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New tabs are set to open with Home page, but have ceased to do so

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ramasaig
ramasaig
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I'm running Fx Developer Edition (69 Ob1). For a long time I've had it set so that the Home Page (with recently visited sites) appears when I open a new tab. This has suddenly stopped happening, instead I get a blank page. I have checked all the settings: they seem to be in order. Even more curiously, if I reboot my computer (Win10 64) then the first new tab does open with the home page, but it doesn't happen again. Closing and re-opening Fx doesn't change this, only if I reboot. If I click the Home Page icon I still get the Home Page, as expected, with recently visited sites. I am attaching an image of the Settings page. Can anyone assist with this, please?

I'm running Fx Developer Edition (69 Ob1). For a long time I've had it set so that the Home Page (with recently visited sites) appears when I open a new tab. This has suddenly stopped happening, instead I get a blank page. I have checked all the settings: they seem to be in order. Even more curiously, if I reboot my computer (Win10 64) then the first new tab does open with the home page, but it doesn't happen again. Closing and re-opening Fx doesn't change this, only if I reboot. If I click the Home Page icon I still get the Home Page, as expected, with recently visited sites. I am attaching an image of the Settings page. Can anyone assist with this, please?
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Wesley Branton
Wesley Branton
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My guess is that this issue is caused by an add-on installed on your browser. Do you have the same issue when running in Firefox Safe Mode?

ramasaig
ramasaig Question owner
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That's an entirely reasonable suggestion, but no, it makes no difference. In course of making that test I also started Fx from the 'Run' dialog (firefox.exe -p). That enables me to change profile, and after doing that and then reverting to the previous profile I did see the home page on a new tab, but only once (similar to when I rebooted the machine, as explained in my original post. I need to repeat these tests (tomorrow) to see if I can identify what's happening, but I'm not yet any closer to a solution.