Open links from other apps in Private Browsing

When other Android apps open links in the default web browser, Firefox Mobile launches them in a normal new tab. How can I force these links to open in Private Browsing?

I'm not aware of a built-in way to do this: as far as I can see, Firefox for Android cannot be set to create new tabs automatically in private browsing mode. I took a quick look at the Add-ons site and didn't see a solution there, either. Hopefully you will get some more promising responses.

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"An Unexpected Error occured" While opening links from office 2010 Word document on windows 8.1

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We are on windows environment as below -
Server -
- Win2k8 Std R2,
- SQL 2008,
- SP 2010 Foundation SP2
Client -
- Win 8.1 64 Bit OS,
- Browser - IE 11
- MS Office - 2010 - 14.0.4763.1000
Problem -
While Opening links from word document(Ctrl+Click) , get error message "An Unexpected
Error had occured". And link is not opened.
We are using this client using remote desktop.
Any ideas on this?
Does Microsoft provided any fixes for this?
shwetank

Hi,
Have you tried the hyperlinks in other Office programs like Outlook and PowerPoint? Do they work well?
You may need to run the Fix it in this kb below:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310049/en-us
You can also try the steps in the section "Let me fix it myself". Although this kb is written for Outlook, it may help in your scenario as well.
I hope this is useful.
Regards,
Melon Chen
TechNet Community Support

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