Chosing "open all in tabs" only opens the first of the bookemarks in the folder.

I have upgraded my computer with a new processor, RAM, MoBo and GPU. I also updated to the latest version of Firefox.
All my bookmarks were transferred over. However there are two main problems. When I select a folder of bookmarks to open and select "open all in tabs" it only opens one tab and then only loads the first bookmark. I tried using a mozbackup to refresh the bookmarks but they still don't open.
However Firefox does open a load of multiple tabs from a previous browsing session. However the number of tabs is wider than my screen. I used to be able to use the scroll wheel on the mouse button to "flow" the bookmarks across the screen but that no longer works.
I have also discovered that I can no longer move tabs along.
All in all FF is stuffed and I am going to have to swap to Opera or another browser as in its current state FF is unusuable.
Please can anyone make any suggestions as to what I can do?

Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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