![]() ![]() Some of the issues may involve the specific desktop & version being used (here, Cinnamon). There are about infinity + 1 combinations of variables. I'll admit I'd forgotten that using -no-remote locks a profile in use.īut I discovered there were several ways to keep external links from opening in the current window in a new tab. At least in Linux Mint 18 w/ Cinnamon desktop.Īs cor-el hinted, one cause was if the -no-remote switch is used in the execute command (though not only if launching firefox from a terminal). What I've found is there are many circumstances that cause external links to open in a new window or not at all. Are you familiar with Schrödinger's cat?Īre you using the -no-remote command line switch? Somehow, as long as the old profile was accessible, even after the corrections - that I've done many times over years, external links were hell bent on using the old profile, long after it WASN'T the default.īewerkt door Joebt op 23 april 2018 om 07:07:41 - I must've dozed off. :)Īctually it was both. I checked Preferences > General tab again after hiding the old profile and now it said, "Firefox is NOT your default browser, moron." Little harsh. That just made them mad & complained that "the profile (or files?) you're trying to access (the old profile) can't be located," so links from external apps wouldn't open. I thought I'd outsmart the external apps & move the old profile. The new Fx version & new profile still showed "Firefox is currently your default browser," and "Always check if Firefox is your default browser" was checked, as it had been. The 3 about:config prefs are about links opening in same or new window, not, "open a different profile for external links only." That may be a bug or coded behavior that KB articles I've seen don't discuss. The old profile being set as default probably shouldn't have made external links open in a "new window" even if the profile in use wasn't the "default", because the Fx version in use said it WAS the default browser. (you can access profile manager even if firefox is running, using the command: firefox -P -no-remoteĭon't monkey around with anything unless you know what you're doing or get help. I edited the profiles.ini file (usually in the root "firefox" folder containing the profiles) & made the new profile the default. That lead to finding the old profile was back to the default profile in the profile manager. I discovered the same old profile was always called by links in external applications. Cleaning out the defunct ones was a good idea but no solution. At first I thought it might be a desktop file issue, as some paths in old Fx launchers commands no longer existed. 2018, external links recently started opening in an old profile & new window. Nada.Įven though I've used one profile almost exclusively since Jan. Also, disabled TabMix Plus, that has tab opening settings. In mine, external links started opening a new window, using a different, old profile, but used the current Fx version.Ĭhanging the 3 about:config prefs mentioned in the linked post above, that control link opening behavior wasn't my problem or a solution. I read numerous articles & posts on sites, including various fixes, which worked for some. One day links opened from external apps stopped opening in tabs in the current window as they had done for eons. Once upon a.oops, sorry, Rock - wrong hat. I'm posting this for others benefit, if some standard fixes don't work. ![]()
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