Not opening tabs

I should have known better than to upgrade at a time when I don't have days to deal with the problems. I cannot open tabs. Not from the file menu, not with ctrl T or anywhere else. I have ticked the correct boxes in options and it doesn't work. I don't know what else to do and I am very frustrated as I have a lot of work to do today. What is the fix!

Start Firefox in <u>[[Safe Mode]]</u> to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

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