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is there a way to keep pop ups and new browsers from opening with fire fox 3.6

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corvairbob
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i have fire fox 3.6 and i'm using window 7 and when i go to watch movies on the laptop i click on the program to use to run the movie and i get on the lower bar new browsers. how can i keep these from opening up? i have not yet found the place in fire fox that lets me say what to block?

i have fire fox 3.6 and i'm using window 7 and when i go to watch movies on the laptop i click on the program to use to run the movie and i get on the lower bar new browsers. how can i keep these from opening up? i have not yet found the place in fire fox that lets me say what to block?

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the-edmeister
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See this:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Popups_not_blocked

cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

  • Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.

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