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When I open "FireFox" the screen I get is a Google link instead of a browser page?

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UncleMarine
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When I opened "FireFox"I get a blank page with a Google link in the center of the page. Below the Google is a icon (Do you want to return to your etc etc. Where is the browser?? UncleMarine

When I opened "FireFox"I get a blank page with a Google link in the center of the page. Below the Google is a icon (Do you want to return to your etc etc. Where is the browser?? UncleMarine

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cor-el
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That is probably the new build-in about:home page.

Firefox 4+ versions use a new build-in home page named about:home with a Google search bar on it (no internet access needed to load that page).
That about:home page only shows some snippets and has a button to restore the previous session if applicable.

  • If you want a home page without the Restore Previous Session button and the snippets then set another page as the home page like www.google.com used in Firefox 3 versions.
  • If you want a home page with extras then set another page as the home page like www.google.com as used in Firefox 3 versions.