Closed Bug 569110 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

If you click a website link from outside Firefox (ex. Outlook, PDF files), Firefox launches two windows. One window includes my homepage and the other the web page I tried to launch.

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
Other
macOS
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 531552

People

(Reporter: corinaborsuk, Unassigned)

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.3) Gecko/20100401 Firefox/3.6.3 Build Identifier: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/products/download.html?product=firefox-3.6.3&os=osx&lang=en-US It doesn't matter how I change my preferences (set for open a new tab, not a new window), Firefox still opens 2 windows when I launch it from an outside program. Please see http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/623218 for other reports of the same problem. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Use Firefox 3 for Mac OS X, but make sure you close/quit Firefox. 2.Click an active website link in your email client or PDF document. 3.Watch as Firefox launches and opens 2 windows. One with your homepage and one with the website you tried to launch.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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