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Personalise what a Tab opens up as

Emalthya
Emalthya
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Suddenly, when Firefox brings up a new tab it goes to a Yahoo page and redirects to another Yahoo search engine. This is annoying and takes time before I can go where I want to go with my new tab. How can I make my tab go to my homepage or even a blank page would be better.

Suddenly, when Firefox brings up a new tab it goes to a Yahoo page and redirects to another Yahoo search engine. This is annoying and takes time before I can go where I want to go with my new tab. How can I make my tab go to my homepage or even a blank page would be better.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Do you have that problem when running in the Firefox SafeMode?
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe+Mode
Don't select anything right now, just use "Continue in SafeMode."

If not, see this:
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/troubleshooting+extensions+and+theme...