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Laptop Getting On My Nerves

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wolf63 | 17:50 Sun 11th Feb 2018 | Technology
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My Laptop was working okay this morning. I went for a snooze as I felt ill. When I got back the Laptop was playing up. Clicking on a link took me to a new window instead of a new tab. (I realise that this isn't a major problem but it is annoying).
I went into Firefox options and didn't see any way of fixing the problem.

I shut the Laptop down, left it and then restarted it. It wanted to go into Safe Mode - which I did but it started playing up again. I shut it down and left it for a while.

I have restarted it again successfully and it seems to be working okay - apart from the fact that every time I click a link it opens a new window instead of a new tab.

Where do I fix this?

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You need to RIGHT click the link then choose Open in new tab.
In Firefox:
Hamburger (three lines, top right) > Options > General (which will probably be pre-selected anyway) > Put a tick against 'Open new windows in a new tab instead'.

(If there's already a tick there, remove it. Close Firefox, reopen it and then put the tick back).
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Thanks, gents. Jackdaw - this morning clicking on a link would take me to another site but on a new tab. After my snooze, it was opening up a new window.

Chris - I did the bit in brackets earlier and didn't think that it has worked, but have just tested it and it works fine now.

I like Firefox but am finding that locating an add-on for 'autofill' is difficult. I have installed a few over the last few weeks only to have Firefox tell me that is is a risk or something.




Firefox has it right in telling you that there is a security risk using 'Autofill'.
There are lots of articles on the Internet about the problem. The following is an example :-

https://www.eagleeyenetworks.com/browser-autofill-convenient-dangerous-security/

Hans.
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Hans, I enter competitions on a daily basis and have used auto-fill for years. Your article explains why it seems to have vanished.

Thanks.

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