Why doesn't ANYTHING appear in the firefox window when i open it?

Firefox opens up EMPTY. Black screen. Minimize/Expand/Close buttons still there. Nothing else. Clicking in the upper portion reveals that the buttons still EXIST but if i say, found "options" and clicked it, i get a new and utterly useless popup window. (all black, again, just mini/close option)
Fix this? Otherwise urging my client to permanently switch to chrome (and billing anyway! woohoo!)
Thanks

hello mattinitus, other users with this problem all had an embedded intel hd3000 graphics card with an old driver present. in case this also applies to you, here would be a link to update the driver, which in turn should also address the black firefox problem: https://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx?DwnldID=23764 (for win7 64 bit)
in case this doesn't solve the issue or does not apply to the system, start firefox into safemode '''by pressing the shift key while the application is launching''' & disable hardware acceleration in the firefox ''menu ≡ > options > advanced > general'' (that setting will take a restart of the browser to take effect).
[[Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems]]

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