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How do I get Firefox to open in a new tab (instead of a new window) when I click on one of my buttons in my toolbar?

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When I click on one of my buttons in the toolbar, Firefox opens that button in a new window. I would like to be able to click on one of my buttons and Firefox open it in a new tab instead.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== When I attempt to click on a button

When I click on one of my buttons in the toolbar, Firefox opens that button in a new window. I would like to be able to click on one of my buttons and Firefox open it in a new tab instead. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == When I attempt to click on a button

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Right click the FireFox button in your toolbar and look in the properties- middle tab...make sure that it only has "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" with no other link added to the end. I had a similar problem this morning and found a website had attached it's link to the end so it would always pop up first and would only open a new tab.

Hope that fixed it.

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Forgot to mention that if you're getting the same problem with your shortcut on the desktop you should do the same thing.

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I am new to Firefox. Where would my Firefox button be? I'm looking for Firefox to open in a new tab.