multiple instances of firefox opening at once

[hawkeye1959]

Windows 7

Firefox ver 61.0.1 (64-bit)


Clicking any icon on desktop for a particular page I have saved to that icon will open that page and the previously opened page and at times the last two opened pages as well in a new tab.

If I have a page opened and double click another icon on desktop that page will open alone in a new tab.

At times when I click on Firefox tray icon the default page I have set up in settings doesn't open but a previously opened page does. If I click on the tray icon for Firefox again it will then open the default i have setup. At times it will open three pages in new windows.

This situation started a week ago.

[therube]

(Probably not it, but...)

What does your desktop shortcut show?
Are you using the -no-remote switch?


I'm thinking an association in the Windows Registry has been changed?

What is your Home Page set to?

[hawkeye1959]

The Firefox icon target is "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"

Not familiar with -no-remote switch and no info googling it

Home page set to https://www.google.com

[hawkeye1959]

Solution

Go to Firefox help in upper right icon
Click on troubleshooting information
Click on Refresh Firefox under Give Firefox a tune up

[Brummelchen]

so at least a user made problem with a defective profile. "refresh" means reset all as described:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/re ... d-settings

could have been a matter of wrong settings or extensions.

a view to the about:support report for us should had helped with out refreshing.
any how you will find you old profile on the desktop now.