related tools on the affected device?

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No antivirus is running. Windows firewall only. I also tried a system recovery using a saved one from last week, when all was well.

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do you happen to use EMET?

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If you can't get a solution for Firefox 58.0 in the next 24 hours, you could consider reinstalling Firefox 57.0.4 until there is more information about this problem: Install an older version of Firefox.

It's not completely clear to me what's happening with your Firefox data. The Refresh should have moved your old profile to your desktop in an Old Firefox Data folder. However, using System Restore may have deleted that in rolling back your user profile. So there's a big question mark over full recovery of your Firefox data. At least some version of your data may be in the AppData\Roaming\Oldmozilla folder if that contains the contents from the restore point.

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Installed the older version suggested and it works! Not finding to old bookmarks, etc. but working.

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Don't use EMET. Still have an Old Firefox Data file on desktop. Does that have my bookmarks?

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dlhallowell said

Still have an Old Firefox Data file on desktop. Does that have my bookmarks?

Click into the folder, then into the profile folder inside, then into bookmarkbackups and see what's there.

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There are 2 profile folders - the default and the one I created trying to fix it. The default folder has a bunch of JSONLZ4 files under bookmarkbackups

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dlhallowell said

There are 2 profile folders - the default and the one I created trying to fix it. The default folder has a bunch of JSONLZ4 files under bookmarkbackups

Check the file names, the creation date should be coded into them, along with the number of items in the file.

To restore one of those files, see: Restore bookmarks from backup or move them to another computer (use the Choose File... option to navigate to the Old Firefox Data folder, etc.).

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I am back in the game!! Thanks!! Appears to be working well. I am afraid to update ever again. Maybe a new laptop before too long.

Thanks again, sooo appreciated!

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Do you have Firefox set to ask you before updating? On the Options page, toward the bottom.

Usually if there's a widespread problem, there's a quick fix about 7-10 days after the release, so maybe by next Friday. But if it's something very particular to your system -- such as a graphics card/chipset driver software issue -- there might not be enough reports to fix it.

Could you copy/paste the "Graphics" section from the Troubleshooting Information page into a reply? You can open that using either:

  • "3-bar" menu button > "?" button > Troubleshooting Information
  • (menu bar) Help > Troubleshooting Information
  • type or paste about:support in the address bar and press Enter

Then scroll down a ways until you find that section. You can select/copy with the mouse. When you paste it may look disorganized, but that's just how it is.

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Yes, I set to ask before updating. Here is the Graphics section...

