urls and shortcuts are launching two versions of my browser

[Robert M Jones]

If I click on a url in news posts or emails, or a shortcut on my
quicklaunch or desktop, I get TWO instances of my browser opening. If
the browser is already open, the links simply open a new tab as expected
but if it is NOT open then I get two browser windows. (Firefox is
default browser, Win XP Home, user account)
I've also posted to a mozilla group with the same question.
Many thanks.
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[Robert M Jones]

If I click on a url in news posts or emails, or a shortcut on my
quicklaunch or desktop, I get TWO instances of my browser opening. If
the browser is already open, the links simply open a new tab as expected
but if it is NOT open then I get two browser windows. (Firefox is
default browser, Win XP Home, user account)
I've also posted to a mozilla group with the same question.
Many thanks.

Solved - it was a setting in Internet Options Advanced - Browsing -
Re-use Windows for launching shortcuts - seems to affect Firefox AND IE
- it looks like it got altered (without consent) while my ISP
(BT-Yahoo!)forced its unwanted customised IE browser on me during
installation of a wireless adapter.

--
Rev Robert M Jones, Wimborne Baptist Church, UK
http://www.wimborne-baptist.org.uk
Free trial of Mailwasher Pro - effective email spam filter - (commission
goes to our partners in Bulgaria)
http://fta.firetrust.com/index.cgi?id=420