Firefox opens numerous windows upon launch

Firefox opens numerous windows upon launch

Hi Jeremy!

You may have encountered a bug or may have to change some settings:

You can simply upgrade your Firefox to 5.0:

• You can download that at the link given below
• Or you may just click Help on the Menu Bar
• Select Check for Updates.

Check the settings:

• Click Tools in the Menu Bar
• Select Options
• Under the General tab, check if you have a URL added in the Home Page and if you have plenty of them.
• If there are more than one, it may be the reason why there are multiple tabs opening at the start of Firefox.
• Delete the others or change it to your preference.

Last Visited Websites

• This will happen if you had opened plenty of tabs and Firefox did not close properly upon exit
• Firefox will attempt to reopen those tabs in the next startup.

You may have Firefox not remember the history every time you want. This will avoid tabs being opened in case the browser did not close properly.

• Click Tools in the Menu Bar
• Select Options
• Go to Privacy tab
• Press the dropdown menu on the "Firefox will:"
• Choose Never remember history
• Alternatively, you can just put a check mark on "Clear history when Firefox closes"
• OK

 The installation may have been corrupted. You may uninstall Firefox and install the latest version.

• Click Start
• Go to Control Panel
• Add/Remove Programs
• Locate Mozilla Firefox
• Remove
• Reboot the Computer
• Visit https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
• Download the latest version
• Install

You may also use third party cleaners such as CCleaner that will help you delete the temporary internet files and cache.

If you clean your computer regularly or at least before using the internet or after using the computer, it will clear the temporary internet files and cache. These are what Firefox uses when trying to open the tabs that were used before.