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I can't open new taps

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I am unable to open a new tab or have multiple tabs open - if I click on a link it overrides my current window instead of opening a new tab

I am unable to open a new tab or have multiple tabs open - if I click on a link it overrides my current window instead of opening a new tab

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You need to change your tabs settings see

You may also be aware that a new version of firefox, firefox 4 is going to be released shortly that has some changes to how tabs may be handled see

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The setting were correct. It turned out that I had to delete the bing search engine add on and it solved the problem. Don't ask me what one has to do with the other but it worked.

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I do not use the bing search engine, but have seen a few posts about it. At least at one time recently there appears to have been a plugin and the only option may have been to allow bing to be the search engine, or have a bing toolbar; for all browsers or none of them.

Glad you solved the problem.
I must admit I was not aware the Bing toolbar affected the ability to open tabs in firefox.

One article about the Bing toolbar is: