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My Firefox will not let other programs that I open show on screen unless I minimize Firefox. How can I make Firefox allow documents to show when I open them?

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When I have Firefox open on my screen and I open any other document or file, they appear in the taskbar but will not show up in front of Firefox. Even Firefox-related items, such as the Firefox properties window, will not show in front of an open Firefox browser window. I have Firefox 29.0 on Windows Vista Home Premium.

When I have Firefox open on my screen and I open any other document or file, they appear in the taskbar but will not show up in front of Firefox. Even Firefox-related items, such as the Firefox properties window, will not show in front of an open Firefox browser window. I have Firefox 29.0 on Windows Vista Home Premium.

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Do you have the Firefox window set to be always on top?

I do not know where to locate the setting for this. Please tell me where to find it, thanks.

Firefox does not have an Always On Top option.

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Installed Plug-ins

Shockwave Flash 13.0 r0 Shockwave Flash 12.0 r0

There are other applications that can set certain windows to be on top. I used to have one when I was using Windows.