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| 730512 | 2008-12-18 00:06:00 | Hi guys and hoping you can help? I made the mistake of posting this, on Trade Me, and all I got was smart axx answeres. I have updated my Mozilla Firefox to the latest version, 3.0.5. Now when it's starts up it goes to en-us.www.mozilla.com I have my home page set at About:Blank. I have used Firefox, for years, and do know how to set the options, but can't stop this one. :droolThanks, Ian. | ianhnz (4263) | ||
| 730513 | 2008-12-18 00:10:00 | Tools>Options. Under 'When Firefox Starts', change dropdown list to 'Show a Blank page' then click OK. The What's new page only shows (or only should show) once. |
jwil1 (65) | ||
| 730514 | 2008-12-18 02:05:00 | Yep, done that. On Tools/Options, When Firefox starts show a blank page, and Home page about:Blank. What I had before and didn't change with update... | ianhnz (4263) | ||
| 730515 | 2008-12-18 09:47:00 | There should be a 'runonce' flag which isn't being set (or reset). Google shows heaps of references and solutions to this problem in IE but I couldn't find any answer for FF. Seems like you are unique!! Good luck. |
linw (53) | ||
| 730516 | 2008-12-18 18:17:00 | Thanks, linw. Yes it's a real pain. Tried to reset my start page, to different www sites, but when I reset it still the same problem. I remembered I had this problem, sometime ago. I had to uninstall, clean out registry and then reinstall. Ment I lost all the bookmarks, passwords, etc. Don't wana do that again. Even tried about:config, to reset start page. Hoping someone can help. | ianhnz (4263) | ||
| 730517 | 2008-12-19 03:21:00 | OK, think I have it . I was trying to find a registry entry but then looked at about:config and typed 'startup' into the filter box . Mine has 6 entries come up . This entry seems to be the key:- browser . startup . page and an integer value Value 0 is your startup page, 1 is Mozilla home page and 2 is the whats new page . I would expect yours to be set to 2 . I have no idea why it isn't being changed to 0 though . Let's know what you find . |
linw (53) | ||
| 730518 | 2008-12-19 03:46:00 | Hm, I had a problem once where Firefox wasn't saving any modifications to my bookmarks just because of a setting in about:config that randomly got stuck. It could be similar, let's hope the one linw posted helps. If you do have to do a completely clean install, though, you can use Firefox's bookmark manager/organizer to export your bookmarks as a file, then import it on the new copy. I don't know if there's any way to save your password list, but at least you can backup your bookmarks that way. |
Bussani (14313) | ||
| 730519 | 2008-12-19 04:31:00 | Thanks guys. Tried all that and still goes to their website. Not sure what else, to do? Ian:badpc::badpc: | ianhnz (4263) | ||
| 730520 | 2008-12-19 04:38:00 | You might want to back-up all your bookmarks, history, preferences ect and completely un-install FF and re-install it. Use this to back everything up: http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/ Before you do that, try asking help on Firefox live-chat: support.mozilla.com |
beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 730521 | 2008-12-19 06:48:00 | Hi ya. Tried their live chat and they're closed. I'll try tomorrow, assuming they're in a different time zone.:xmouth: | ianhnz (4263) | ||
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