Firefox Won't Open a New Window

I'm setting up my new iMac and installed Firefox as my internet browser. If I close all the browser windows, it won't open another window even by clicking on File>New Window or using keyboard shortcuts. I have to close the program entirely and reopen it to be able to open a window. Any ideas?

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Have you trying removing and re-installing Firefox?
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Whenever I click a link in firefox, whether I option-click it or right-click it and choose "Open in new Tab." Firefox lately always opens a new window, not a tab. For the life of me, I cannot get it to open a page in a new tab.
There was a time when I had one window open, and every time I would choose to create a new tab, it would create it in that window instead of the window I was currently in, but I have since closed that window, and now I cannot get a link to open in a new tab no matter what I do.
I have tried both selecting and deselecting "Open new windows in a new tab instead" In Firefox preferences, restarting Firefox in "Safe" mode, etc. to no avail.
How do I fix this?

There are other settings in about:config that might be causing that effect.
<pre>browser.link.open_newwindow
3 = divert new window to a new tab (default) (checked*)
2 = allow link to open a new window (unchecked*)
1 = force new window into same tab
* First checkbox in Options > Tabs (on Mac, Preferences > Tabs)
browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
0 = open_newwindow preference honored for all new windows
2 = open_newwindow preference honored for all new windows except script windows with features (default)
1 = open_newwindow preference ignored completely (same effect as open_newwindow=2)
browser.link.open_newwindow.override.external
-1 = open_newwindow applies to external links (default)
3 = open external links in a new tab
2 = open external links in a new window
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Firefox 5.0 won't open a new window if all windows are closed or minimized

Running Firefox 5.0 under Mac OS X 10.6.8. If I close all of the windows, or all windows are minimized, I can't open a new window. A new window is listed in the Windows menu with the name "Mozilla Firefox", but the window does not actually exist. The ghost window can't be selected from that menu and therefore also can't be closed

Well, the behavior I described is now intermittent. Sometimes I can open a new window and sometimes I can't. If I can't, command-Tab does nothing. So far I've found no consistent circumstances under which I can or can't open a new window.
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Firefox will not open a new window for a website when it is supposed to and then will not close properly. I have un-installed and re-installed and problem persists, why? How is it solved?

When I go on to some websites and click on certain things it wants to open a new window to display the information etc.
I.E. On an agency job search site I click to do a detailed job search which should open in a new window, but this will not happen now on my Firefox.
Firefox was working perfectly ok on Saturday 11th September but for some unknown reason has acted up since Sunday.
There have been no Windows updates which could effect this and the laptop is otherwise working perfectly ok.
Nothing has changed from Saturday Night to Sunday Night that I can see.
I have even tried to do a system restore to solve the problem but with no success.

I also have this problem. I cannot open links from a discussion board I frequent nor can I open links from my email. Also after opening my email, I cannot go to any other sites except my home page. I can then go no where else.
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Firefox won't open on new installation

