Windows 10: HELP - Firefox and Windows 10

Ever since I installed windows 10 (and never before) My firefox has been showing a repeated annoying problem.

Within certain sites where I wish to open a new window (to open and expand a small picture for instance) - often (not always) it causes causes multiple unwanted identical windows to open simultaneously. Then I must manually click each window to close them all.

I have searched for a solution for MONTHS - so far no one seems to even have the same problem.

Frustrated..

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How do I keep Firefox my default browser?

There might be a problem with Firefox. Make sure you have the latest version. Download and install Chrome. You can have several browsers installed. Pick Chrome as the default for both email and browser temporarily and see if that works. If it does, check
with firefox support for news about using it with windows 10. There have been reports of problems with earlier versions of firefox and win 10.

See it this helps-- A Few Tips for Using Firefox 40 with Windows 10 - Thurrott.com

 

WINDOWS 10 VS FIREFOX

I'm not using Windows 10 but I hope the following links are helpful for you:

How to change your default browser in Windows 10

Learn how to make Firefox your default browser in Windows 10.

Change your Firefox search settings on Windows 10


Learn how to change your search settings so that any time you search the Web or use Cortana, Firefox will use your favorite search engine.

Cheers,

J

 

Can you post a link to test and/or a screen shot ?

 

I suppose it is possible - it is never predictable and not constant. It can happen a few times in a row or not for a few days.
What you would see is 10 to 20 identical windows opening all within about 1.5 seconds , all on top of each other. On the bottom of the page - the tool bar -10-20 identical little boxes next to each other. It happens more regularly on one particular site but also on two other sites where clicking on a link is meant to produce the opening of one window.

 

Type about:config in a new tab, then navigate to dom.popup_maximum and double click to set the value to 0 then save.
You could also middle click links to open in a new tab instead of a new window.

 

In that case do I not want to leave the possibility for ONE pop-up which I actually wish to appear? (so should I change it to 1 instead of 20 there?)

 

Yes, that should work fine.

 

In that case do I not want to leave the possibility for ONE pop-up which I actually wish to appear? (so should I change it to 1 instead of 20 there?)

 

OK - I changed it from 20 to 1

Lets give it a few days and see what happens - (or hopefully does NOT happen)

 

Apparently changing the dom-popup_maximum from 20 to 1 did not help. It still just now opened 12 identical popup windows.
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Any other ideas?

 

Could it be because I did not restart the firefox
the change in the config is still holding as I changed it

here

 

I'm not sure what kind of links you're clicking on to cause these pop-ups, but, here's a couple more settings you could experiment with:

browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction, set to 0,
(this will open the links in a new tab instead of a new window)

privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins, set to 3

Also, check pop settings in Content Settings

 

Yes I do use a popup blocker to stop advertisements - but I am not trying to stop pop ups - I am trying to stop a desired pop up from opening multiple identical (unwanted) windows. I want one not 12

 

From reading through this whole thread it sounds to me like it could be a mouse problem. Check the batteries if it is a wireless mouse and check the driver to see if it is up to date.