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I can't open a new tab

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shemybabey
shemybabey
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I've tried clicking the the plus button, pressing ctrl + t, and right clicking the tab bar and p ressing new tab. BUT NOTHING WORKS. To get tabs I have to right click links and click open in a new tab. But that's really annoying. What do I do?

I've tried clicking the the plus button, pressing ctrl + t, and right clicking the tab bar and p ressing new tab. BUT NOTHING WORKS. To get tabs I have to right click links and click open in a new tab. But that's really annoying. What do I do?

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The Ask Toolbar is causing that in the Firefox 3.6.13+ versions. Disable that extension or un-install it.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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The Ask Toolbar is causing that in the Firefox 3.6.13+ versions. Disable that extension or un-install it.

iffy49
iffy49
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When I saw the response, I thought I do not have the Ask task bar, but I did have the Foxit Reader task bar (which appears to be linked the Ask some how), so uninstalled that, and all is working now.

velizondo
velizondo
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how do i know where the ask toolbar is?? to where i can disable or uninstall it

David McRitchie
David McRitchie
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If you have the Ask Toolbar installed, refer to Problematic extensions - MozillaZine Knowledge Base

Reg Gupton
Reg Gupton
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I can not find the ask toolbar. Went to control panel etc. Not there unless it is called something else and not in the alphabetical list.

Thanks in advance for reply.

Reg Gupton

sywong
sywong
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If you disabled the toolbar, you can still accidentally enable the add-ons. Go to "tools" "add-ons" and click on Ask.com to remove.

sywong
sywong
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if you have a bar directly under the address bar that includes the words 'ask.com' right click to remove. pretty much anything you see with ask.com, try to remove it.

Modified by sywong