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Fire fox starts everytime I turn on my computer but I do not click it. WHy?

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greg392
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Whenever I start my computer usually 2 or 3 fire fox windows open without me clicking on them to start. When I checked in my task manager Fire Fox is not one of the start up programs that starts when the computer does. I cannot figure out why this is happening or how to stop it. It is just one of those minor annoyance things.

Whenever I start my computer usually 2 or 3 fire fox windows open without me clicking on them to start. When I checked in my task manager Fire Fox is not one of the start up programs that starts when the computer does. I cannot figure out why this is happening or how to stop it. It is just one of those minor annoyance things.

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sarkar.saurav
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Check if firefox shortcuts are present the following folders:

1. C:\Users\<user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

2. C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

Modified by sarkar.saurav

the-edmeister
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What pages are loading in those 2 or 3 windows? Those may be a clue to what's causing them and Firefox to open.

greg392
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It is just the home page. Msn.ca

Aman Routh
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Try to disable it from msconfig.

read here how to find(if you did not known) system configuration (typing msconfig in search box):

http://netsquirrel.com/msconfig/msconfig_vista.html

follow the instructions to go to startup tab,

then in startup tab unckeck firefox then click OK to save changes then click restart.