I cannot get rid of Firefox Start page even though I keep putting in my own home page.
Suddenly, earlier today, the Firefox Start page appeared when I opened Firefox. I have tried repeatedly to change back to my own homepage through TOOLS, OPTIONS or by drag and drop. Every time I close and reopen Firefox it reverts back to its own Start Page. I don't want this, I want my own hpmepage.
Chosen solution
Hey hey,
Try the following:
1) Go to about:config (type it in the adress bar).
2) Enter.
3) Search for browser.startup.homepage.
4) This variable controls what page is loaded when you start Firefox.
If its value is about:home, you can change this value to the website you'd like to load on start. Otherwise, try this:
Quoting cor-el:
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Did you check the target line in the Properties of the Firefox desktop shortcut?
What is the startup setting?
Tools > Options > General > Startup: "When Firefox Starts": "Show my windows and tabs from last time" "Show my home page" "Show a blank page"
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To change what website it opens when you open a new tab, do the same but with browser.newtab.url.
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Chosen Solution
Hey hey,
Try the following:
1) Go to about:config (type it in the adress bar).
2) Enter.
3) Search for browser.startup.homepage.
4) This variable controls what page is loaded when you start Firefox.
If its value is about:home, you can change this value to the website you'd like to load on start. Otherwise, try this:
Quoting cor-el:
================
Did you check the target line in the Properties of the Firefox desktop shortcut?
What is the startup setting?
Tools > Options > General > Startup: "When Firefox Starts": "Show my windows and tabs from last time" "Show my home page" "Show a blank page"
================
To change what website it opens when you open a new tab, do the same but with browser.newtab.url.
Modified
My problem is similar every time I start Firefox it changes my home page setting to Firefox start up page so I have to remember to change it back to my normal home page before closing the browser so on the next start I get my normal Home page But then have to go to Options and find that the home page is Firefox start up page which I have to change to Current Page. This just a work around and shouldn't have to be done but I assume this is a glitch that has occurred in the last update when the problem started.
Try to delete a possible user.js file.
If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see: