File downloads puts firefox in a continuous loop opening endless windows

Running 3.6.1 on a Mac... latest OS. When I download a file FF goes into a rapidly repeating loop where each loop is a new window. By the time I get it stopped there can be a hundred windows, all the same, open.
Makes FF almost un-useable. Really needs a fix.

For details of how to fix this, see the [[many windows open after downloading]] article.

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http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/4.0/system-requirements/ <br />
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Operating Systems
* Mac OS X 10.5
* Mac OS X 10.6
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http://www.floodgap.com/software/tenfourfox/

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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_save_or_download_files
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Hi cor-el,
thanks for your answer, however as I explained in my post, safe-mode does not present the problem, but disabling the extensions on its own does not help (i.e with all extensions disabled the problem still is there).
Also, I did not have this problem in the past and I did not change anything graphics related (unless something was changed software-wise internally and I did not notice).
And yes I am currently using the default theme.

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