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When I click on Mozilla a tab is created and a website is opened automatically. I tried to remove pin - but it isn't "pinned".

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I wouldn't mind closing the tab each time I click on the internet but the website that is automatically opened is a huge drain on my ram and it freezes my computer. I thought that maybe the website was set to my homepage. but no. When I right click on the tab it only offers me the option of pin tab - not remove tab. I have tried to pin the tab and then remove it - still did not work. I ran malware and am infection free.

I wouldn't mind closing the tab each time I click on the internet but the website that is automatically opened is a huge drain on my ram and it freezes my computer. I thought that maybe the website was set to my homepage. but no. When I right click on the tab it only offers me the option of pin tab - not remove tab. I have tried to pin the tab and then remove it - still did not work. I ran malware and am infection free.

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cor-el
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Can you close this tab if you open another tab, so there are at least two tabs open?

You can check the target field in the Properties via the right-click context menu of the Firefox desktop shortcut.

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

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.

You can check for problems with preferences.
Rename or delete the prefs.js file and possible numbered prefs-##.js files and a possible user.js file to reset all prefs to the default value.