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opens multiable tabs on startup with tabs welcome to firefox and plugin installed how do i stop this?

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Kat565
Kat565
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every time i open my firefox browser its opens with my usual homepage tab along with a welcome to firefox tab and plug in installed tab, how do i stop the unwanted tabs from opening on start up?

every time i open my firefox browser its opens with my usual homepage tab along with a welcome to firefox tab and plug in installed tab, how do i stop the unwanted tabs from opening on start up?

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Matt_G
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Hi Kat565,

You should look at this article about that specific issue and the article Preferences not saved. It might be a pref.js issue. These should give you all the information you need!

If that doesn't work:

  1. Type about:config in the address bar
  2. Click I'll be careful, I promise if prompted
  3. In the Filter input field type startup
  4. Double click on startup.homepage_override_url
  5. Delete the text string and click OK
  6. Close Firefox and reopen the window to verify that it has worked.

Hopefully this helps!

Kat565
Kat565 Question owner
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Hi thank you for the reply, this has solved half of the problem but i am still getting a tab for colorful tabs installed on start up. I have tried looking in my profile folders as recommended on their help page but unable to locate the user.js file. The only solution i can find is uninstalling the add on.