Mozilla Firefox Start Page

carlybaby · 01-14-2008, 12:55 PM

Whenever I go to my home page a tab comes up with a Google Icon followed by Mozilla Firefox Start Page. How do I prevent this unwanted tab from coming up? Thanks.

**bhahar84** · 01-14-2008, 01:09 PM

Hi carlybaby!!

Do you mean you get tab like this?

Actually, you can change the homepage by doing this steps. Go to your Tools, click on Options. Change the homepage on the Homepage box as in the picture below:

Hope that helps

carlybaby · 01-14-2008, 01:36 PM

bhahar84: Not exactly because I use My Yahoo! as my home page and the URL looks like this (pagehttp://www.google.com/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official) when I click on the Mozilla Firefox Start Page Tab. The Firefox Start window for a Gooogle Search is displayed with the icon as in your example. I'm sorry I don't know how to copy it so you can actually see it. Thanks for your prompt response.

**bhahar84** · 01-14-2008, 02:00 PM

Hi again carlybaby!!

Ok, actually the address of yours and mine is redirect to the same page eventhough it is a little bit different. Can you try to open that again, and erase the address on the address bar there, and paste this one there:

Code:

http://cm.my.yahoo.com/?rd=nux

Try to browse any website, and click on Home button. Is it working now?

carlybaby · 02-16-2008, 06:42 AM

bhahar -Sorry for the delay but got caught up in something else. Unfortunately, your suggestion did not work. Thanks anyway.

**bhahar84** · 02-16-2008, 09:49 PM

Its not working? What you get if you type

Code:

http://www.yahoo.com/

at the address bar and hit Enter?

Try to type that as a homepage, close Firefox, and try to open Firefox again. Is it going to Yahoo page?

carlybaby · 02-18-2008, 09:11 AM

It still keeps coming up but I don't want to take up any more of your time because it's really just a minor nuisance, certainly not a big deal. It's not worth spending any more time on it. Thanks for all your help.

PReine998 · 07-11-2009, 10:40 PM

Carlybaby, I didn't have this problem until I installed the latest (June 2009) Firefox on a MacOS, 10.5.
I found that the simplest way to solve this is to edit your Firefox preferences. For some reason Firefox (now) adds on it's "desired" start page to your home page. All you have to do it remove it.
Edit the preferences:
Firefox (menu bar) -> Preferences ->Main (tab) ->Home Page:.
Whatever is there, put whatever home page URL you want. Mine showed "http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en" .AND. a "pipe" (unix) "|" and whatever the link is for the Firefox home page. (Sorry, I already got rid of it before copying it to here. Basically, it was "http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en|<Firefox Start Page>". Paste whatever your home page is, or if the first part is your home page, just delete everything after and including the pipe "|" character.
PReine

01-14-2008, 12:55 PM	#1 (permalink)
carlybaby Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 11 OS: win xp	Mozilla Firefox Start Page Whenever I go to my home page a tab comes up with a Google Icon followed by Mozilla Firefox Start Page. How do I prevent this unwanted tab from coming up? Thanks.

01-14-2008, 01:09 PM	#2 (permalink)
bhahar84 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Malaysia Posts: 1,386 OS: Windows XP SP2, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Mozilla Firefox Start Page Hi carlybaby!! Do you mean you get tab like this? Actually, you can change the homepage by doing this steps. Go to your Tools, click on Options. Change the homepage on the Homepage box as in the picture below: Hope that helps __________________ .:CPU-Z::Power Supply::Recuva::Unlocker::SensorsView::PSU Calculator::Everest:.[/center]

01-14-2008, 01:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
carlybaby Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 11 OS: win xp	Re: Mozilla Firefox Start Page bhahar84: Not exactly because I use My Yahoo! as my home page and the URL looks like this (pagehttp://www.google.com/firefox?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official) when I click on the Mozilla Firefox Start Page Tab. The Firefox Start window for a Gooogle Search is displayed with the icon as in your example. I'm sorry I don't know how to copy it so you can actually see it. Thanks for your prompt response.

01-14-2008, 02:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
bhahar84 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Malaysia Posts: 1,386 OS: Windows XP SP2, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Mozilla Firefox Start Page Hi again carlybaby!! Ok, actually the address of yours and mine is redirect to the same page eventhough it is a little bit different. Can you try to open that again, and erase the address on the address bar there, and paste this one there: Code: http://cm.my.yahoo.com/?rd=nux Try to browse any website, and click on Home button. Is it working now? __________________ .:CPU-Z::Power Supply::Recuva::Unlocker::SensorsView::PSU Calculator::Everest:.[/center] Last edited by bhahar84; 01-14-2008 at 02:04 PM.

02-16-2008, 06:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
carlybaby Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 11 OS: win xp	Re: Mozilla Firefox Start Page bhahar -Sorry for the delay but got caught up in something else. Unfortunately, your suggestion did not work. Thanks anyway.

02-16-2008, 09:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
bhahar84 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Malaysia Posts: 1,386 OS: Windows XP SP2, Vista Ultimate My System	Re: Mozilla Firefox Start Page Its not working? What you get if you type Code: http://www.yahoo.com/ at the address bar and hit Enter? Try to type that as a homepage, close Firefox, and try to open Firefox again. Is it going to Yahoo page? __________________ .:CPU-Z::Power Supply::Recuva::Unlocker::SensorsView::PSU Calculator::Everest:.[/center]

02-18-2008, 09:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
carlybaby Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 11 OS: win xp	Re: Mozilla Firefox Start Page It still keeps coming up but I don't want to take up any more of your time because it's really just a minor nuisance, certainly not a big deal. It's not worth spending any more time on it. Thanks for all your help.

07-11-2009, 10:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
PReine998 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP SP3?4, currently MacOSx 10.5	Re: Mozilla Firefox Start Page Carlybaby, I didn't have this problem until I installed the latest (June 2009) Firefox on a MacOS, 10.5. I found that the simplest way to solve this is to edit your Firefox preferences. For some reason Firefox (now) adds on it's "desired" start page to your home page. All you have to do it remove it. Edit the preferences: Firefox (menu bar) -> Preferences ->Main (tab) ->Home Page:. Whatever is there, put whatever home page URL you want. Mine showed "http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en" .AND. a "pipe" (unix) "\|" and whatever the link is for the Firefox home page. (Sorry, I already got rid of it before copying it to here. Basically, it was "http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en\|<Firefox Start Page>". Paste whatever your home page is, or if the first part is your home page, just delete everything after and including the pipe "\|" character. PReine