I would like to UNCHECK "Open new windows in a new tab instead" vlia a win 7 registery setting. Is it possibe?

we are running Firefox 3.6.18 on Windows 7 sp1 OS. I need to change about 500 pc's /update an image. Do not want to re-image for this problem (no time). Is there a "reg entry" that I can push out to the pc's to reverse the default "Open new windows in a new tab instead"

Maybe you can do that via a mozilla.cfg file.
See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences
You can use these functions in mozilla.cfg:
defaultPref(); // set new default value
pref(); // set pref, but allow changes
lockPref(); // lock pref, disallow changes

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