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How do I stop my history tab from opening when I click a link that opens in a new window?

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Whenever I click hrefs lately, the new window opens with the history pane open. I cannot figure out how to disable this.

Whenever I click hrefs lately, the new window opens with the history pane open. I cannot figure out how to disable this.

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Attached is an image of the new window with the History pane open.

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I did not commit any further actions after activating Safe Mode except to restart in normal mode. It resolved the issue.

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Glad you got it resolved. Thanks for the feedback.

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Sounds that you had a problem with a corrupted localstore.rdf file.