I have just installed arch 64 on this machine, and firefox won't open. I can't get any kind of feedback out of the process either. It just sits there, using hardly any cpu, but nothing happens.
ldd /usr/bin/firefox gives me no errors.
This is the output from gdb:
gdb firefox
GNU gdb (GDB) 7.5.1
Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law. Type "show copying"
and "show warranty" for details.
This GDB was configured as "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu".
For bug reporting instructions, please see:
<http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/bugs/>...
Reading symbols from /usr/bin/firefox...(no debugging symbols found)...done.
(gdb) c
The program is not being run.
(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/bin/firefox
warning: Could not load shared library symbols for linux-vdso.so.1.
Do you need "set solib-search-path" or "set sysroot"?
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/usr/lib/libthread_db.so.1".
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/gdb/auto-load/usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0.3400.3-gdb.py", line 9, in <module>
from gobject import register
File "/usr/share/glib-2.0/gdb/gobject.py", line 3, in <module>
import gdb.backtrace
ImportError: No module named backtrace
[New Thread 0x7fffe87f9700 (LWP 6148)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe77df700 (LWP 6149)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe6bff700 (LWP 6150)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe5de4700 (LWP 6151)]
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[New Thread 0x7fffe49e2700 (LWP 6153)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe41e1700 (LWP 6154)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe39e0700 (LWP 6155)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe2dff700 (LWP 6156)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe1e9f700 (LWP 6157)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe12ff700 (LWP 6158)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe03ff700 (LWP 6159)]
[New Thread 0x7fffde1ff700 (LWP 6160)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdd9fe700 (LWP 6161)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdcbff700 (LWP 6162)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdc1ff700 (LWP 6163)]
[Thread 0x7fffdcbff700 (LWP 6162) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffdc1ff700 (LWP 6163) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffdb9fe700 (LWP 6164)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdcbff700 (LWP 6165)]
[Thread 0x7fffdcbff700 (LWP 6165) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffdcbff700 (LWP 6166)]
[New Thread 0x7fffdc1ff700 (LWP 6167)]
[New Thread 0x7fffda48b700 (LWP 6178)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd9c8a700 (LWP 6203)]
[Thread 0x7fffd9c8a700 (LWP 6203) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffe1e9f700 (LWP 6157) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffd9c8a700 (LWP 6239)]
[New Thread 0x7fffe1e9f700 (LWP 6240)]
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[New Thread 0x7fffd7c86700 (LWP 6244)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd7485700 (LWP 6245)]
[Thread 0x7fffd7485700 (LWP 6245) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffd7485700 (LWP 6246)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd6c84700 (LWP 6247)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd6483700 (LWP 6248)]
[New Thread 0x7fffd5c82700 (LWP 6249)]
[Thread 0x7fffd6c84700 (LWP 6247) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd6483700 (LWP 6248) exited]
[New Thread 0x7fffd6c84700 (LWP 6250)]
[Thread 0x7fffd6c84700 (LWP 6250) exited]
[Thread 0x7fffd7c86700 (LWP 6244) exited]
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Any ideas?
Last edited by rezza (2013-02-12 11:13:14)

debijan wrote:try this:
firefox -P -no-remote -safe-mode
In order to test the problem, I think my suggestion is better; at least as a first try. Without Firefox running and without ~/.mozilla; no misconfiguration should prevent Firefox to run. The options you suggest will try to disable any problematic configuration. It can be usefull if you need to start Firefox to fix a configuration problem; but as a firt try renaming the ~/.mozilla is better because you are sure that Firefox can't read anything that can hurt it. Only after having figured out that a bad ~/.mozilla is the cause of the problem, we can try to fix the configuration (or restart with a new configuration).
Last edited by olive (2013-02-12 15:56:15)

Firefox will not open a new window How do I fix it?

When on a web page, If I right click and choose "Open In A New Window", it will open a new window but the window is always blank. I can copy the address and paste in in the new window and it will then take me to the web site but will not automatically open and take me to the site. Is there a fix for this?

Try the Firefox SafeMode. 
''A troubleshooting mode, which disables most Add-ons.'' 
''(If you're not using it, switch to the Default Theme.)''
# You can open the Firefox 4/5/6/7 SafeMode by holding the '''Shft''' key when you use the Firefox desktop or Start menu shortcut.
# Or use the Help menu item, click on '''Restart with Add-ons Disabled...''' while Firefox is running. 
''To exit the Firefox Safe Mode, just close Firefox and wait a few seconds before using the Firefox shortcut (without the Shft key) to open it again.''
If it is good in the Firefox SafeMode, your problem is probably caused by an extension, and you need to figure out which one. 
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Firefox won't spawn a new window, either from the File menu or by right-clicking a link

I can't get Firefox to open a new window under any circumstances. Not from the file menu, and not by right-clicking on a link. This has been going on for at least a week, and I don't know what changed before it started happening.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened

Disable or Uninstall ZoneAlarm Toolbar. They are still having problems with it in current Firefox.
https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/472881?
http://forums.zonelabs.com/showthread.php?t=70801&highlight=firefox+3.5

Firefox crashes when opening a new window

Firefox opens normally and runs properly -- until I close all its windows. When zero windows are present, and I return to Firefox and ask for a new window, Firefox hangs. To resolve the problem I must Force Quit the app, which generates a crash report to Apple. Occasionally Firefox has crashed on its own and generated a crash report to Mozilla, but this is rare. I have tried disabling all add-ons, but that had no effect.
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Try to repair the disk permissions:
*http://thexlab.com/faqs/repairprocess.html
Try to remove the Firefox plist file (org.mozilla.firefox.plist).
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Go to "~/Library/Preferences" and remove the plist file for Firefox (org.mozilla.firefox.plist)
You can also check for problems with the localstore.rdf file.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf

Can you prevent Firefox from EVER opening a new window without approval?

