When started up, FF4 is opening multiple copies of itself for no reason.

I installed FF 4 today (4/03/11). First thing I noticed was that clicking in a bookmarks folder caused all the links in the folder to open instead of just getting a dropdown to pick from. Then I closed it and reopened, and the taskbar filled up with Firefox icons
I'm using an Eee PC, XP Home Edition, SP3. Everything is up to date. Been using FF3 without problems (in fact I have reinstalled FF 3.6.16).

Did you try running the computer from a copy/clone backup of the system?
How about a testing with second Admin user account? Or, secure erase &
a complete reinstall of the system from scratch? (With full backup in archive.)
Check to see if there is a weak or dead PRAM battery on logic board?
In your other similar thread, there were issues in replying to there based on
problems with this site. A different reply was botched, and lost, so there it
is. Then a followup didn't appear. But it may still, though not what I wanted.
There still can be a hardware problem, not matter what someone else may
have done with the settings while using the computer. Several builds of the
early 20-24" Intel-based iMac had various graphic issues. Hardware failure.
So that is unfortunate that even after significant time attempting to resolve
the issue or the symptom, you haven't gained much traction. The time may
have arrived to consider my suggestion to seek Apple trained specialists
in an AASP, to look into this matter from a diagnostic standpoint. And be
sure you have complete backup (clone, plus timemachine, etc) beforehand.
Good luck & happy computing!

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