# Can I run multiple windows with Firefox? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 9, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-run-multiple-windows-with-firefox/444560 "2008-04-09T02:57:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-run-multiple-windows-with-firefox/444560/1 "2008-04-09T02:57:34Z")
I want to run more than one Firefox window, each with a different set of tabs. I have three windows saved. When I load one window, there are no problems. If I open a second window and try to load a different set of tabs, the first window closes. Is there a way to run two or three different tab sets in Firefox without any of them closing? I’m running the latest stable version, 2.0.0.13 ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-run-multiple-windows-with-firefox/444560/2 "2008-04-09T03:08:37Z")
It is certainly possible, yes - I do it most of the time. This would seem to a problem on your computer, and off the top of my head I can’t think what it would be. On edit - my computers run Windows and Linux - no idea how things work on Mac. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-run-multiple-windows-with-firefox/444560/3 "2008-04-09T03:20:28Z")
[QUOTE=PaulParkhead] no idea how things work on Mac. [/QUOTE] I just opened three Firefox browsers to three different pages on my PowerBook G4, so it works for me. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-run-multiple-windows-with-firefox/444560/4 "2008-04-09T03:55:36Z")
Works for me, XP laptop ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-run-multiple-windows-with-firefox/444560/5 "2008-04-09T03:58:47Z")
Oh, wait… I skimmed over the bit about the tabs. I don’t do tabbed browsing, so I just opened three windows and opened different sites. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-run-multiple-windows-with-firefox/444560/6 "2008-04-09T04:23:41Z")
I just opened three Firefox windows, made three tabs in each, saved each set of tabs in the bookmarks as a named folder of bookmarks, then opened another window and loaded all the saved bookmarks from one of the named folders as tabs. Is that what you meant? No Firefox window disappeared. I’m running FF 2.0.0.13 on Mac OS 10.5.2. ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-run-multiple-windows-with-firefox/444560/7 "2008-04-09T04:47:31Z")
And it does the same for me (works, that is) in Windows Vista 64. If ANYTHING works in Vista 64, it has to be fairly ubiquitous. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-run-multiple-windows-with-firefox/444560/8 "2008-04-09T05:02:41Z")
Are you using Tab Mix Plus? Go to the options for this extension, (Tools-\>Tab Mix Plus options) click on the \*\*links \*\*icon at the top, then uncheck the box labeled _enable single window mode_ Click on OK. You should be able to use multiple windows after this. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2008, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-run-multiple-windows-with-firefox/444560/9 "2008-04-09T07:00:58Z")
[QUOTE=Peter Morris] Are you using Tab Mix Plus? Go to the options for this extension, (Tools-\>Tab Mix Plus options) click on the \*\*links \*\*icon at the top, then uncheck the box labeled _enable single window mode_ Click on OK. You should be able to use multiple windows after this. [/QUOTE] That didn’t work. I already had that box unchecked. **Sunspace’s** bookmark idea achieved my purpose of opening different windows, each with a different set of tabs from the others. So thanks, **Sunspace** , problem solved. I’m running on Windows XP, by the way.