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I want to remove about.com

planey
planey
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firefox is the only browser that about.com opens a tab when it is started. I can't find anything that works to remove it. Please help.

firefox is the only browser that about.com opens a tab when it is started. I can't find anything that works to remove it. Please help.

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Hi there, this may help: Open about:config Search for browser.startup.homepage Change it's value to about:home Is the newtab page corrupted, too? Hope it works :D

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halfbloodnerd
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Hi there, this may help: Open about:config Search for browser.startup.homepage Change it's value to about:home Is the newtab page corrupted, too? Hope it works :D