Windows 10 reached EOS (end of support) on October 14, 2025. If you are on Windows 10, see this article.

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More
Open

Opening multiple PDFs at once

Mariam replied
danneeds2eat

I use Firefox as my default program for opening PDFs. But if I try to open more than one at the same time it will always leave one out and instead open a "New Tab" that I don't need. Can't figure out why or how to fix it.

Example: If I check (windows 11) files A, B, C, D, and E. It will open A, B, D, & E and a "New Tab" and leave out C.

Any Solutions?

I use Firefox as my default program for opening PDFs. But if I try to open more than one at the same time it will always leave one out and instead open a "New Tab" that I don't need. Can't figure out why or how to fix it. Example: If I check (windows 11) files A, B, C, D, and E. It will open A, B, D, & E and a "New Tab" and leave out C. Any Solutions?

All Replies (1)

Hii! I will try my best to help you!

It sounds like the glitch is because Windows 11 sends file-open commands to Firefox faster than the browser can process them, causing one command to misfire as a blank browser signal. When you select and open multiple files simultaneously, Windows executes a rapid chain of requests. Don’t worry! You can resolve this issue.

Change Firefox's External Link Behavior (Recommended) You can fix this by changing a hidden configuration rule in Firefox that tells the browser how to strictly manage external file requests sent by Windows 11. - Open Firefox, type about:config into the address bar, and press Enter. - Click the Accept the Risk and Continue warning button. - In the search preference box at the top, paste: browser.link.open_newwindow.override.externalThe preference is likely set to -1 by default. - Click the Pencil icon on the right side of the row to edit it. Change the number value to 3, then click the Checkmark to save it.

Note: Setting this to 3 forces Windows to cleanly inject every single document link directly into a structured layout of new tabs, preventing the dropped file/blank tab loop.


I hope this helps!

Buza umbuzo

You must log in to your account to reply to posts. Please start a new question, if you do not have an account yet.