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cant change start page

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mreed72
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I have v10.0.2 RELEASE and every since the last automatic update, everytime I startup Firefox, I get the "Welcome" page AND my Home page tabs. When I goto the settings and try to set the home page to something different, it gives me no errors, but doesn't change the setting.

I have v10.0.2 RELEASE and every since the last automatic update, everytime I startup Firefox, I get the "Welcome" page AND my Home page tabs. When I goto the settings and try to set the home page to something different, it gives me no errors, but doesn't change the setting.

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Matt_G
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Hi mreed72,

You should look at this article about that specific issue and the article Preferences not saved. These should give you all the information you need!

If that doesn't work:

  1. Type about:config in the address bar
  2. Click I'll be careful, I promise if prompted
  3. In the Filter input field type startup
  4. Double click on startup.homepage_override_url
  5. Delete the text string and click OK
  6. Close Firefox and reopen the window to verify that it has worked.

Hopefully this helps!