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When I turn off a page, I turn it off; I don't want it to appear again on my taskbar when I turn on my computer.

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daisy5fur
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When I'm finished with a page I turn it off (with the red "X" in the upper right hand corner). Then I shut my computer down for the night. When I turn it back on in the morning those pages, that I have turned off, appear on my task bar. I don't want them to appear on my task bar. If I turned them off I don't want them back. If I do want to go back to them I will save them to my favorites list.

Thank you for your help.

When I'm finished with a page I turn it off (with the red "X" in the upper right hand corner). Then I shut my computer down for the night. When I turn it back on in the morning those pages, that I have turned off, appear on my task bar. I don't want them to appear on my task bar. If I turned them off I don't want them back. If I do want to go back to them I will save them to my favorites list. Thank you for your help.

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FredMcD
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Type about:preferences#general<Enter> in the address bar.

There are two settings;

  • When Firefox Starts

When the browser is started, what 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 home 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.

Separate Issue; Your System Details shows;

Installed Plug-ins

Shockwave Flash 16.0 r0 Shockwave Flash 11.5 r502 Shockwave Flash 11.2 r202 Shockwave Flash 11.4 r402 Shockwave Flash 11.3 r300 Adobe Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 11.0

Having more than one version of a program may cause issues.

Grab the uninstaller from here: Uninstall Flash Player | Windows Uninstall Flash Player | Mac Then reinstall the latest version.

Flash Player v16.0.0.235 https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/distribution3.html Shockwave Director v12.1.5.155 http://get.adobe.com/shockwave/