Simple solution to firefox problem?

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Ok, this is really bugging me, and I can't figure out the correct
search terms to do an effective google for this annoying problem.

If I click a url in either my email program, Eudora, or through my
usenet program, Agent, Firefox will start up and display the page.
If I then click on another url from within either of these programs,
another firefox window will open, thus leaving me with 2 firefox
windows. What I want is for subsequent url's to open up in the initial
window. This used to work for versions 9.0, and 9.1 but has broken in
the upgrade to 9.2, and now 9.3.

Does anybody have a simple fix for me?

Thanks
 
Ok, this is really bugging me, and I can't figure out the correct
search terms to do an effective google for this annoying problem.

If I click a url in either my email program, Eudora, or through my
usenet program, Agent, Firefox will start up and display the page.
If I then click on another url from within either of these programs,
another firefox window will open, thus leaving me with 2 firefox
windows. What I want is for subsequent url's to open up in the initial
window. This used to work for versions 9.0, and 9.1 but has broken in
the upgrade to 9.2, and now 9.3.

Does anybody have a simple fix for me?
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If you dl TabBrowser Extensions, it has an option that all newly-opening
pages open in a new tab, instead of a new window/copy of Firefox.

Chakolate
 
Ok, this is really bugging me, and I can't figure out the correct
search terms to do an effective google for this annoying problem.

If I click a url in either my email program, Eudora, or through my
usenet program, Agent, Firefox will start up and display the page.
If I then click on another url from within either of these
programs, another firefox window will open, thus leaving me with 2
firefox windows. What I want is for subsequent url's to open up in
the initial window. This used to work for versions 9.0, and 9.1
but has broken in the upgrade to 9.2, and now 9.3.

Does anybody have a simple fix for me?
Click to expand...

Several of the tabbed browsing extensions would help, I think; I know
Tabbrowser Extensions would. But the simplest fix is probably the
Single Window extension, 6 KB.

<http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=50>
 
»Q« said:
Several of the tabbed browsing extensions would help, I think; I know
Tabbrowser Extensions would. But the simplest fix is probably the
Single Window extension, 6 KB.

<http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=50>
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At that site, I see Single Window extension, I click on Install Now, "something"
shows progress in the progress bar, but nothing shows afterward in either my
download folder or in Tools/Extensions.

How to download this extension?

Mike Sa
 
ms said:
At that site, I see Single Window extension, I click on Install
Now, "something" shows progress in the progress bar, but nothing
shows afterward in either my download folder or in
Tools/Extensions.

How to download this extension?
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You can right-click the install link and choose 'save as'. Then drag
the saved .xpi file onto an open Fx window. This worked for me when
xpi download installs stopped working with 0.7 or 0.8; the only
permanent fix was to use a new profile, which is a PiTA.
 
Several of the tabbed browsing extensions would help, I think; I know
Tabbrowser Extensions would. But the simplest fix is probably the
Single Window extension, 6 KB.

<http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=50>
Click to expand...

Thanks for the link. And while I was there, I installed everything I
could see that had to do with a single window or tabbed browsing.
Still no joy :(
Multiple links clicked on from within Eudora or Agent open multiple
Firefox windows.
If it works in IE, it's gotta work with Firefox. Any other guesses?
 
If it works in IE, it's gotta work with Firefox. Any other guesses?
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Just a quick follow-up.
I did finally manage to repair/fix firefox.

Disabling DDE (in Windows Explorer) under Tools\Folder
Options\FileTypes for several settings.
Disabling DDE in the single window extension, changing the default
"load external links in new window" to "current tab" . And a bunch of
reading in the firefox forum.
Seems like a funny way of fixing something that shouldn't have been
broken, but at least it works properly now.

I also managed to fix another problem between Firefox and Eudora that
was almost as annoying :)
 
Me too, trouble installing the extensions. I have them downloaded
fine, but I don't see any way to get them to work in the browser. I
open up the extension window and try to drag & drop them, no dice.
They won't load from the web page for me, either.

What does it take to get these puppies working?
 
»Q« said:
You can right-click the install link and choose 'save as'. Then drag
the saved .xpi file onto an open Fx window. This worked for me when
xpi download installs stopped working with 0.7 or 0.8; the only
permanent fix was to use a new profile, which is a PiTA.
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Thanks, Q. FF says "save link as" so I didn't try before, but find it does
actually "save as" the actual file. In Netscape, "save link as" saves the URL only.

Mike Sa
 
Me too, trouble installing the extensions. I have them downloaded
fine, but I don't see any way to get them to work in the browser. I
open up the extension window and try to drag & drop them, no dice.
They won't load from the web page for me, either.
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That's very strange. You are using 0.9.x right? Not one of those unstable
builds which by default blocks installations via webpages unless they are
on a whitelist.

type about:config in the location bar/url bar. search for xpi.

Make sure that xpinstalled.enabled is set to "true".

If you can't get them to install via the webpage, download them into a
file. Then go to file-->open file and select the extension, typically,
something.xpi.
 
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