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How can I get rid of a split screen?

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When I use my bookmarks I get the web site on the left side of the screen and fire fox opening page on the right side of the screen

When I use my bookmarks I get the web site on the left side of the screen and fire fox opening page on the right side of the screen

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hello goatmandol, right-click the bookmarks, go to properties and make sure they are not set to open in the sidebar.

please also update firefox to the latest version as soon as possible - you are using an outdated version affected by numerous known security vulnerabilities which are actively exploited on the web!

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hello goatmandol, right-click the bookmarks, go to properties and make sure they are not set to open in the sidebar.

please also update firefox to the latest version as soon as possible - you are using an outdated version affected by numerous known security vulnerabilities which are actively exploited on the web!

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Note that opening in the sidebar is the default for bookmarks that you create by clicking a button on a web page to bookmark this page.

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None of the "solutions" described in this help list works. There is no "properties" option when I right-click Bookmarks. The smaller side screen has nothing to do with Bookmarks. I start with a full screen, launch another URL and lo I have a half-screen for ever. I can get rid of the half-screen by killing it, but what I want is to get rid of the main screen (Google News) and NOTHING will do that -- and I have the most recent Firefox!

HELP!

PS I just discovered that the problem only appears with one URL and it is not set to open in a sidebar, so the problem remains although its simpler than I thought.

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