How to set the home page

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How%20to%20set%20the%20home%20page

Check and tell if its working.

I have already tried that. Thanks.

From the article you suggested, I followed links to these help pages... "Firefox has just updated tab shows each time you start Firefox" and "Preferences are not saved"

I now suspect it is a corrupted preferences file.

I'll wait for a response from you, though, before I do anything. Thanks! NS

-> Tap ALT key or press F10 to show the Menu Bar

-> go to Tools Menu -> Options -> General -> When Firefox starts : select Show My Home Page and click Reset to Default button

If this does not work, Try the suggestions mentioned in this article:

Preferences are not saved

https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Preferences%20are%20not%20saved

Check and tell if it works.

I've tried all your suggestions. Thanks.

No change occurs when I try resetting the home page to "default." It still opens my home page www.google.com and those other tabs.

I tried the steps in the article. No change.

I've also tried removing the addons and reinstalling them. No changes - except that one or two fewer tabs pop up.

I have noticed that every restart of Firefox includes a "checking for compatibility of addons" pop-up. In Add-ons Manager, I can un-check the "Update Add-ons Automatically." Again, no change.

I was able to capture a few screen shots for you.

Thanks for your patience with me. NS

Did you try to delete the file prefs.js in the Firefox Profile Folder?

See:

• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
• http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder

DELETE ALL LINES IN USER.JS FILE

User.js file overriding preferences

• https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Preferences%20are%20not%20saved#w_user-js-file-overriding-preferences

i started having the same problem when DownloadHelper updated to 4.9.4 and this method worked like a charm :-D

Checked and tell if its working for you.

My problems seem to all be resolved since I followed the instructions on https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Preferences%20are%20not%20saved#w_user-js-file-overriding-preferences

I opened the user.js file with NOTEPAD. I "selected all" and deleted it, then saved the changes. When I restarted Firefox, it worked fine!!

Thanks for your help on this!!

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