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Documents opening with wrong location displayed

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Since the latest upgrade, when I click on a linked document (either in an e-mail or on a webpage) and choose to open it in Firefox, the address on the new tab is file:///C:/Users/... rather than the actual URL of the document. This is very problematic for me, I do a lot of newsletter and social media work and I frequently need to be able to share document URLs (they are often sent to me for that purpose). How can I adjust my Firefox settings so clicking on a link takes me to the actual URL? I already changed the Settings / General / Applications selections to Always Ask, and it does always ask, but when I choose "Open with Firefox" I get a file:///C:/Users/... string in the search bar rather than the URL I need.

These are not documents saved on my computer. When I click on an e-mail link to open a document in Firefox, the search bar shows a file:///C:/Users/... string. When I click links on webpages (even links I've posted myself), the document opens in a new tab with a file:///C:/Users/ prefix rather than showing the actual URL. I do a lot of work by sharing online files so this is really messing me up. Prior to the most recent Firefox upgrade, I would always get a shareable URL automatically. I just want the opening mechanism to go back to the way it was.

Would greatly appreciate any tips on how to fix this. Thanks for your help!

Since the latest upgrade, when I click on a linked document (either in an e-mail or on a webpage) and choose to open it in Firefox, the address on the new tab is file:///C:/Users/... rather than the actual URL of the document. This is very problematic for me, I do a lot of newsletter and social media work and I frequently need to be able to share document URLs (they are often sent to me for that purpose). How can I adjust my Firefox settings so clicking on a link takes me to the actual URL? I already changed the Settings / General / Applications selections to Always Ask, and it does always ask, but when I choose "Open with Firefox" I get a file:///C:/Users/... string in the search bar rather than the URL I need. These are not documents saved on my computer. When I click on an e-mail link to open a document in Firefox, the search bar shows a file:///C:/Users/... string. When I click links on webpages (even links I've posted myself), the document opens in a new tab with a file:///C:/Users/ prefix rather than showing the actual URL. I do a lot of work by sharing online files so this is really messing me up. Prior to the most recent Firefox upgrade, I would always get a shareable URL automatically. I just want the opening mechanism to go back to the way it was. Would greatly appreciate any tips on how to fix this. Thanks for your help!