Name Version Enabled ID Graphics Features Compositing Direct3D 11 (Advanced Layers) Asynchronous Pan/Zoom wheel input enabled; scrollbar drag enabled; keyboard enabled; autoscroll enabled WebGL 1 Driver WSI Info EGL_VENDOR: Google Inc. 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(adapter LUID: 00000000000085a4) EGL_VERSION: 1.4 (ANGLE 2.1.0.dec065540d5f) EGL_EXTENSIONS: EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness EGL_ANGLE_d3d_share_handle_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_d3d_texture_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_surface_d3d_texture_2d_share_handle EGL_ANGLE_query_surface_pointer EGL_ANGLE_window_fixed_size EGL_ANGLE_keyed_mutex EGL_ANGLE_surface_orientation EGL_NV_post_sub_buffer EGL_KHR_create_context EGL_EXT_device_query EGL_KHR_image EGL_KHR_image_base EGL_KHR_gl_texture_2D_image EGL_KHR_gl_texture_cubemap_image EGL_KHR_gl_renderbuffer_image EGL_KHR_get_all_proc_addresses EGL_KHR_stream EGL_KHR_stream_consumer_gltexture EGL_NV_stream_consumer_gltexture_yuv EGL_ANGLE_flexible_surface_compatibility EGL_ANGLE_create_context_webgl_compatibility EGL_CHROMIUM_create_context_bind_generates_resource EGL_EXTENSIONS(nullptr): EGL_EXT_client_extensions EGL_EXT_platform_base EGL_EXT_platform_device EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle EGL_ANGLE_platform_angle_d3d EGL_ANGLE_device_creation EGL_ANGLE_device_creation_d3d11 EGL_ANGLE_experimental_present_path EGL_KHR_client_get_all_proc_addresses WebGL 2 Driver Renderer Google Inc. -- ANGLE (AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G Direct3D11 vs_5_0 ps_5_0) WebGL 2 Driver Version OpenGL ES 3.0 (ANGLE 2.1.0.dec065540d5f) WebGL 2 Driver Extensions GL_ANGLE_depth_texture GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_blit GL_ANGLE_framebuffer_multisample GL_ANGLE_instanced_arrays GL_ANGLE_lossy_etc_decode GL_ANGLE_pack_reverse_row_order GL_ANGLE_request_extension GL_ANGLE_robust_client_memory GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt3 GL_ANGLE_texture_compression_dxt5 GL_ANGLE_texture_usage GL_ANGLE_translated_shader_source GL_CHROMIUM_bind_generates_resource GL_CHROMIUM_bind_uniform_location GL_CHROMIUM_copy_compressed_texture GL_CHROMIUM_copy_texture GL_CHROMIUM_sync_query GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_color_buffer_float GL_EXT_color_buffer_half_float GL_EXT_debug_marker GL_EXT_discard_framebuffer GL_EXT_disjoint_timer_query GL_EXT_draw_buffers GL_EXT_frag_depth GL_EXT_map_buffer_range GL_EXT_occlusion_query_boolean GL_EXT_read_format_bgra GL_EXT_robustness GL_EXT_sRGB GL_EXT_shader_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_compression_dxt1 GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_format_BGRA8888 GL_EXT_texture_norm16 GL_EXT_texture_rg GL_EXT_texture_storage GL_EXT_unpack_subimage GL_KHR_debug GL_NV_EGL_stream_consumer_external GL_NV_fence GL_NV_pack_subimage GL_NV_pixel_buffer_object GL_OES_EGL_image GL_OES_EGL_image_external GL_OES_EGL_image_external_essl3 GL_OES_compressed_ETC1_RGB8_texture GL_OES_depth32 GL_OES_element_index_uint GL_OES_get_program_binary GL_OES_mapbuffer GL_OES_packed_depth_stencil GL_OES_rgb8_rgba8 GL_OES_standard_derivatives GL_OES_texture_float GL_OES_texture_float_linear GL_OES_texture_half_float GL_OES_texture_half_float_linear GL_OES_texture_npot GL_OES_vertex_array_object WebGL 2 Extensions EXT_color_buffer_float EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic EXT_disjoint_timer_query OES_texture_float_linear WEBGL_compressed_texture_s3tc WEBGL_debug_renderer_info WEBGL_debug_shaders WEBGL_lose_context MOZ_WEBGL_lose_context MOZ_WEBGL_compressed_texture_s3tc Direct2D true DirectWrite true (6.2.9200.22164) GPU #1 Active Yes Description AMD Radeon(TM) HD 6520G Vendor ID 0x1002 Device ID 0x9647 Driver Version 8.910.0.0 Driver Date 10-13-2011 Drivers aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx64 aticfx32 aticfx32 aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64 Subsys ID 00000000 RAM 512 Diagnostics AzureCanvasAccelerated 0 AzureCanvasBackend Direct2D 1.1 AzureCanvasBackend (UI Process) skia AzureContentBackend Direct2D 1.1 AzureContentBackend (UI Process) skia AzureFallbackCanvasBackend (UI Process) cairo GPUProcessPid 10956 Decision Log WEBRENDER opt-in by default: WebRender is an opt-in feature unavailable by runtime: Build doesn't include WebRender ADVANCED_LAYERS available by user: Enabled for Windows 7 via user-preference Workarounds NO_CONSTANT_BUFFER_OFFSETTING Unsupported by driver

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I had, and a number of my customers had, this problem.

That was the 32 bit version of Firefox

I am running Win 7 64bit

What I found interesting was • it came in with a Auto Update to 58.0 • Clicking on stored bookmarks did nothing • Reseting Firefox didn't help • Disabling AV/Firewall didn't help. Chrome, Vivaldi, IE working • The AV didn't tigger with the update as being an issue • Safe mode Firefox didn't work • Firefox was not listed in Control Panel - Programs and Features, so couldn't uninstall Firefox the normal way

What I did was the following: • In the C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\uninstall\ folder, I ran helper.exe and Uninstalled Firefox • Download and installed Firefox 64 bit 58.0 I got my bookmarks back and I had to reinstall the Password Manager and AV Filtering add ons and now it seems to work.

The most interesting thing is why it was "missing" from Control Panel

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