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When i click on the short cut it does not open firefox but if i hold the cursor over the short cut it shows the tabs from last time but will not open them

but if i hold the cursor over the short cut it shows the tab from last time and how many pages are from my last visit but will not open them no matter how many times i click on it

but if i hold the cursor over the short cut it shows the tab from last time and how many pages are from my last visit but will not open them no matter how many times i click on it

Chosen solution

If you think your Firefox window might be "off screen" somewhere, which happens occasionally to some users, this thread has some tricks for curing that: When I go to open firefox it shows up on my tool bar but not on my screen where is it?

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You are hovering your mouse pointer over the Windows 7 Taskbar icon for Firefox and seeing little tab images? I think that means Firefox is still running.

Are you able to hover over and click on any of the preview images?

If you right-click the icon and click Mozilla Firefox, does a new window open to your home page?

Chosen Solution

If you think your Firefox window might be "off screen" somewhere, which happens occasionally to some users, this thread has some tricks for curing that: When I go to open firefox it shows up on my tool bar but not on my screen where is it?

Thank you for your help all is sorted now thank you

Rgds Steve