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what statement do i use in about:conifg

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i have fire fox opening yahoo for me in 2 tabs at startup. 1 goes to yahoo the 2nd one now goes to manager for the addons manager. i know how to get to the about:config and the browser.newtab.url but i forgot the statment to enter to make it go to yahoo? thanks

i have fire fox opening yahoo for me in 2 tabs at startup. 1 goes to yahoo the 2nd one now goes to manager for the addons manager. i know how to get to the about:config and the browser.newtab.url but i forgot the statment to enter to make it go to yahoo? thanks

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browser.newtab.url determines what page opens when you open a new tab. It has nothing to do with which tabs open at startup. You can set any web page as its value, e.g. https://us.yahoo.com

You control what opens at startup under Options - General. You can set multiple pages as your homepage by separating the URLs with a | symbol, like so:

  1. Set "When Firefox starts: Show my homepage"
  2. If you want Yahoo! and the Add-ons Manager as your homepage, set your homepage to about:addons|https://us.yahoo.com
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browser.newtab.url determines what page opens when you open a new tab. It has nothing to do with which tabs open at startup. You can set any web page as its value, e.g. https://us.yahoo.com

You control what opens at startup under Options - General. You can set multiple pages as your homepage by separating the URLs with a | symbol, like so:

  1. Set "When Firefox starts: Show my homepage"
  2. If you want Yahoo! and the Add-ons Manager as your homepage, set your homepage to about:addons|https://us.yahoo.com
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thanks i found the problem thanks to you help i had my home page at yahoo.com:about;newpage manager changed it to yahoo and i get one tab which is fine. thanks for the added help.