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Hyperlinks won't open

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Randomly new pages will not open when clicking on hyperlinks. If I open a new tab and copy and paste the link, it opens. Not sure how to fix...

Randomly new pages will not open when clicking on hyperlinks. If I open a new tab and copy and paste the link, it opens. Not sure how to fix...
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Where are you getting those hyperlinks from what site?

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From all types of sites. It is also happening from google searches. It seems to be completely random. I've tried clearing my recent searches and cache.

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What is your search engine or homepage search engine? You have to give some example of your search error and what and how your searching on google.

Modified by Dropa

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google is search engine. It seems to happen when i do multiple searches in one tab. Again, if i open another tab and search, it will work. The search terms don't matter. It happens from both google search links as well as hyperlinks in pages. Very strange.

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Are you using a proxy or VPN?

You can check the connection settings.

  • Settings -> General -> Network: Connection -> Settings

If you do not need to use a proxy to connect to internet then try to select "No Proxy" if "Use the system proxy settings" or one of the others do not work properly.

See "Firefox connection settings":