Black background in open windows

desktop appears normal but backgrounds of Macintosh HD window or any folder within are solid black, effectively making them unusable. Folders are visible, but without their names.
Any ideas?

Hi nsmith!
Another thing to check;
With a finder window open, press the Command + J keys, to display View Options.
Under Background, select White.
At the top of the View Options window, you can choose This window only, or All windows.
Under Background:, you can also change the background color of finder windows, by selecting Color, clicking on the small rectangular box, selecting one of the 5 color pickers, and choosing a color.
Once a color is selected, click OK.
Good Luck!
ali b

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