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I cannot close tabs

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I often right click links to open in a new tab. More and more often over the past couple of days, those tabs then refuse to close. selecting the X, right click/Close Tab, file/close tab, all produce the same result...Nothing. I have to close the browser and restart. Zynga games on Facebook usually the tabs open when this happens.

I often right click links to open in a new tab. More and more often over the past couple of days, those tabs then refuse to close. selecting the X, right click/Close Tab, file/close tab, all produce the same result...Nothing. I have to close the browser and restart. Zynga games on Facebook usually the tabs open when this happens.

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

  • Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.

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If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.

  • Use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window to disable all extensions.
  • Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")