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nothing appears in my address bar or changes when i click a different site and my homepage doesn't open when firefox starts up

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for the last few weeks or so, whenever i log into firefox, my homepage doesn't open and my address bar remains blank. in fact the only time anything will appear in my address bar is when i manually type it in. i also the status of loading websites doesn't appear on the bottom bar.

for the last few weeks or so, whenever i log into firefox, my homepage doesn't open and my address bar remains blank. in fact the only time anything will appear in my address bar is when i manually type it in. i also the status of loading websites doesn't appear on the bottom bar.

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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

  • Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.

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If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.

  • Use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window to disable all extensions.
  • Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")
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Chosen Solution

Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

  • Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.

See:

If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.

  • Use "Disable all add-ons" on the Safe mode start window to disable all extensions.
  • Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")