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Firefox opens a run of tabs when clicking on a link to an e-mail or website

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When trying to link to an email address, Firefox begins to open tabs quickly and I have to close down Firefox for it to stop opening the tabs. I also happens when clicking on a link for some websites.

When trying to link to an email address, Firefox begins to open tabs quickly and I have to close down Firefox for it to stop opening the tabs. I also happens when clicking on a link for some websites.

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Check the Mailto application in Firefox > Preferences > Applications Make sure that it isn't set to the Firefox application.

See also "Reset Download Actions": http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions

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Check the Mailto application in Firefox > Preferences > Applications Make sure that it isn't set to the Firefox application.

See also "Reset Download Actions": http://kb.mozillazine.org/File_types_and_download_actions