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How do I stop Firefox opening hundreds of tabs when I try to open one?

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Example today, when I try to open a link via the button for the speech by Andy Haldane here; https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2019/andy-haldane-sheffield-political-economy-research-institute-annual-lecture-2019?utm_source=Bank+of+England+updates&utm_campaign=2e7707cbf3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_07_01_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_556dbefcdc-2e7707cbf3-111043381

Instead of access to the page I get this message; file:///temp/mozilla_chris0/is-all-economics-local-speech-by-andy-haldane.pdf . . . and an uncontrolled avalanche of tabs opening, continuously, (have seen more than 1,000 in a very short timescale, which, if I then close the tabs, Firefox completely collapses.

Please advise. Thank you.

Example today, when I try to open a link via the button for the speech by Andy Haldane here; https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2019/andy-haldane-sheffield-political-economy-research-institute-annual-lecture-2019?utm_source=Bank+of+England+updates&utm_campaign=2e7707cbf3-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_05_07_01_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_556dbefcdc-2e7707cbf3-111043381 Instead of access to the page I get this message; file:///temp/mozilla_chris0/is-all-economics-local-speech-by-andy-haldane.pdf . . . and an uncontrolled avalanche of tabs opening, continuously, (have seen more than 1,000 in a very short timescale, which, if I then close the tabs, Firefox completely collapses. Please advise. Thank you.

Isisombululo esikhethiwe

hi chris, please go to the firefox menu ≡ > options > general panel and in the files & applications section, change the default action for "portable document format (pdf)" to something different like preview in firefox...

hopefully this should rectify the issue!

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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

hi chris, please go to the firefox menu ≡ > options > general panel and in the files & applications section, change the default action for "portable document format (pdf)" to something different like preview in firefox...

hopefully this should rectify the issue!

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As a footnote, there is a help article on this, but it's hard to find in a search: Firefox repeatedly opens empty tabs or windows after you click on a link. Maybe the title should include the word "hundreds"?

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Thank you philipp, worked first time. Chris.

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Again, thank you jscher2000, you are correct to point out the need to add the word hundreds. :) and also for the other suggestions. Chris.