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FF10 different startup behaviour

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Each time I click on Firefox icon in Windows 7 startmenu/taskbar Firefox launches an ne w instance instead of activating/switching to an existing runing instance of Firefox.

I believe the above wasn#T true with FF9. My FF tab options "open new tab instead of new window" is checked.

Each time I click on Firefox icon in Windows 7 startmenu/taskbar Firefox launches an ne w instance instead of activating/switching to an existing runing instance of Firefox. I believe the above wasn#T true with FF9. My FF tab options "open new tab instead of new window" is checked.

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Ok, sorry about the confusion, correct macsez2u.

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Sry couldn't understand your question properly. Can you clarify your problem please ??

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That's how it works in FF9 too. I just tried it using the start-menu, and it opened in two separate instances.

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Ok, sorry about the confusion, correct macsez2u.