How can I prevent Firefox from automatically opening tabs and switching to the tab every time I download a file?

How can I prevent Firefox from automatically opening tabs and switching to the tab every time I download a file? The obvious thing would be to uncheck the box that says "… (emoñe’ẽve)

How can I prevent Firefox from automatically opening tabs and switching to the tab every time I download a file?

The obvious thing would be to uncheck the box that says "When you open a link, image or media in a new tab, switch to it immediately"

Nice try, but U N F O R T U N A T E L Y, that method does NOT work! With the box unchecked, I still get a new tab that gets switched to.

I'm trying to download 10 years of bank statements. I do not want 120 tabs popping up!

Oporandu MartinOjapo 57 aravo’i

Address Book does not allow duplicate email addresses

Updating my Address Book in Thunderbird v148. The darned thing does not permit two people to have the same email address or phone number - pain in the "A" to say the leas… (emoñe’ẽve)

Updating my Address Book in Thunderbird v148. The darned thing does not permit two people to have the same email address or phone number - pain in the "A" to say the least !

Oporandu shane49Ojapo 1 ára

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Cannot move bookmarks on v148

My android phone just recently updated my firefox version to 148 (this happened today, February 27, 2026). Since this happened, I can no longer properly manage my bookmar… (emoñe’ẽve)

My android phone just recently updated my firefox version to 148 (this happened today, February 27, 2026).

Since this happened, I can no longer properly manage my bookmarks. Let me describe in more detail:

I have multiple sub-folders that I use to organize my bookmarks by topic. Previously, when I edited a bookmark, I could move it into one of these sub-folders by navigating to the sub folder on the bookmark editing page. Normal, expected behavior.

  • Now* when I try to edit a bookmark, only the top-level "Bookmarks" folder is visible; if I try to expand that folder with the > carat icon, nothing happens. I only have the option to make *new* subfolders, not to navigate to subfolders that already exist.

To be clear: - I can find all my previously existing bookmark subfolders when I want to *open* a bookmark. - The problem is only when I want to *move* a bookmark into one of these existing subfolders. - When I edit a bookmark, I see the > carat icon that normally would expand the Bookmarks top-level folder, but that icon does not function. Therefore I cannot actually select any of my existing folders to move the bookmark into.

Can this function be restored to the normal behavior a.s.a.p.?

I'm attaching two screenshots to show that I have subfolders, but that I cannot access them when I edit a bookmark (pressing the expand button does nothing)

Thank you.

Oporandu camgayfordOjapo 2 aravo

server setting for thunderbird email are failing

I am using internet server provider www. namespro.ca server settings for my email account set up with Thunderbird mail and the email account will not set up properly. I c… (emoñe’ẽve)

I am using internet server provider www. namespro.ca server settings for my email account set up with Thunderbird mail and the email account will not set up properly. I currently have (1) domain name "realestateX.com with www. namespro.ca and I am attempting to set the email accounts using Thunderbird Mail on a desktop CPU. The email accounts will NOT set up with ThunderBird Mail with this domain name, 'realestatex.com.' On the other hand, the same domain name email account were succcesfully set up on OUTLOOK using the same www. namespro.ca server settings with success, they work properly in and out

Back to the Desktop CPU and my Thunderbird Mail program; I have another email account set in with another domain email account realestatex.net with a completely different internet server provider www. webnames.ca and that email works fine in and out and the set up without an issue

Back to namespro.ca their server settings work fine with MS 365 OUTLOOK email set up on my DELL laptop. However the server setting from namespro.ca will not work on the desktop and laptop, The laptop set up is using a MOZILLA Thunderbird Account Hub and stated their is an "authentication error because of a policy violation relating to the refused connection from the IP" . Would namepro.ca IP connection refusing my thunderbird mail account to syne with namespro.ca? any insight would be helpful, appreciate your time

Oporandu ChristopherOjapo 2 aravo

How do i search in the main bar in the middle of the screen as apose to the web address bar?

All of a sudden (after a recent update I suppose) every time I start to type anything in the "search" in the middle of my "home" screen, the curser jumps to the address s… (emoñe’ẽve)

All of a sudden (after a recent update I suppose) every time I start to type anything in the "search" in the middle of my "home" screen, the curser jumps to the address space in the toolbar. I hate that! I want to continue to use search in the middle of the screen as I have for years since I started using browsers. I've tried looking at the setting for "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.handoffToAwesomebar" and it is set to "false" as was recommended in another post some years ago. What do I have to do to revert back to the way it was before this change was forced on me?

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you sent me a log in code and it was accepting it what could be the issue

I was trying to sign in using the code you sent to my email and once I used the authorized code it was refused. What could be the cause of that. Who could possibly be tam… (emoñe’ẽve)

I was trying to sign in using the code you sent to my email and once I used the authorized code it was refused. What could be the cause of that. Who could possibly be tampering with my device.