Many websites open a new advertising window when you click ANYWHERE on the webpage. On occasion they are so ill-behaved that they effectively hijack your browser, not allowing you to close the window or navigate away, and rather than risk getting a virus I usually kill Firefox from the task manager... not exactly an ideal way to shut down!
Is there any way to get Firefox to ask my permission before opening a new window, or ideally let me add websites to a whitelist so they are allowed to open new windows, or less ideally let me add websites to a blacklist so they are NEVER allowed to open new windows?
I am well aware that this is "normal" behavior and unfortunately falls outside of the controls that prevent pop-ups, because in some cases you DO want to allow a website to open a new window, but in my experience this is the exception and not the rule so forcing me to approve the new window would be nice, but as I said being able to whitelist approved sites would be ideal.

Thanks, dmcritchie! On your advice I have been using ADP for a couple of weeks, and I think that took care of my problem!

Safari 5.1.1 won't open a new window

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Sampling process 4977 for 3 seconds with 1 millisecond of run time between samples
Sampling completed, processing symbols...
Analysis of sampling Safari (pid 4977) every 1 millisecond
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                2545 -[NSApplication nextEventMatchingMask:untilDate:inMode:dequeue:]
                  2545 _DPSNextEvent
                    2545 BlockUntilNextEventMatchingListInMode
                      2545 ReceiveNextEventCommon
                        2545 RunCurrentEventLoopInMode
                          2545 CFRunLoopRunInMode
                            2545 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
                              2545 __CFRunLoopRun
                                2544 mach_msg
                                  2544 mach_msg_trap
                                1 __CFRunLoopDoObservers
                                  1 CFQSortArray
                                    1 CFSortIndexes
                                      1 malloc_zone_memalign
                                        1 szone_memalign
                                          1 szone_free
                                            1 tiny_free_list_remove_ptr
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      2545 start_wqthread
        2545 _pthread_wqthread
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            2545 _dispatch_queue_invoke
              2545 _dispatch_mgr_invoke
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        2545 _pthread_start
          2545 WebCore::IconDatabase::iconDatabaseSyncThread()
            2545 WebCore::IconDatabase::syncThreadMainLoop()
              2545 pthread_cond_wait$UNIX2003
                2545 _pthread_cond_wait
                  2545 __semwait_signal
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        2545 _pthread_start
          2545 thread_fun
            2545 CA::Render::Server::server_thread(void*)
              2545 mach_msg
                2545 mach_msg_trap
    2545 Thread_150102
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        2545 _pthread_start
          2545 __NSThread__main__
            2545 -[NSThread main]
              2545 +[NSURLConnection(NSURLConnectionReallyInternal) _resourceLoadLoop:]
                2545 CFRunLoopRunInMode
                  2545 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
                    2545 __CFRunLoopRun
                      2545 mach_msg
                        2545 mach_msg_trap
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            2545 Safari::MessageRunLoop::threadBody()
              2545 Safari::MessageRunLoop::runSingleRunLoopIteration()
                2545 CFRunLoopRunInMode
                  2545 CFRunLoopRunSpecific
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                2545 __CFRunLoopRun
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            2545 Safari::SnapshotStore::diskAccessThreadBody()
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        8       thread_start
        6       mach_msg
        6       mach_msg_trap
        5       CFRunLoopRunSpecific
        5       __CFRunLoopRun
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        __semwait_signal        5090
        __workq_kernreturn        2545
        kevent        2545
        select$DARWIN_EXTSN        2545
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Linux; '''Edit > Preferences'''
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I installed the latest version of Skype and now Flash Player does not work properly.
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Hi eidnolb, thanks for the reply.
I did uninstall the google toolbar that was installed with skype.
I now found that it is not just flash player that won't open in a new window, I can't get any link at all to open in a new tab or a new window.
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Thanks.

Firefox will not open a new window

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Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
See:
* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]
* [[Troubleshooting plugins]]
If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
* Use "Disable all add-ons" on the [[Safe mode]] start window to disable all extensions.
* Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")
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Disable the Java Quick Starter extension: Tools -> Add-ons -> Extensions 
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