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I run Win7 64bit, and have just updated to FireFox 28.0
Now when I use middle (mouse wheel) click to open a link as a new tab in the background, for some reason a flash video window opens up externally to Firefox in the top left corner of my screen, which I have to close. ITS REALLY annoying.... Any ideas for a fix guys?
I can add screen shots or a screen recording if it helps and someone tells me how to attach them to this post.
Many thanks
Chris

On the Add-ons page, look in the Extensions category; Safe Mode allows Plugins to run, so the problem isn't a plugin.
Another thought: Safe Mode deactivates Firefox's use of hardware acceleration. Although I've never heard of this particular glitch, certainly odd graphical behavior can occur when Firefox is not completely compatible with your graphics card drivers. This feature can be separately disabled, so you might want to try that first if you have a lot of extensions.
orange Firefox button (or Tools menu) > Options > Advanced
On the "General" mini-tab, uncheck the box for "Use hardware acceleration when available"
This will kick in after you exit and restart Firefox.

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