Firefox 41 no longer uses the browser.newtab.url setting in about:config because it was constantly attacked by malware. Starting in Firefox 41, you need an add-on to change the new tab page.

Here are some options (I learn of more all the time):

• If you already use Classic Theme Restorer: There is an option somewhere (!) in its extensive settings dialogs to select a different new tab page.

• If you want to use your home page on the new tab: Try https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-homepage/

• If you want to set a different page or a completely blank page: Try https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-override/

Setting up New Tab Override

After installing this extension, you need to use its Options page to set the desired new tab page (instead of using about:config).

Open the Add-ons page using either:

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

In the left column, click Extensions. Then on the right side, find New Tab Override and click its Options button. (See first screen shot attached.)

Depending on the height of your screen, you may need to scroll down to enter the desired address into the form. (See second screen shot attached.) For example:

• Page thumbnails (default) => about:newtab
• Blank tab => about:blank
• Built-in Firefox home page => about:home
• Any other page => full URL to the page

Then tab or click away from that form field and you can test using Ctrl+t.

Success?

Once you have it set the way you want, you can close the Add-ons page (or use the Back button to return to the Extensions list from that Options page).

jscher2000, bless you for trying to help me so much. I'm a little confused though. First, I don't know what Classic Theme Restorer is, but I just want to set up my home page with Super Start the way I want it and I want the tabs to be like they were before yesterday. When I clicked to open a tab it said super start and it was my home page until I clicked on another site. Like the screenshot of my super start I attached on 9/18. This old lady has trouble understanding all this stuff. Sorry.

Oh, okay, I forgot about SuperStart.

If you do not use the Classic Theme Restorer extension already, please ignore that.

To get SuperStart on your new tab page, users posting reviews on its page have suggested a couple different approaches:

(1) Set extensions.superstart.set.browser.newtab.url to true -- if you are not familiar with using about:config, here's how:

(A) In a new tab, type or paste about:config in the address bar and press Enter/Return. Click the button promising to be careful.

(B) In the search box above the list, type or paste super and pause while the list is filtered

(C) If the extensions.superstart.set.browser.newtab.url preference is false, double-click it to change it to true

Then Exit out of Firefox and start it up again (according to the reviews).

(2) Use the New Tab Override extension set to about:superstart

I already mentioned this option earlier, but this would be instead of about:newtab on the extension's Options page.

thank you, thank you, thank you

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