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2 monitors; Firefox always opens in secondary monitor never main monitor. What is wrong?

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I have 2 monitors with my desktop. No matter what I do, I cannot get Firefox to open on my main (No. 1) monitor. It always defaults to Monitor No. 2. This is frustrating particularly when I log in remotely and am working at the remote site with just one monitor, I cannot use Firefox because when I open it it goes to the secondary monitor and I can't retrieve it to move it to No. 1.

Thank you.

I have 2 monitors with my desktop. No matter what I do, I cannot get Firefox to open on my main (No. 1) monitor. It always defaults to Monitor No. 2. This is frustrating particularly when I log in remotely and am working at the remote site with just one monitor, I cannot use Firefox because when I open it it goes to the secondary monitor and I can't retrieve it to move it to No. 1. Thank you.

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cor-el
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If Firefox is maximized then make the window smaller and drag that window over to the correct monitor and close Firefox to save that setting.
After restarting you can maximize again.

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