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Firefox has started loading external links in a new window instead of a new tab

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racottrell
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Until recently, external links have always opened in a new tab. The last few days thaey've started opening in a new window. I can't find anything I have changed.

Until recently, external links have always opened in a new tab. The last few days thaey've started opening in a new window. I can't find anything I have changed.

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racottrell
racottrell Question owner
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I have identified this as a bug in the extension IE Tab Plus introduced in their version 1.94

jbauer
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I am running IE Tab 2 (FF 3.6+) 2.12.21.1 by ietab.net and was experiencing this problem... I just disabled it and the problem went away.