How do i stop firefox from opening multiple tabs on startup

on startup firefox loads my home page and opens a new tab how do i stop that from happening

Do you have a MySearchDial extension showing in Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions?
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes
Can you post the content of the user.js file in the current profile folder?
You can open the user.js file for inspection via the right-click context menu (do not double-click the file).
You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Director: Show Folder (Linux: Open Director; Mac: Show in Finder)

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How can I stop firefox from opening multiple tabs when I open the browser.

When I open my browser it opens a Firefox has been updated tab and a yahoo has been updated tab along with my home page. My home page settings have no extras in the address. Help

Did you perform the fixes from the "Preferences not saved" article?
Try to delete or rename/move the prefs.js file and other possible prefs-##.js with a number and user.js files in the Firefox Profile Folder.
You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder:
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
Make sure that Firefox isn't running when you delete files in the profile folder.

How do I stop firefox from opening multiple windows when opening a new one

I start firefox my homepage comes up - perfect....
i minimize this window to open a new window
when i open the new window it opens the first one also so then i have to go minimize the window again
This just started after i updated Firefox
How do I fix?

Check the Home page setting: [[How to set the home page]]: Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' symbols
See this article for some suggestions: [[Firefox has just updated tab shows each time you start Firefox]]
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved and [[Preferences are not saved]]

How do I stop Firefox from opening old tabs/windows after a crash?

whenever it crashes and i try to reopen the program, it opens all my old tabs and windows. often these are videos which all start playing at once. or worse, it opens the page that made it crash in the first place and crashes again.
how do i stop this annoying feature?
if there's no way to stop it, can you recommend a simple browser that doesn't try to think for you?

hello, enter '''about:config''' into the firefox address bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up) & search for the preference named '''browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash'''. double-click it and change its value to '''false'''.

How can I stop firefox from opening mulitiple tabs from past sessions everytime I start Firefox?

When I start Firefox from my task bar (windows 8) Firefox opens tabs from the previous secession. I'm using Yahoo as my home page.

You can check if you have a user.js file in the Firefox profile folder that sets the <b>browser.sessionstore.resume_session_once</b> pref to true.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/browser.sessionstore.resume_session_once
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved

How do I stop firefox from opening multiple pages?

When I click on a link, multiple new pages load on, usually advertising.

Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.
You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:
* [http://www.microsoft.com/security/scanner/default.aspx Microsoft Safety Scanner]
* [http://www.malwarebytes.org/products/malwarebytes_free/ MalwareBytes' Anti-Malware]
* [http://support.kaspersky.com/faq/?qid=208283363 TDSSKiller - AntiRootkit Utility]
[http://windows.microsoft.com/MSE Microsoft Security Essentials] is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.
Further information can be found in the [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]] article.
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How can I get firefox to open multiple tabs on startup?

I want to upto six or seven tabs to open automatically when I launch firefox. When I look at the options tab it only gives me a prompt to enter one home page not multiple.

The easiest way to set up home pages is to have the page that you want all open in the tabs bar and then continue as before but with "Use current pages" as your choice (button).
'''How to set the home page''' | How to | Firefox Help<br>
https://support.mozilla.com/kb/How%20to%20set%20the%20home%20page

How do I configure Firefox to open multiple pages on startup and not set my homepage to open mutliple tabs?

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?

You can edit a copy of the Firefox desktop shortcut and add the links to the target field to make Firefox open those pages when you use this shortcut.
See:
*https://developer.mozilla.org/Command_Line_Options
If you run out of space (i.e. exceed the maximum length) then use a CMD file with the start command.
*start "" "<path_to_firefox\firefox.exe>" URL1 URL2
*https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb491005.aspx

How can I stop Firefox from opening (to "File Not Found") when opening my Opera browser?

Ever since I installed Opera 10.61 on my new computer (Windows 7 Ultimate operating system), whenever I open Opera, Firefox opens one second later with the following error message:
'''File not found '''
Firefox can't find the file at /C:/Users/Nasheed/AppData/Local/Opera/Opera/temporary_downloads/client-en.xml.
* Check the file name for capitalization or other typing errors.
* Check to see if the file was moved, renamed or deleted.
TRY AGAIN.
<nowiki>****************************************************</nowiki><br />
This happens EVERY TIME I OPEN THE OPERA BROWSER. How can I stop this from happening? I'm stumped.
[EXTRA INFO - I was unable to enable Firefox to access my previous profile on the new computer (despite putting the old profile in the appropriate Mozilla Firefox folder. So, there are now two profiles in that location.
After reading the answer to another forum member's question, I attempted to resolve the problem using Profile Manager, but I was unable to locate the Profile Manager. The Windows "Search" feature is not enabled on my new computer (nor can it be enabled from the Customize Start Menu options).]

