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How do I make permanent the http:// in the Firefox homepage instead of about.home when I click on the little house icon?

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meharston
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When I start up Firefox or click on the little house icon when it's already up, the start page always has "about.home" in the menu bar instead of "http://" and whatever the site address is. How to I make the opening bar read http:// permanently so that I can easily insert new addresses into it?

When I start up Firefox or click on the little house icon when it's already up, the start page always has "about.home" in the menu bar instead of "http://" and whatever the site address is. How to I make the opening bar read http:// permanently so that I can easily insert new addresses into it?

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You can change the home page to whatever site that you want, for details see https://support.mozilla.com/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page

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TonyE
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You can change the home page to whatever site that you want, for details see https://support.mozilla.com/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page

meharston
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Thanks for the help. I changed it.