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Why do I get the last version of my home page and not the newest when I reopen firefox

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I have the weather page for my area as my home page. Recently it has been opening on the day before's page rather than the present day's page. It updates when I refresh. I have set up firefox to show my home page (the weather site) on start up in the general tab in options.

I have the weather page for my area as my home page. Recently it has been opening on the day before's page rather than the present day's page. It updates when I refresh. I have set up firefox to show my home page (the weather site) on start up in the general tab in options.

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Can you try to reproduce this issue on Firefox 10?

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try modify browser.cache.check_doc_frequency in about:config

type in the address bar about:config

then press the button i'll be careful i promise

then type in the bar browser.cache.check_doc_frequency

then right click on it, select modify, and put 1 (you have 3 by default)

click OK, exit firefox and restart-it.


See for more info: Browser.cache.check doc frequency



thank you

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You need to use Clear Recent History to clear the browsing cache when you close Firefox to prevent Firefox from displaying the cached page on the next start.

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Hi, thanks for your suggestions. Just after I posted the question I had an update to Firefox 10.0.2 installed it and today all is well. Thanks again to all who replied.

John