[Pianoman16]

The other day, out of nowhere, Firefox started to show me the websites that I routinely visit, in a new light. I go to Google, and the words are missing from the buttons. This isn't the only site, there were a few others. More annoying, drop down boxes are shown as a long list taking up the entire page and I'm not able to click on the text or anything. This is fine, I can deal til Firefox updates or it fixes itself so I use Internet Explorer in the mean time (which by the way works completely fine, Opera too). I got to check Firefox the next day, my homepage is missing all images and content except for text. I try reinstalling flash thinking that's it, I tried reinstalling Firefox, got nothing. I honestly have no idea what the cause is and how to fix it, I included some pictures as an aide. If anyone has the slightest idea could you please help. Thank you.

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Try clearing out your cache. Shutting down firefox and opening it up again. This happens to me periodically.

Go to tools, options, clear private data. Make sure cache is checked.

[coachwife6]

Try clearing out your cache. Shutting down firefox and opening it up again. This happens to me periodically.

Go to tools, options, clear private data. Make sure cache is checked.

[==SpuD==]

At the top go to View, then scroll down to page style,

Then select Basic page style from the list

Hope this helps!

SpuD

Edited by ==SpuD==, 29 July 2008 - 08:04 AM.

[Pianoman16]

Unfortunately neither suggestion worked. Thank you both for the input though, I greatly appreciate it. The odd thing is that my homepage (comcast.net) works fine now, but the other site I mentioned are still the same. It's odd how only one is now fixed.

[==SpuD==]

Try the websites on a different browser to see if its the website or FF,

[Pianoman16]

I have done this. Everything views correctly in Internet Explorer and Opera, it's only Firefox thats affected. This is killing me because I prefer to use Firefox because it's so much better but Im forced to use IE for now.

[Major Payne]

Try creating a new Profile for Firefox or for a total repair:

Closing Firefox:
* Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc (or ctrl + alt + delete) to view Windows's Task Manager.
* On the "applications" tab, make sure Mozilla Firefox isn't open. (Note: The name of the website will precede "Mozilla Firefox.")
* If you find any instances open, right-click it and select "end task."
* Click on the "processes" tab and look for "firefox.exe."
* If it is present, right-click it and select "end process." It will pop up with a notice/warning...click "yes."
* Click the "X" to close Windows Task Manager.
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Uninstalling Firefox:
* Go start->control panel->add/remove programs.
* Select Firefox, and remove/uninstall it.
* Click the "X" to exit add/remove programs.
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Removing the Remnents of Firefox:
* Double-click "My Computer" and go to "C:\Program Files". From there, delete the Firefox (or "Mozilla") folder.
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Firefox Profile folder:
* The location of this folder varies based on your operating system.
* Note that "username" is your Windows username.
* Note that "random characters" is actually a series of random characters.
* The Application Data/AppData folder is hidden by default. To view it, you must go Tools->Folder Options, select the View tab, and select "show hidden files and folders" before proceeding. (Vista users can press the Alt key to temporarily display the File menu.)

Windows Vista:
C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\random characters.default

Windows 2000/XP:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\random characters.default

Windows 95/98:
C:\WINDOWS\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\random characters.default

Linux:
~/.mozilla/firefox/random characters.default

Mac OS X:
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/random characters.default
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Backing up your bookmarks/favorites:
* Go to your Firefox Profile folder.
* Right-click bookmarks.html (displayed as just "bookmarks") and select "copy."
* Go to your desktop, right-click it, and select "paste."
* Repeat for "bookmarks.bak".
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Deleting your old profile:
* Go back to your Firefox Profile folder.
* Delete the folder "random characters.default".
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Reinstalling Firefox:
* Launch the Firefox installer and proceed to install the latest version of Firefox.
* A new profile folder will be automatically created for you. (It will be a different series of random characters.)
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Restoring your favorites/bookmarks:
* Go to Firefox Profile folder and open the new folder.
* Delete the bookmarks.html and bookmarks.bak files you find there. (**Make sure Firefox is not running at this point.**)
* Copy and paste the old bookmarks.html and bookmarks.bak files from your desktop into that folder.
* The default favorites have now been deleted.
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Verification:
* Launch Firefox.
* Verify that your bookmarks are in tact.
* Verify that there is no lingering corruption.
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Finishing Touches:
* Redownload the desired themes/extensions again, one at a time.
* After installing one, close and relaunch Firefox to make sure it is not responsible for corruption. If everything's OK, continue on.
* Modify your settings (tools->options) any way you like to customize your browsing experience.

Ron