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Blank tabs will not load pages but new tabs opened from other pages do

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strangeshyguy
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Whenever I open Firefox after updating to Firefox 56.0 my homepage loads but if I open a new blank tab and try to load a different page it just sits there saying it's trying to load but never does. However if I open a new tab from a link in my first page then it will load the link and I can go to any page I wish.

Whenever I open Firefox after updating to Firefox 56.0 my homepage loads but if I open a new blank tab and try to load a different page it just sits there saying it's trying to load but never does. However if I open a new tab from a link in my first page then it will load the link and I can go to any page I wish.

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hi, this may be caused by the MEGA extension in case you have that installed. please disable/remove it and then restart firefox once...

Disable or remove Add-ons

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philipp
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hi, this may be caused by the MEGA extension in case you have that installed. please disable/remove it and then restart firefox once...

Disable or remove Add-ons