Try this:

1. Go to the Firefox options
2. Open the Tabs tab
3. Make sure the Open new windows in a new tab instead is checked

Please report back if the issue is not solved.

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ComputerWhiz

"Make sure the Open new windows in a new tab instead is checked" - it is.

issue still not solved,

ps if you click on a pdf on the above link do you get the same problem or is it just me..?

[Lewis Hamilton]

When I click on the link, it opens in a new tab, but the page is no longer available.

Other PDF files that I have viewed open a new tab not a new window.

Do you open PDF files using the Adobe Reader plugin?

Try to update your Firefox to version 23.0 and see if the issue is resolved.

Try Firefox Safe Mode to see if the problem goes away. Safe Mode is a troubleshooting mode, which disables most add-ons.

(If you're not using it, switch to the Default theme.)

• Open the Help menu and click on the Restart with Add-ons Disabled... menu item while Firefox is running.

Once you get the pop-up, just select "'Start in Safe Mode"

If the issue is not present in Firefox Safe Mode, your problem is probably caused by an extension.

To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before opening Firefox for normal use again.

Does this stop the problem?

By default, Firefox will divert standard new windows to a tab, but if the link actually is a script that launches a window with special parameters, like a dialog, then Firefox will honor that. There is an obscure setting to disregard those parameters and force all scripted windows into a new tab as well.

(1) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter. Click the button promising to be careful.

(2) In the filter box, type or paste link.o and pause while the list is filtered

(3) Double click these and set the value as desired:

(A) browser.link.open_newwindow

3 = divert new window to a new tab (default) (checked*)
2 = allow link to open a new window (unchecked*)
1 = force new window into same tab

* First checkbox in Options > Tabs

(B) browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction

0 = apply the setting under (A) to ALL new windows (even script windows)
2 = apply the setting under (A) to normal windows, but NOT to script windows with features (default)
1 = override the setting under (A) and always use new windows

The link in the opening post works if you remove the ')' at the end of the link.

pdf files load in Adobe Reader

problem occurs in safe mode.

jscher2000

(A) browser.link.open_newwindow - set to 3 by default

(B) browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction - changed from 2 to 0 - problem solved.

0 = apply the setting under (A) to ALL new windows (even script windows) 2 = apply the setting under (A) to normal windows, but NOT to script windows with features (default)

Thank you very much for solving this issue.