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Old February 16th 18, 09:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Default Can onl;y open ONE window of Firefox

On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 02:20:11 +0700, JJ wrote:

On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 20:02:56 -0600, wrote:

I posted this days ago, as part of another thread, and never got any
reply.

I mentioned removing K-Meleon, which was my default browser for years,
but no longer works properly with the HTTPS sites.

But now it seems I have a bigger problem. Firefox is the default and
only browser in use now. This is a Win98se setup, with kernel-ex and
Firefox 3.6.28.

What happens, is that if I have an open FF window, I can not click on
another .HTML file. Or I should say it wont open if I do click on it.

For example, I often have a FF site open for the local weather radar.
If I am reading a newsgroup and there is a link in a page (Such as(
www.website.com
When I click on that link, NOTHING happens. I must first close the open
FF page.

Is this normal FF behavior, or is something screwed up?
It cant be in the FF settings, because I uninstalled FF entirely, and
reinstalled this same version from scratch, and did not change any
settings, other than setting the homepage to *blank*. (so i could test
offline).

This is ridiculous. There is no reason that a second FF page shoulod not
open, without closing the open one first. I'm about ready to just
restore the original setup from my backups which will put K-Meleon back.
At least K-meleon opened multiple windows, and I could just copy and
paste the URL to FF when K-meleon did not open the site correctly.

Any ideas????


Try increasing the page file size, if it's still less than 2GB.


I just looked in the Firefox settings and I am not seeing anything
called "page file". Or do I need to look in about:CONFIG?

One thing I may not have been clear about.

I CAN open multiple tabs, or even open other windows, from within
Firefox. That works fine.
But if I click on a web address (URL) located anywhere outside of FF,
such as a web URL in a newsgroup message, a shortcut to a website on my
desktop, or a saved website .htm file, it will NOT open, if another FF
page is open.

With K-Meleon as my default browser, I could keep opening websites
regardless where there was a URL posted, and could continue to open them
until I overloaded my computer. It was not unusual for me to have 20 or
more websites loaded, before my system began slowing down.