Searches. How can I make it confine itself to the active window only?

I'll have a window open, then I open a second window, for an unrelated Google search, then I clicked one of the links from the search and go to a site. Frequently I'll open a third window for yet another search then click on a link to a site. In any case whatever I looked up last is appears in all my open windows, not just the one I was working in. It happens most frequently when I'm looking up images, but it does also happen on regular searches. Unfortunately, it's intermittent. Even when I close all windows then repeat the steps right after it's happened, it doesn't happen a second time. There doesn't seem to be any one site that causes it.

Hi. It sounds frustrating!
I have a practical suggestion plus some general musings and brainstorming that might help you work towards a real solution.
The practical suggestion: use three different brands of browser instead of three instances of firefox. For example opera and chrome.
Now the musings. First off, I don't understand what you said, "I have the problem before I select a result." But anyway, here are some thoughts.
1. You could try unchecking "Open each selected result in a new browser window," and then use control-click instead of click when you're selecting which google results you want to look at. I think that allows you to retain the google list in the first tab.
2. Uninstall firefox again, but this time, make sure you manually remove all folders and files that firefox uses, before you reinstall.
2a. Try an older version of firefox.
3. In the config editor, there is a field that tells firefox how to search. You might want to take a close look at this value and compare it with the value in a firefox installation on another machine (that hopefully doesn't display the symptom), or with the analogous value in opera.
4. Try working in safe mode (all add-ons disabled) to see if the symptom goes away.
5. Try installing one of the add-ons that describe themselves as google enhancers.
6. Post your problem on the google support pages or on the support page of a well-supported google-enhancing firefox add-on.
7. Try a different search engine.

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