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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

on opening a new tab it loads firefox search page when before it opened blank FF ner 16.0.1

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I just downloaded Firefox Version 16.0.1 and whenever I open a new tab it takes me to Fire Fox's search page when before it opened a blank page .How do I change Firefox back to opening a blank page? I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit

I just downloaded Firefox Version 16.0.1 and whenever I open a new tab it takes me to Fire Fox's search page when before it opened a blank page .How do I change Firefox back to opening a blank page? I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit

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philipp
philipp
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hello Blklog01, you can manually edit this behaviour: enter about:config into the firefox location bar (confirm the info message in case it shows up), search for the preference named browser.newtab.url and double-click & change its value to about:blank.

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Thank you very much for the quick response. The reply solved my issue

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