Updates cause my Start screen on start to change to bing.com
Whenever there's an update after I turn on my computer and go onto Firefox my start page is changed from what I had it last to Bing.com. I don't know what causes it all I'm sure of is that either Mozilla Updates or Windows Updates cause it because before then Firefox works fine.
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Firefox normally prefers the built-in start page, so I don't think it's due to Firefox itself.
How easy is it to replicate this change: do you need to wait for an update or does simply doing a Windows restart cause it?
If it is linked to restarting Windows, try doing a regular shutdown of Firefox before the next restart (preferably using the Exit command on the menu) and then after the restart, start Firefox in its Safe Mode by holding down the Shift key when launching the Firefox icon. This should avoid any of your extensions detecting the new start and changing anything so we can rule those out.
jscher2000 said
Firefox normally prefers the built-in start page, so I don't think it's due to Firefox itself. How easy is it to replicate this change: do you need to wait for an update or does simply doing a Windows restart cause it? If it is linked to restarting Windows, try doing a regular shutdown of Firefox before the next restart (preferably using the Exit command on the menu) and then after the restart, start Firefox in its Safe Mode by holding down the Shift key when launching the Firefox icon. This should avoid any of your extensions detecting the new start and changing anything so we can rule those out.
Since Posting I've restarted my computer multiple times and I haven't had the issue. I'm now more positive that it's linked to Windows updates but I can't be 100% sure until the next one comes.