diff --git a/xpfe/communicator/resources/content/utilityOverlay.js b/xpfe/communicator/resources/content/utilityOverlay.js
index 0031bfdf0b14..3b534a08f08a 100644
--- a/xpfe/communicator/resources/content/utilityOverlay.js
+++ b/xpfe/communicator/resources/content/utilityOverlay.js
@@ -226,6 +226,17 @@ function goHelpMenu( url )
   window.openDialog( getBrowserURL(), "_blank", "chrome,all,dialog=no", url );
 }
 
+function getTopWin()
+{
+    var windowManager = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'].getService();
+    var windowManagerInterface = windowManager.QueryInterface( Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator);
+    var topWindowOfType = windowManagerInterface.getMostRecentWindow( "navigator:browser" );
+
+    if (topWindowOfType) {
+        return topWindowOfType;
+    }
+    return null;
+}
 
 function openTopWin( url )
 {
@@ -248,20 +259,14 @@ function openTopWin( url )
         url = "about:blank";
     }
 
-    var windowManager = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'].getService();
-    var windowManagerInterface = windowManager.QueryInterface( Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator);
-
-    var topWindowOfType = windowManagerInterface.getMostRecentWindow( "navigator:browser" );
+    var topWindowOfType = getTopWin();
     if ( topWindowOfType )
     {
         topWindowOfType.focus();
         topWindowOfType.loadURI(url);
         return topWindowOfType;
     }
-    else
-    {
-        return window.openDialog( getBrowserURL(), "_blank", "chrome,all,dialog=no", url );
-    }
+    return window.openDialog( getBrowserURL(), "_blank", "chrome,all,dialog=no", url );
 }
 
 function goAboutDialog()
diff --git a/xpfe/components/bookmarks/resources/bookmarks.xml b/xpfe/components/bookmarks/resources/bookmarks.xml
index f34f7154c0df..79cdebb95a70 100644
--- a/xpfe/components/bookmarks/resources/bookmarks.xml
+++ b/xpfe/components/bookmarks/resources/bookmarks.xml
@@ -1872,9 +1872,14 @@
             else 
               urlValue = "about:blank";
               
-            w = openTopWin(urlValue);
-            if (groupTarget)
+            if (groupTarget) {
+              w = getTopWin();
+              w.focus();
               w.OpenBookmarkGroupFromResource(this.currentRes, this.db, this.rdf);
+            }
+            else {
+              openTopWin(urlValue);
+            }
           }
           if (aEvent) 
             aEvent.preventBubble();