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Old February 17th 18, 12:03 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general,microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion
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Default Can onl;y open ONE window of Firefox

In microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion wrote:
On Sat, 17 Feb 2018 02:20:11 +0700, JJ wrote:
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.


Try executing Firefox with a URL at the command prompt and see whether
it spits out some error message there which you don't normally see.

I think my install of Firefox 3.6.28 on Win XP is set to open items
like saved files as new tabs if a window is already open (I'm on a
different PC now so can't check). Perhaps in your set-up this is
working so far as to stop the new window from opening, but
something's preventing it from opening a new tab instead.

Did you keep your old "profile" when you reinstalled? If so, I've
heard of many strange Firefox problems being fixed by starting a
new Firefox profile. You could also try running in Firefox's
"Safe Mode".

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