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Pop-ups blocked despite 'Block pop-up windows' box being unchecked

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gmadden
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I'm working on a Mac with Catalina operating system, Firefox 95.0.2. I have made sure the block pop-up windows box in the Firefox settings is unchecked and that is remains unchecked. But pop-ups are still being blocked. Can anyone help me solve this?

I'm working on a Mac with Catalina operating system, Firefox 95.0.2. I have made sure the block pop-up windows box in the Firefox settings is unchecked and that is remains unchecked. But pop-ups are still being blocked. Can anyone help me solve this?

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FredMcD
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Make sure you are not blocking content.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop also see https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2021/03/23/introducing-smartblock/

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/smartblock-enhanced-tracking-protection

Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode {web link}

A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Troubleshoot(Safe) Mode (not Refresh). Is the problem still there?


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