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duplicate windows open from desktop shortcuts

19 years ago

I have Firefox 1.5.0.8 installed on my Dell 4600 with 2 accounts. When I click on a desktop shortcut on my account, only one window for that shortcut opens, but on my husbands account, using a desktop shortcut, 2 windows open for that shortcut. It doesn't matter if I double click, highlight/open, highlight/press enter.

I've gone through all Firefix options and can't find or have over looked any different setting between the accounts.

TIA,

Jean

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fruitjarfla
19 years ago
Is this it?
Quoted from Firefox Help - Options, then Main, then Startup:
"Home Page
If you've set Firefox to show your home page when you start Firefox, you specify your home page by typing it here. You can also click any of the buttons below the textbox to choose a special home page:
* Use Current Page sets the currently-displayed page (or pages, if you have multiple tabs open) as your home page..."
jean_mi_z5
Original Author
19 years ago
Thanks, but that is one of the things I have tried....tried using "current page"..."bookmark" ...it seems to only open the duplicate pages using a desktop bookmark (which my husband prefers.) If I use the "RUN" command, I only get one page.... It only happens on his account with the desktop shortcuts, I can navigate to his desktop from my account and the desktop shortcuts only open in one window. Not a big deal, just a bit annoying.

Thanks again,
Jean
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litirte
19 years ago
Hi, Jean

If you are still experiencing the problem you might want to check if you have Firefox entered in the 'allusers' desktop setup (c:\documents and settings\allusers\desktop). If so, remove it from that folder, also each user should then delete their Firefox deskcut on their own desktop and recreate it. See if this helps.

ta
litirte
theroselvr
19 years ago
I wonder if he has 2 instances of FF (2 different versions) installed somehow. He also may have a setting to run 2 instances.

Personally, if it was me, I would open FF, then click on file, new tab. Open as many new tabs as you have desktop shortcuts for, then copy the URL into each tab. Next, click on tools - options, general tab - where it says home page, click on use current. I have mine set with 10 pages to open. Saves me time.
litirte
19 years ago
That's an interesting option. This particular problem though occurs as FF starts up (before it even opens tabs) so I think you'd still have a dup task problem.

I use toolbar folders to open frequently used URLs without cluttering up desktop with deskcuts. I forgot to mention to also check any entries on the toolbar which start up FF tasks. These could also be culpable. I just disabled and re-enable all toolbar entries which use FF. So far so good. Funny this problem hasn't more documentation out there - it's really aggravating!
jean_mi_z5
Original Author
19 years ago
The duplicate windows are NOT from the Firefox shortcut on the desktop, they are from web page shortcuts that I drag and drop to the desktop. If I right click on the desktop and make a shortcut to the web page, I only get one window per shortcut. But using the drag and drop shortcut, I get 2 windows per shortcut.

Drag and drop shortcuts on "MY" account only open one window. Weird, but something he can live with, he just prefer drag and drop.....:)

Thanks

Jean
litirte
19 years ago
Hi, Jean -
What you describe is not quite the symptom I'm seeing: this phenom happens for me only if I start/switchuser from one user account on the system which has a Firefox window open into another account. Then, in the new user account, ANY Firefox shortcut will open duplicate windows. When I log off and return to the original user account, close the Firefox session(s) running there and then come back to the offending account I can click on any shortcut and it opens normally, no dups.
jean_mi_z5
Original Author
19 years ago
By George, I think we have it. I closed out Firefox on my account and guess what...only one window opens when I click on desktop shortcuts on his account.

Thanks, this has been driving me nuts.. :)

Jean
litirte
19 years ago
Great! However, this is still a bug in Firefox as far as I am concerned, so I'll follow up in the Firefox community. As I said earlier I'm surprised not to see mention of the problem in the Firefox support forums.

On happier front, almost time to start digging up the potted rose bushes from the trench I buried them in last fall. Thank goodness I did so, since the winter has been bitterly cold here in NE :)
jean_mi_z5
Original Author
19 years ago
(Went back and read your earlier post.)

I deleted the shortcut from "allusers\desktop" and shortcuts open only one page even if I have Firefox open on my account. Thanks again.
Jean
~Who is waiting for the snow to melt so I can get outside and dig in the dirt~

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