Now that I have updated to Firefox, I get TWO tabs that come up... one is my normal start page and the second is the "Welcome to Firefox" page that doesn't seem to go away. I have to go back to Internet Explorer?
As I said in my question, why the Welcome to Firefox keep opening in addition to my normal start page. It started when I upgraded my Firefox and it IS PRETTY BORING! Also I am not able to erase the history or the restoration of previous session.
Hi mjp80538,
You should look at this article on this specific issue and Preferences not savedarticle. It should give you all the information you need!
If this does not work:
- Enter about: config in the address bar
- Click I'll be careful, I promise you if prompted
- In the filter field, type Startup
- Double click on startup.homepage_override_url
- Delete the text string, and then click OK
- Close Firefox and reopen the window to check that it worked.
Hope this helps!
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