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Why did Firefox start opeing everything in a new tab/window when it was not doing so yesterday adn i have not made anychanges or run any updates? How do I make it stop?

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AnonymousUser
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I had Firefox set to open links in the same tab unless otherwise specified and when I started Firefox today that feature was no longer active although nothing had been changed and I had not run any updates to the browser. How can I make Firefox stop opening everything in a new tab this is driving me batty?

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== today (6/4/2010)

I had Firefox set to open links in the same tab unless otherwise specified and when I started Firefox today that feature was no longer active although nothing had been changed and I had not run any updates to the browser. How can I make Firefox stop opening everything in a new tab this is driving me batty? == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == today (6/4/2010)

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Chris Ilias
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If you close Firefox, then start Firefox in Safe Mode, does the problem still occur? For instructions on starting in Safe Mode, see Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode.

Middle-click will open a link in a new tab, so another possibility is that you set your mouse to middle-click when you use the left button.

cor-el
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Your plugins list shows outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks. 

# Java Plug-in 1.5.0_11 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper) 
# Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.0

Update the Java and Shockwave for Director plugin to the latest version. See http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp#jdk (you need JRE) http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/