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When opening a new page with Firefox, it does open what i defined as 'starting page', but URL is more long and contains addresses for the 5 starting pages i def

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When opening a second 'page' or 'window'.. Firefox indeed goes to what i defined as 'startingpage', but URL is in fact too long.. It contains addresses from when i previously added 5 ' startingpages.. and causes problems..

When i open Firefox, it goes to hotmail.com, which is correct (my new starting page..) But when i open a second window, it goes to: https://dub121.mail.live.com/?tid=cm87dcFq-W5BG94wAiZMHTgA2&fid=flinbox|http://www.demorgen.be/|http://www.discogs.com/sell/mywants?ev=wsim|http://www.bloodandfire.co.uk/db/viewforum.php?f=1|http://www.vertalen.nu/

Which are the 5 addresses i previously entered as 'startingpages' .. My starting page is simply set to www.hotmail.com at the moment.. (i already deleted, and reinstalled firefox, doesnt help me out..) Thanks Thanks

When opening a second 'page' or 'window'.. Firefox indeed goes to what i defined as 'startingpage', but URL is in fact too long.. It contains addresses from when i previously added 5 ' startingpages.. and causes problems.. When i open Firefox, it goes to hotmail.com, which is correct (my new starting page..) But when i open a second window, it goes to: https://dub121.mail.live.com/?tid=cm87dcFq-W5BG94wAiZMHTgA2&fid=flinbox|http://www.demorgen.be/|http://www.discogs.com/sell/mywants?ev=wsim|http://www.bloodandfire.co.uk/db/viewforum.php?f=1|http://www.vertalen.nu/ Which are the 5 addresses i previously entered as 'startingpages' .. My starting page is simply set to www.hotmail.com at the moment.. (i already deleted, and reinstalled firefox, doesnt help me out..) Thanks Thanks

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Are you talking about the about:newtabs page?

Type about:config<enter> in the address bar. If a warning screen comes up, press the Be Careful button. At the top of the screen is a search bar. Type browser.newtab.url This tells Firefox what to show when a new tab is opened. If you want, right click and select Modify. You can change the setting to;

about:home (Firefox default home page), about:newtab (shows the sites most visited), about:blank (a blank page),

or you can enter any web page or about: page you want.

The same instructions are used for the new window setting, listed as browser.startup.homepage.

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Are you talking about the about:newtabs page?

Type about:config<enter> in the address bar. If a warning screen comes up, press the Be Careful button. At the top of the screen is a search bar. Type browser.newtab.url This tells Firefox what to show when a new tab is opened. If you want, right click and select Modify. You can change the setting to;

about:home (Firefox default home page), about:newtab (shows the sites most visited), about:blank (a blank page),

or you can enter any web page or about: page you want.

The same instructions are used for the new window setting, listed as browser.startup.homepage.

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Superb!! Finally solved my problem, thanks..

When using Internet explorer for a long time.. I told it to open my 4 favourite websites at once..

Can i do the same with Firefox.. It caused me regular fault-messages in my hotmail, guess because another site took to long to open.. ??

Thanks


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When opening a second 'page' or 'window'.. Firefox indeed goes to what i defined as 'startingpage', but URL is in fact too long.. It contains addresses from when i previously added 5 ' startingpages.. and causes problems.. When i open Firefox, it goes to hotmail.com, which is correct (my new starting page..) But when i open a second window, it goes to: https://dub121.mail.live.com/?tid=cm87dcFq-W5BG94wAiZMHTgA2&fid=flinbox|http://www.demorgen.be/|http://www.discogs.com/sell/mywants?ev=wsim|http://www.bloodandfire.co.uk/db/viewforum.php?f=1|http://www.vertalen.nu/ Which are the 5 addresses i previously entered as 'startingpages' .. My starting page is simply set to www.hotmail.com at the moment.. (i already deleted, and reinstalled firefox, doesnt help me out..) Thanks Thanks
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You can only open multiple home page by separating the URL with a pipe (|).

This doesn't work for the new tab page (browser.newtab.url).

See this article about the New Tab page (about:newtab):