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I am having trouble opening a new tab. I click on the tab and nothing happens. Can anyone advise?

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It's like the tab key is frozen. Open to anyone's advice and suggestions.

It's like the tab key is frozen. Open to anyone's advice and suggestions.

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I think I have read in other posts here that this could be a side effect of the Ask toolbar. Can you check here and see whether you have it, and disable it if you do?

Tools > Add-ons > Extensions

If not, the other suggested troubleshooting steps are the solution in this thread: Can't open new tabs; no Ask toolbar | Firefox Support Forum | Firefox Help

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I think I have read in other posts here that this could be a side effect of the Ask toolbar. Can you check here and see whether you have it, and disable it if you do?

Tools > Add-ons > Extensions

If not, the other suggested troubleshooting steps are the solution in this thread: Can't open new tabs; no Ask toolbar | Firefox Support Forum | Firefox Help

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Disabling the Ask toolbar did the trick. Thank you so much! <3