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Why is there a number in parenthesis ie: (7) before the Words with Friends in the Tab Bar? Does it mean there are seven copies of it opened and is that the reason it is so slow?

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MChagnon
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When I open Firefox and go to "Words with Friends" in the Tab Bar a number in parenthesis is always there.....any number from 3 to 8, ie: (8). I have shut down the computer and restarted it thinking it will go away and sometimes the number will be different....but some number always remains.

When I open Firefox and go to "Words with Friends" in the Tab Bar a number in parenthesis is always there.....any number from 3 to 8, ie: (8). I have shut down the computer and restarted it thinking it will go away and sometimes the number will be different....but some number always remains.

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cor-el
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Such an addition is likely to be added by one of the extensions.

Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

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