253635 - Outlook opens second window, then tabs, when links are clicked

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Ed Hume]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040729 Firefox/0.9.1+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040729 Firefox/0.9.1+

Until a few days ago, clicking on links inside emails would first open Firefox
(if not already open) then open tabs (I had it set up for this). I could open
the whole list of links in a NewScientist.com emiailing in a string of tabs.

Then it all changed: Clicking on the first link now opens a Firefox browser
window. Clicking the second link opens a second browser window. Then clicking on
each subsequent link opens tabs as before.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Set up Firefox to open external links in new tabs.
2. Click on link in external application
3. Click on second link in external application

Actual Results:  
Two browser windows opened.

Expected Results:  
Twoo tabs open in one window.

When this first began to occur I tried uninstalling Firefox and deleting all
references to Ffx in the Registry. Then I created a new Profile. Still the same
issue. There have been no changes to extensions during this time.

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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