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Whenever I open Firefox, it opens two tabs...the one I want and a "New Tab" that I have to close or switch to get back to the tab I wanted to open.

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  • Last reply by cor-el

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This started after an automatic update.

This started after an automatic update.

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Hi,

Check your Firefox homepage settings. If you see something like this as the homepage:

http://example.com/ | about:tabs

then just remove everything in that box and type the address of the homepage you want.

Hope this helps!

Curtis

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That didn't help. There is no about:tabs in the home page setting for Firefox. It happens if I open directly to other pages too. For instance, I have a shortcut on my desktop to my email. When I click that it opens the email and a new tab, with the new tab on top.

This just started happening. What could have changed?

Modified by Patty2014

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This issue can be caused by the MySearchDial extension.

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.