How to fix -In Windows 8.1, Firefox seems to revert to desktop not Start page, when it is closed.

Windows 8 seems to be running on two systems - the desktop (which is just like windows 7), and the start page. Is there a way to integrate Firefox into the start page system? It does open it, but closes out the the desktop. (We are longtime Firefox users, and don't want to use IE, so will just work around it, but it just seems a little disjointed.)

I don't know whether this is a Firefox-specific problem or a problem with "traditional" Windows apps in general. Do other programs you start from the desktop close and display the Start page the way you prefer?

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