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How do I prevent "Do Searches" from being my homepage

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ambermestad
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"Do Searches" has somehow been made my default homepage. When I go to Preferences and change it to my desired homepage, I restart Firefox and Do Searches comes up as my homepage again. How do I permanently remove "Do Searches" as my default home page? I am on an Lenovo running Windows 7.

"Do Searches" has somehow been made my default homepage. When I go to Preferences and change it to my desired homepage, I restart Firefox and Do Searches comes up as my homepage again. How do I permanently remove "Do Searches" as my default home page? I am on an Lenovo running Windows 7.

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Wesley Branton
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It sounds like you have a third party program that has taken over your search engine, home page, and/or the default new tab page. Fortunately, this can be remedied easily:

  1. At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Firefox button (Tools menu in Windows XP), and then click Add-ons. The Add-ons Manager tab will open.
  2. In the Add-ons Manager tab, select the Extensions panel.
  3. Select the toolbar you wish to remove.
  4. Click the remove button.
  5. Click "Restart now" if it pops up. Your tabs will be saved and restored after the restart.

After Firefox restarts, install the Search Reset Tool. This will remove the rest of the traces of this program from your Firefox.

For further information, please read Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page.

Did this fix the problem? Let us know!

kymalie
kymalie
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got a better idea because that didn't get rid of it

FredMcD
FredMcD
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Try Windows Control Panel > Programs. Look if there is something that you don't want.

user633449
user633449
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Hello,

The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: This will cause you to lose any Extensions and some Preferences.

  • Open websites will not be saved in Firefox versions lower than 25.

To Reset Firefox do the following:

  1. Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
  2. Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
  3. Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
  4. Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.

Further information can be found in the Refresh Firefox - reset add-ons and settings article.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

Thank you.

Wesley Branton
Wesley Branton
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Sometimes a problem with Firefox may be a result of malware installed on your computer, that you may not be aware of.

You can try these free programs to scan for malware, which work with your existing antivirus software:

Microsoft Security Essentials is a good permanent antivirus for Windows 7/Vista/XP if you don't already have one.

Further information can be found in the Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware article.

Did this fix your problems? Please report back soon.