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All of a sudden, I can't create a new tab. The button is there but when I click on it nothing happens. Running Firefox 30.0

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I only have the one tab open but still cannot create a new tab by clicking on the "Open a new tab" button. If I'm at a website and right-click, I can tell the page to open in a new tab. But I cannot get the new tab button to work. It will also not work with control-T

I only have the one tab open but still cannot create a new tab by clicking on the "Open a new tab" button. If I'm at a website and right-click, I can tell the page to open in a new tab. But I cannot get the new tab button to work. It will also not work with control-T

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Let your employer know about that problem. Their developer is going to have to look into fixing that add-on.

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Application Basics


Name: Firefox Version: 30.0 User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0

Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days


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Extensions


Name: DMACC Help Desk Version: 10.31.0.526 Enabled: true ID: {9a1382d7-eeeb-4445-9a6a-978ce0180e99}

Name: We-Care App Version: 4.1.23.4 Enabled: false ID: wecarereminder@bryan

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Graphics


Adapter Description: Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Adapter Drivers: igdumdx32 igd10umd32 igd10umd32 Adapter RAM: Unknown Device ID: 0x0116 Direct2D Enabled: true DirectWrite Enabled: true (6.1.7601.18245) Driver Date: 3-25-2011 Driver Version: 8.15.10.2342 GPU #2 Active: false GPU Accelerated Windows: 1/1 Direct3D 10 Vendor ID: 0x8086 WebGL Renderer: Google Inc. -- ANGLE (Intel(R) HD Graphics Family Direct3D9Ex vs_3_0 ps_3_0) windowLayerManagerRemote: false AzureCanvasBackend: direct2d AzureContentBackend: direct2d AzureFallbackCanvasBackend: cairo AzureSkiaAccelerated: 0

JavaScript


Incremental GC: true

Accessibility


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NSPR Expected minimum version: 4.10.6 Version in use: 4.10.6

NSS Expected minimum version: 3.16 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16 Basic ECC

NSSSMIME Expected minimum version: 3.16 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16 Basic ECC

NSSSSL Expected minimum version: 3.16 Basic ECC Version in use: 3.16 Basic ECC

NSSUTIL Expected minimum version: 3.16 Version in use: 3.16

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Please do the following:

Using the directions found at Disable or remove Add-ons, disable your add-ons one by one, until you find the issue. Please let me know what the last disabled add-on was and we will work with that add-on's author to get it blocked.

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Last Add-On disabled and then restart which resulted in being able to use the tab button was the DMACC Help Desk 10.31.0.526.

This is an add on from my employer (Des Moines Area Community College in Ankeny, Iowa). I've had this on my system forever and never had a problem with it before.

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Let your employer know about that problem. Their developer is going to have to look into fixing that add-on.