Thank you for your response, Cor-el.
I had Opera set as my default browser since this began happening. I changed my default browser back to Firefox mainly because having Firefox open one or two seconds every time I open Opera was/is such a nuisance.
I believe this problem began because I attempted to manually transfer the files from my old computer to the new one (via the backed up files in my external drive). I was unfamiliar with Windows 7 when I did this. Microsoft changed the file set up from what I had been used to in Windows XP. I used XP for six years before being exposed to Windows 7 (I never had Vista).
I'm almost sure this problem has something to do with where I placed the application data when I was trying to reestablish the program set up on the new computer.

How do I stop Firefox from opening its own homepage tab on top of my homepage?

Firefox keeps opening up its own website in my browser on top of my own home page even though I have reset the home page numerous times. Everytime I open firefox I have to reset my home page which works for a half-day or so and then ... we're back to the Firefox homepage. How do I keep Firefox from hijacking my browser?
P.S. I've tried all the stuff that's recommended -- resetting my homepage, etc ... and I'm just getting tired of having to do this. This is getting so irritating I'm going to stop using Firefox and start using another browser.

I am having a similar problem, I'm using "Show my home page" on start-up but firefox decides to always open to the last page visited regardless. I also generally close Firefox using the red X or with alt+f4. This problem is especially annoying when the last page 'visited' is an annoying pop-up ad that wasn't been caught by the pop-up blocker.

How do I stop Firefox from opening each time I turn on my computer?

When I turn on my computer Firefox automatically opens up.
I want to stop this.
How do i stop this from happening?
This is a new thing.

See also:
* https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3700060?start=0&tstart=0
* https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Firefox+launches+automatically+when+your+computer+starts
* Control-click on the Firefox Dock icon and uncheck 'Open at Login'
* Click Accounts (in the System row of the System Preferences window)
** Click the Login Items tab
** Click on Firefox in the list
** Click the Minus (-) button

How do I stop Firefox from opening a new window when I go to a search item?

When I do a search, and click on a topic, Firefox opens a new window on the tool bar at the bottom of my screen. How can I stop this from happening?

I'm guessing you use Google for search. There is a setting in Google search to open each result in a new window. (When you use tabbed browsing, that means each result opens in a new tab.) You can check on whether you have that setting turned on as follows:
On a Google results page, click the button on the right side with the "gear" icon, then click Search Settings from the drop-down list. At the bottom of the page is the setting to open results in a new window.
Is that the culprit?

How do i stop firefox from opening the addons page and the page that tells me what version i am running

Firefox keeps opening the add ons page and a page telling me what version i am running every time i open it,how do i stop it from doing this
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened

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via about:config
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How can I stop Firefox from opening pdfs in Google Docs?

Whenever I want to look at or download a webspage which is a Microsoft Word or a pdf document, I am automatically sent to Google Docs to view it. Mayvbe bexcauuse of my satellite connection, I cthen have huge problems in downloading these webpages. How can I disconnect Firefox from automatically opening these pages in Google Docs?

Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, these settings are exactly the same on my troublesome PC as they are on my laptop which does not have this problem. The PC is Windows 7, and laptop is XP. I have in the past used the PC to access google documents.

How can I stop firefox from opening hundreds of tabs when I click on an embedded email link?

Every time I forget and click on an embedded email link, firefox tries to open multiple tabs(sometimes hundreds). I can't shut down firefox when this happens, I can't do anything else. I have to manually shut down the computer and reboot.

Check to make sure that mailto has not been set to open Firefox.
To do that open the Preferences dialog by selecting "Firefox > Preferences". In the Preferences dialog go to the Applications panel. In the "Content Type" column locate mailto, and make sure the Action column is not set to "Use Firefox" This procedure is explained in more depth in the [[Managing file types]] article.
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