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Whenever I open a new window of firefox a new tab opens with the new window. How do I get it to stop doing that?

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Whenever I open a new window of Firefox, the new window opens at the hope page (like I want it to), but then a tab opens up with the new window. I want Firefox to stop doing this. When I open a new window I just want the window to open. I don't know how to fix this as I have know idea how I made this happen. This first happened when I hit control + N to open a new window, but I didn't hit the "N" cleanly. I pressed one of the other keys around the "N" and this issue started.

Whenever I open a new window of Firefox, the new window opens at the hope page (like I want it to), but then a tab opens up with the new window. I want Firefox to stop doing this. When I open a new window I just want the window to open. I don't know how to fix this as I have know idea how I made this happen. This first happened when I hit control + N to open a new window, but I didn't hit the "N" cleanly. I pressed one of the other keys around the "N" and this issue started.

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That's quite strange!

Did you try resetting Firefox? You'll find all the information you need to reset it, here:

Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings

Let me know if that worked!

Cheers!

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That's quite strange!

Did you try resetting Firefox? You'll find all the information you need to reset it, here:

Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings

Let me know if that worked!

Cheers!

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.
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Can you tell us which extension caused this issue?

This issue has been reported in more threads by users, so it would help to know what is causing it.
Thanks.

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Cor-el, I'm not sure what extension caused the issue. I'm not sure what caused the issue at all. I didn't try the "Safe Mode" suggestion. I tried the suggestion from the first post. I restarted firefox and that fixed the problem.