Why does FF open a new window every time I try to open a new tab?

I have tried to change this in preferences but it won't work.

Just to confirm, have you made sure that "Open new windows in a new tab instead" located in Firefox>Options>Tabs has a checkmark beside it? If it does, I would try running Firefox in Safe Mode to see if an Add-on is potentially causing this problem.
To run Firefox in Safe Mode:
* Firefox>Help>Restart with Add-ons disabled>Restart
Refer to this article for more information about Safe Mode:
[[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode]]

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