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Whenever I open a new tab It opens on an address line that I do not want. How do I change it?

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Clintwilliams
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Whenever I open a new tab It opens on an address line that I do not want. How do I change it? It is:

moz-extension://3bc88f23-2eae-4404-a15e-e7f156c41540/html/newtab.html

Whenever I open a new tab It opens on an address line that I do not want. How do I change it? It is: moz-extension://3bc88f23-2eae-4404-a15e-e7f156c41540/html/newtab.html

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FredMcD
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Clintwilliams said

Whenever I open a new tab It opens on an address line that I do not want.

What do you mean by this? Are you saying you want to change what newtab opens?

With Firefox 41 (and higher), it's no longer possible to customize the page shown in a new tab via changing the preference browser.newtab.url in about:config. Because of the fact that hijackers abused the preference in the past, Mozilla decided to remove it (see bug 1118285). Fortunately, by removing it, Mozilla also introduced a new API to bring this functionality back to life as an add-on. This add-on allows the user to choose a certain page in a new tab.

New Tab Override (browser.newtab.url replacement) https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/

This is also available using Classic Theme Restorer (Customize Australis) {web link} Restore squared tabs, appmenu, add-ons bar, small button view and more on Australis UI (Windows/MacOSX/Linux + Fx 29+).