How do I set Firefox to open new windows in a separate window (not in tabs)?

Click the orange Firefox button, and click "Options". This will bring up a new window with a "Tabs" tab at the top. Click that. There will be several checked boxes, including one called "Open new windows in a new tab instead" up at the top of the list. Uncheck that box and you should be good to go.
ETA: This should also work if you click "Tools" and "Options" within your version.

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When opening a new window (by right clicking a link and selecting Open in New Window), I would like the window to be opened in my second monitor. Firefox used to do this, but randomly stopped. Now when I open a new window it is opened in my primary monitor. It does not open maximized (just short of being completely maximized). I have tried the fix I used before- moving the un-maximized browser to the second window, closing and re-opening the window. I have also tried moving the un-maximized browser, maximizing, closing and re-opening. Does anyone know how I can restore Firefox to open my new window in the second monitor?
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Randomly

Click the orange Firefox button, and click "Options". This will bring up a new window with a "Tabs" tab at the top. Click that. There will be several checked boxes, including one called "Open new windows in a new tab instead" up at the top of the list. Uncheck that box and you should be good to go.
ETA: This should also work if you click "Tools" and "Options" within your version.

How to I get firefox to open my email on a separate window or tab maximised

''duplicate of - https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/898304''
I want my email to open maximised in a new window or new tab so only the new open email window / tab is visible over the screen area (maximised).
Edit: Can Anyone tell me how I can keep track of my questions?
I spent a good bit of time locating it, thanks.

Middle-click or {Ctrl + click} a link to have it open in a new tab.
Or, right-click the link and select '''Open Link in a New Window''' (or New Tab).
Window size isn't going to change when opening a link, if you want it Maximized, that is a separate click if the original window isn't already Maximized.
Full Screen is window by window, and is toggled by '''F11'''.

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Ive just installed firefox 5, and when i open a new tab, it open with a blank page. My previous version of firefox opened with my most visited pages as thumbnails. Can i revert to this setup, or can i set firefox 5 to open a new tab with a specified web page e.g google news...?

No this isnt the problem. I want it to open a new tab with Google Search page and not with the big showcase of all my other pages.

How do I set firefox to open my homepage when I open a new tab?

This is really key for me, because Google is my homepage and if I can't just open a new tab and have it go to Google then I will probably not choose firefox as my permanent browser.

When entering the URL either as your home page or new tab page, I suggest using the full URL https://www.google.com/ since otherwise there is a slight delay as Google redirects Firefox to the secure page.

How do I set Firefox to open items in the same window instead of a new tab or window?

I want to be able to open items (such as click on the results of a search) and not have it open in a new tab or window, just open in the same window (as the search results).

See:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow
*1: current tab; 2:new window; 3:new tab;
For links opened via JavaScript you can look at this pref:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction
You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar.
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See this - http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Changing+the+e-mail+program+used+by+Firefox

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I already changed my home page in the tool and when I go to it now, it still says what I want my home page to be, but new tabs still open wrong

By default in Firefox a new tab opens a blank page. You have something installed which changed that action, and that "something" sounds like it may not be working correctly.
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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Disable or un-install the Ask Toolbar. The Ask Toolbar seems to be incompatible with Firefox 3.6.13. Ask needs to fix the problem.
*http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Uninstalling%20add-ons
*http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Cannot%20uninstall%20an%20add-on
 
'''Other issues that need your attention'''
The information submitted with your question indicates that you have out of date plugins with known security and stability issues that should be updated. To see the plugins submitted with your question, click "More system details..." to the right of your original question post. You can also see your plugins from the Firefox menu, Tools > Add-ons > Plugins.
*Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 8.2.4
**Very old version. You '''''MAY''''' need to un-install in Windows Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs before installing the new version.
**New Adobe Reader X (version 10) with Protected Mode was released 2010-11-19
**See: http://www.securityweek.com/adobe-releases-acrobat-reader-x-protected-mode
**'''''Security update for versions 9 and 10 released 2011-02-08'''''
*Shockwave Flash 10.0 r22
**Very old version
**'''''Security update released 2011-02-08'''''
*Next Generation Java Plug-in 1.6.0_20 for Mozilla browsers
**3 updates behind. Known security issues in your version
#'''Check your plugin versions''': http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
#*'''Note: plugin check page does not have information on all plugin versions'''
#'''Update Adobe Reader (PDF plugin):'''
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#*Download complete installer ('''if you do NOT have Adobe Reader installed'''):
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#***Choose the latest #.x version (example 9.x, for version 9)
#***Choose the highest number version listed
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#***Choose your language
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#*'''Download and information''': http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
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#**Use IE to go to the above site to update the IE ActiveX
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So I know how to set my homepage to open multiple tabs, however it has the undesired effect of making it so those tabs are opened every time I hit the homepage button. Is there a way to set Firefox to open multiple pages on start-up, while not actually setting the homepage to open multiple tabs?

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*https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491005.aspx

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How can I set home page for a new tab? how can i get firefox to open the home page every time i open a new tab in Windows vista home basic??
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened

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See: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Form+autocomplete
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Firefox now opens new tabs in new Firefox sessions. This is new behaviour and is a nuisance. How do I stop it?

This may be a Windows problem or it may be a Firefox issue.
I think it started when I installed updated Firefox to version 35.
Firefox 35 is running in Windows 8.1 on a desktop.
When I click a link in my Firefox browser, I've set FF to open new windows in a new tab instead.
It doesn't.
It opens a new window altogether that sits at the far end of my Windows task bar. If I have several tabs running, the taskbar displays the main program icon, which is pinned to the taskbar, and way over to the right it displays an icon that shows another session of Firefox. If there are three new sessions running, that icon on the right shows layers.
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This is a nuisance. Is it caused by Firefox 35, and if so, how do I stop it?

Thanks, Fred. The settings checked under "Tabs" are Open new windows in a new tab instead, and When I open...switch to it immediately.
Maybe I'm describing the problem incorrectly. Firefox is 'pinned' to my taskbar. When clicked, a second FF icon appears to the right and it is not pinned. It appears to be an entirely new session. New tabs open in it.
My home page is a web page with links with the target=_blank attribute. When I click one a new session starts with two tabs in it, my home page and the page for the url I linked to. The attached image shows four FF sessions running, three of them with two tabs, resulting from clicking 3 links on my home page. Instead of one "unlit" icon and one "lit" icon with seven tabs shared between four sessions, there should be one icon, lit, with one session with four tabs.
I think this started happening when FF upgraded to version 35, but it may have been when Windows 8.1 upgraded itself, if that happened recently. I've only noticed this behaviour for a few days; until then FF stayed in one session with multiple tabs, and only the pinned program icon showing in the task bar.
This ONLY occurs with Firefox. My other browsers, IE 11, Opera 26 and Safari, just use the one pinned icon.

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