Oporandu Taurus HolmesOjapo 2 aravo

Bookmarks in zorin 18 os

Hi, I just started using Zorin 18 os and downloaded Firefox, signed in, but my bookmarks are not there. I've tried sync and that doesn't work. I've also tried the cmd pr… (emoñe’ẽve)

Hi, I just started using Zorin 18 os and downloaded Firefox, signed in, but my bookmarks are not there. I've tried sync and that doesn't work. I've also tried the cmd prompt sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozzillateam/ppa and it says not found.

Thank you Bonnie McKelvy

Oporandu bonnOjapo 4 aravo

Choosing which IMAP Quota response to display

My work email provider, which hosts about 30 individual email accounts, returns the following when queried for quota: a GETQUOTAROOT INBOX QUOTAROOT INBOX Mailbox "cPanel… (emoñe’ẽve)

My work email provider, which hosts about 30 individual email accounts, returns the following when queried for quota:

a GETQUOTAROOT INBOX

QUOTAROOT INBOX Mailbox "cPanel Account" QUOTA Mailbox (STORAGE 1198939 2097152) QUOTA "cPanel Account" (STORAGE 24913212 26214400)

"Mailbox" is the individual account (at about 50% usage) here and "cPanel Account" is the whole server (at about 95%).

Thunderbird receives that data then uses the last one received for it's display (the overall server quota) which is confusing for users who expect to see their individual quota.

Is there any way I can either:

  • tell Thunderbird to use the first QUOTA value ("Mailbox)
  • intercept that response and strip out the "cPanel Account" entry before Thunderbird UI sees it

I can't get the response from the mail provider changed, I've already asked that.

Thanks, Dave.

Oporandu mail2587Ojapo 4 aravo

Firefox had an update and my tabs are hiding

How can I disable the hidden tabs feature, my tabs are being hidden in the upside down arrow whenever I'm not using them, I don't want that to happen, how can I stop it? … (emoñe’ẽve)

How can I disable the hidden tabs feature, my tabs are being hidden in the upside down arrow whenever I'm not using them, I don't want that to happen, how can I stop it?

Oporandu Victoria NataliOjapo 4 aravo

website opens and immediately closes.

I am trying to ope the website: https://sumukeys.com/ however, upon opening, immediately closed. I did try all recommended settings from Firefox and also from Google. No… (emoñe’ẽve)

I am trying to ope the website: https://sumukeys.com/ however, upon opening, immediately closed. I did try all recommended settings from Firefox and also from Google. Nothing helps. Simultaneously the MS Edge browser does work with this site.

Oporandu uspvbOjapo 4 aravo

"Couldn't load XPCOM" repercussions!

Okay, I currently have two issues going on, both repercussions from transferring Thunderbird to my new computer. I'll limit this post to one issue! My transfer to the new… (emoñe’ẽve)

Okay, I currently have two issues going on, both repercussions from transferring Thunderbird to my new computer. I'll limit this post to one issue!

My transfer to the new computer was not taking; followed instructions but no profiles were loading. I thought that perhaps this was due to my initial problematic installation of T-bird decades ago, where I eventually wound up with a choose-user-profile panel that worked fine with its default setting...so I lived with that easily (see image). Thinking that this was causing the inability to load profiles on the new machine, I tested whether I could delete the never-used profiles in that panel. After just one deletion, that resulted in the "Couldn't load XPCOM" error described here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1360766 Following the instructions on that page to do a repair installation (to the letter), starting T-bird now results in the attached "profile missing or inaccessible" message.

Please advise: Am I doomed?

Thanks for any honest advice. (yes, my Thunderbird installation is big: seven or eight addresses, many local folders, a large history and archives.)

Oporandu motoflexOjapo 5 aravo

Birthday reminder from Google can't be dismissed

I have this issue with my reminders for peoples' birthdays. I have an event on their birthday that comes from my Google contacts. That event has a reminder 1 week in adva… (emoñe’ẽve)

I have this issue with my reminders for peoples' birthdays. I have an event on their birthday that comes from my Google contacts. That event has a reminder 1 week in advance. When the 1-week mark hits, I get an undismissable notification from Thunderbird. I can close the reminder window, but it'll show back up within a minute or two. I've tried removing and re-adding this calendar but it doesn't matter. When I look at the details for the event, I see that the Organizer field is Unknown Organizer <unknownorganizer@calendar.google.com>. My regular email address is listed as an attendee. This has been happening for at least the last several months, perhaps more than a year.

Oporandu spartanhooahOjapo 8 aravo

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