Clicking on a website opens it in a new window but also opens up a blank tab
On the Firefox homepage when clicking on a website to open, it opens up a new window and a new tab. Instead of going to the desired website I'm automatically lead to the blank tab which is the pinned favourites webpage (this is different to my homepage which is google).
I would like to be able to click on a website and it open in a new tab but on the same window that I'm using.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Hello,
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- Open the Troubleshooting Information page using one of these methods:
- Click the menu button
, click help 
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- If you're unable to access the Help menu, type about:support in your address bar to bring up the Troubleshooting Information page.
- Click the menu button
- At the top right corner of the page, you should see a button that says "Reset Firefox" that looks like this:
. Click on it.
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Thank you.
Do you get both pages if you launch a new window using either:
- Ctrl+n
- "3-bar" menu button > New Window
If yes:
Check your home page setting to see if you have multiple home tabs. A vertical bar (|) is used between the addresses. This article shows where to check this in the Options dialog: Startup, home page, tabs, and download settings. This article has more background on multiple home tabs: How to set the home page.
If no, or if the Options dialog is okay:
Add-ons may display tabs at startup or in a new window. For example, one that has been going around is Astromenda. This is my suggested cleaning procedure for bad add-ons:
Open the Windows Control Panel, Uninstall a Program. After the list loads, click the "Installed on" column heading to group the infections, I mean, additions, by date. This can help in smoking out undisclosed bundle items that snuck in with some software you agreed to install. Take out as much trash as possible here.
Then, in Firefox, open the Add-ons page using either:
- Ctrl+Shift+a
- "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons
In the left column, click Plugins. Set nonessential and unrecognized plugins to "Never Activate".
In the left column, click Extensions. Then, if in doubt, disable (or Remove, if possible) unrecognized and unwanted extensions.
Often a link will appear above at least one disabled extension to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links as the last step.
Finally, you can "mop up" remaining issues with the scanning/cleaning tools listed in our support article: Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware.
Are you able to get rid of the unwanted tab?
Are you using the about:newtab page to open those other pages?
Is that home page opened in a normal tab or in a pined tab?
Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.
- Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
- Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window