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stuck on amazon, unable to get off, cleared hx, unable to get to anyother sites

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tried turning comp off, logging out of firefox, logging out of Amazon, nothing works, site opens up with amazon in the line already.

tried turning comp off, logging out of firefox, logging out of Amazon, nothing works, site opens up with amazon in the line already.

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Check your home page settings


Open a new window or tab. In the address bar, type about:config. If a warning screen comes up, press the Be Careful button. This is where Firefox finds information it needs to run. At the top of the screen is a search bar. Type browser.newtab.url and press enter. browser.newtab.url 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.


If you don't see anything wrong, search for amazon.