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Can't get Firefox new tab to open in Google.ca (not Chrome).

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I have tried all of the fixes in past threads, but FF new update 41 refuses to open new tabs in Google.ca. I have been to about:config and through newtab, adjusted columns and rows to 1 each, tried about:home for the URL, as well as the full URL for Google.ca. I am not using Chrome. No add-ons, no extensions, no profile.js file, no recent programs added without my knowledge. My new tabs come up with Google.ca as a thumbnail, so I have to click on it. This is madness! Google is shooting itself in the foot. Can anyone help me solve this, please?! Thank you.

I have tried all of the fixes in past threads, but FF new update 41 refuses to open new tabs in Google.ca. I have been to about:config and through newtab, adjusted columns and rows to 1 each, tried about:home for the URL, as well as the full URL for Google.ca. I am not using Chrome. No add-ons, no extensions, no profile.js file, no recent programs added without my knowledge. My new tabs come up with Google.ca as a thumbnail, so I have to click on it. This is madness! Google is shooting itself in the foot. Can anyone help me solve this, please?! Thank you.

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Thank you! roblem solved!!

Sorry for the stupid question. I don't work with addons very much.

I appreciate your help.

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hi MissUm, firefox 41 and upwards will no longer support the browser.newtab.url preference anymore. please use an addon like the following for that purpose instead: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/

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Thank you, Philipp. I have also tried this, but it doesn't solve the problem. I installed the addon, and it's there, but unless I'm supposed to do something more, everything has remained the same. I have closed Firefox and restarted the computer. No change.

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you need to set the page you want to be displayed in a new tab in the addon's settings, like it is said in its description.

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Thank you! roblem solved!!

Sorry for the stupid question. I don't work with addons very much.

I appreciate your help.