Windows 10: Firefox window always pushes itself to front upon initial load

This applies to my current environment on an HP laptop (FF 72.0.1; Win10 build 18362), but it's been like this for six months or more, after not being like this before.

I restart my work computer - again, an HP laptop - at the end of every workday, so it's fresh the next morning.

My FF browser is set to load with the same tabs, in the same two windows, as it had when I exited the night before.

Without fail, as the second browser window loads - it has a web interface for my google pixel text messages as the active tab - it "pushes to the front," even though I might be working in the other browser window, or on a Word document. My active session, whatever it is, gets "bumped" by this window pushing to the front.

I've never seen this behavior on any other computer. And my work computer was configured when I got it with a copy of my home computer's Firefox profile, and my home computer runs same Win10 build, same FF browser, same two windows, and starts on the same tabs in those two windows.

Any idea what causes this "push to the front" behavior?

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Video Issues in Windows 10 With Firefox

Hi,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

Please provide the following information with us to understand the issue better.

• 
  Is the issue occurs in Microsoft Edge?
  

• 
  Let us know whether the issue is specific to online videos or it is happening with other videos present in your system too?
  
  As the initial troubleshooting steps, I would suggest you to check all the available Windows Updates. Installation of recent Windows Updates should fix the issue.
  
  If the issue still persists, then try updating the Display driver and check. Here is the steps:
  

• Press Windows Key + R on your desktop screen to go to run command box.
• Type devmgmt.msc and hit Enter.
• In Display Adapter, expand Display Adapter, right-click , and then click
  Update.

If the issues persists ,only with firefox then i suggest you to contact firefox support.

Please do let us know the status of the issue to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

Firefox window always pushes itself to front upon initial load

This applies to my current environment on an HP laptop (FF 72.0.1; Win10 build 18362), but it's been like this for six months or more, after not being like this before.

I restart my work computer - again, an HP laptop - at the end of every workday, so it's fresh the next morning.

My FF browser is set to load with the same tabs, in the same two windows, as it had when I exited the night before.

Without fail, as the second browser window loads - it has a web interface for my google pixel text messages as the active tab - it "pushes to the front," even though I might be working in the other browser window, or on a Word document. My active session, whatever it is, gets "bumped" by this window pushing to the front.

I've never seen this behavior on any other computer. And my work computer was configured when I got it with a copy of my home computer's Firefox profile, and my home computer runs same Win10 build, same FF browser, same two windows, and starts on the same tabs in those two windows.

Any idea what causes this "push to the front" behavior?

 

New Windows Media Player Plugin for Firefox

Anyone who uses Windows Vista and Mozilla Firefox may be pleased to hear that the Windows Media Player team has now released a plugin for Firefox that should allow the browser to play WMP content on websites. Here are the steps to get it working:

• Installation of the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin may require administrative access to your PC. It is recommended that you close all other open browser windows before continuing with the installation.
• Click the Install button to automatically download and install the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin.
• Depending on your security settings, you may see a Security Warning dialog box. Click Install to install the plugin.

There is a known issue if you are using Firefox version 2.0.0.3 on Windows Vista with the installer failing with error code -203. To work around this simply restart Firefox (you will get a notification that Windows Vista will be changing the Firefox compatibility settings) and then install again - the second time should succeed.

The download is available here, and the new plugin works on all versions of Windows XP and Windows Vista (although it is mostly intended for Vista, as that currently has no WMP support in Firefox).

Source: Windows Vista Blog