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Firefox is not loading homepage when opening

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JZ_1211
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Firefox has recently stopped opening my default homepage. Instead it opens the pages I had open before closing despite setting Firefox to open only my homepage on default.

I tried disabling add-ons, resetting to default settings and nothing has worked so far.

Any help would be really appreciated. This is annoying me.

Firefox has recently stopped opening my default homepage. Instead it opens the pages I had open before closing despite setting Firefox to open only my homepage on default. I tried disabling add-ons, resetting to default settings and nothing has worked so far. Any help would be really appreciated. This is annoying me.

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FredMcD
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Your System Details shows;

Installed Plug-ins

Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 11.0.07 Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox and Netscape 10.1.1

FredMcD
FredMcD
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Press the <Alt> or <F10> key to bring up the tool bar. Followed by;

Windows; Tools > Options Linux; Edit > Preferences Mac; application name > Preferences

Then General.

There are two settings;

  • When Firefox Starts

When the browser is started, what page do you want to display. Many of us choose Show My Home Page.

  • Home Page

When a new page is opened, what do you want displayed.

  1. Use Current Page. Use what ever page(s) are open at that time.
  2. Use Bookmark
  3. Restore To Default. about:home shows a Mozilla page with tools.

You can use any of these that you wish;

about:home (Firefox default home page), about:newtab (shows the sites most visited), about:blank (a blank page),

or you can enter any web page or about: page you want.

cor-el
cor-el
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You can check if you have a user.js file in the Firefox profile folder that sets the browser.sessionstore.resume_session_once pref to true.

You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)