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Home Pages do NOT save upon exit of Firefox-always reverts back to SafeSearch upon reopening Firefox

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Home Pages do NOT save upon exit of Firefox-always reverts back to SafeSearch upon reopening Firefox

Home Pages do NOT save upon exit of Firefox-always reverts back to SafeSearch upon reopening Firefox

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the-edmeister
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See this article - http://malwaretips.com/blogs/safesearch-net-removal/

cor-el
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You can check the target line in the Firefox desktop shortcut (right-click: Properties) to make sure that nothing is appended after the path to the Firefox program.

FredMcD
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Bookmark and use this; Mozilla Search Reset {web link} This add-on is very simple: on installation, it backs up and then resets your search preferences and home page to their default values, and then uninstalls itself. This affects the search bar, URL bar searches, and the home page.