When I click on the arrow for downloads, a new tab will continue to open
& continue to open multiple new tabs and I cannot stop it and have to manually delete all of them. When I try to open a download I cannot get it to open in firefox - i click on how to open by using firefox - something happened yesterday - I think I might have clicked on something saying to continue to open new tabs. what do I need to do to correct this mess?
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Are you trying to start a download, or open a downloaded file?
You get tabs opening endlessly if you select the Firefox program to handle a file when you get an "Open with" dialog.
Rename (or delete) the mimeTypes.rdf file in the Firefox profile folder to reset all file actions.
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/mimeTypes.rdf
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions#Resetting_download_actions
You can use this button to go to the current Firefox profile folder:
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox