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How do I stop one extra tab from opening every time I start Firefox?

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sammijo
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Every time I open Firefox, my Yahoo homepage opens, but an additional page also opens which has a variety of website thumbnails and nothing else on that page.

In my Options, I have ONLY www.yahoo.com selected as my homepage, so only ONE page should be opening every time I start Firefox.

However, no matter what I do, this second page continues to open every time. It's very irritating, as half the time I've already begun to enter data into my homepage, then the second page pops up and switches to that and I'm typing on that page.

Please advise.

Every time I open Firefox, my Yahoo homepage opens, but an additional page also opens which has a variety of website thumbnails and nothing else on that page. In my Options, I have ONLY www.yahoo.com selected as my homepage, so only ONE page should be opening every time I start Firefox. However, no matter what I do, this second page continues to open every time. It's very irritating, as half the time I've already begun to enter data into my homepage, then the second page pops up and switches to that and I'm typing on that page. Please advise.

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mosquitodyee
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Go to the right side and open the menu, then select, Options ,then General tab. Under where you list your homepage make sure there is no additional text after www.yahoo.com. This might be causing the issue.

sammijo
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As it was stated in my OP, the ONLY web site entered is my preferred homepage.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Is there a web address in the address bar on the extra tab? If so, what is it?

Sometimes "speed dial" pages can be generated by add-ons. One that many users seem to have been infected with is MySearchDial.

Checking and cleaning that will take a few steps. I suggest starting here:

Open the Windows Control Panel, Uninstall a Program. Click the "Installed on" column heading to group the infections, I mean, additions, by date. This can help in smoking out undisclosed bundle items that snuck in with some software you agreed to install. Take out as much trash as possible here.

Then, in Firefox, open the Add-ons page using either:

  • Ctrl+Shift+a
  • "3-bar" menu button (or Tools menu) > Add-ons

In the left column, click Extensions. Then, if in doubt, disable (or Remove, if possible) unrecognized and unwanted extensions.

Often a link will appear above at least one disabled extension to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links as the last step.

Any improvement?

sammijo
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@jscher2000

Thank you!! That fixed the problem. The only add-ons I have are for my anti-virus software WebRoot, but somehow I must have installed Speed Dial without realizing it.

That fixed the problem. Greatly appreciated!!

cor-el
cor-el
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Do you have the Speed dial extension installed?

  • Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window