Firefox home page opens instead of the webpage I want

I have to keep re-installing Firefox as my desktop shortcuts to various webpages stop working and Firefox homepage opens instead.
If I delete and re-install Firefox, they work for a couple of days, then I'm back to the home page opening instead.

Which security software (firewall, anti-virus) do you have?
Some security software does have virtualization features that can cause problems by protecting and restoring files in the Firefox profile folder.
If you do not keep changes after a restart then see:
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Preferences+are+not+saved

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My home page used to show the Firefox logo (fox encirling the globe) with a Google search bar below. Now I just have the logo and a searchbar, but the search bar doesn't work. I enter a keyord, hit enter and nothing happens.
The only change I made was I inadvertently installed (and then uninstalled) "Inbox".
I loved my old standard, plain Firefox home page and I miss it terribly. Please help.

You can try to delete the file chromeappsstore.sqlite in the Firefox Profile Folder.
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder

Firefox home page opens with jzip and will not open as google, yahoo, unless manually entered - plus window appears asking to set yahoo as default but doesn't work. t

I have tried all the home page set-up options without success. I have deleted Firefox and reloaded with no change. The Firefox program will open with no other home page but jzip.com

Hi,
The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: ''This will cause you to lose any Extensions, Open websites, and some Preferences.''
To Reset Firefox do the following:
#Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
#Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
#Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
#Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.
Further information can be found in the [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]] article.
Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!

When i start firefox it starts playing a sound in the back round, no matter what pages i have loaded. If i close all but firefox home page it still plays the sound, this is when ever the browers is open.

Every time I start up Firefox a sound starts playing in the back round. If i change what pages are loaded it still plays, this happens when ever I load Firefox. It doesn't matter what web pages I have opened the sound still plays. I can still have other sound from web pages but this sound doesn't stop.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Firefox crash

This just started after updating Cool Previews Beta we took the advice of turning off flash player which did stop the loud siren sound which starts as soon as I open up Firefox 3.6.3 I have noticed also lately Firefox will say an image couldn't be save due to not finding an image this just start a few days ago before Cool Previews update seem the only way to stop this siren sound is to turn flash player.
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Firefox update page opens instead of about:blank as set for start page

question above says it all

See these articles for some suggestions:
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Firefox+has+just+updated+tab+shows+each+time+you+start+Firefox
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page - Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' symbols
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved

LIKE I SAID THE FIRST TIME I ASKED THIS. YOUR FIREFOX HOME PAGE COMES UP WITH THE http 22find ATTACHED TO IT. I CAN DELETE IT ,RESTART AND IT APPEARS AGAIN

WHY CAN'T I PEREMENTELY REMOVE IT?

Install, update, and run these programs in this order. They are listed in order of efficacy. '''''(Not all programs detect the same Malware, so you may need to run them all to solve your problem.)''''' These programs are all free for personal use, but some have limited functionality in the "free mode" - but those are features you really don't need to find and remove the problem that you have. 
''Note: If your Malware infection is bad enough and you are mis-directed to URL's other than what is posted, you may have to use a different PC to download these programs and use a USB stick to transfer them to the afflicted PC.''
Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware - [http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php] 
SuperAntispyware - [http://www.superantispyware.com/] 
AdAware - [http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/] 
Spybot Search & Destroy - [http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html] 
Windows Defender: Home Page - [http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/products/features/windows-defender] 
Also, if you have a search engine re-direct problem, see this: 
http://deletemalware.blogspot.com/2010/02/remove-google-redirect-virus.html

A new video now present on my Firefox home page is causing the browser to crash on two computers. How do I remove it?

Just today, the problem started on my work laptop. When Firefox first opens everything is okay, whether the video pop-up window is there or not. However, if I then open a new tab and select my Firefox home page, about 80% of the time the browser crashes, asking for information to send to Support. When I reload Firefox, the offending tab does not go back tot he home page, but to a state prior to that.
I now find that my home desktop has the same problem. I can find no settings to prevent the video from displaying on the Firefox home page. I also get the impression that the video is some promotional item from Firefox.
I will now run manual virus scans, but I'm running Webroot on both systems, and they are scanned automatically. Any ideas? Frankly, I'm wondering if it's time to find a better browser.
Thanks,
Brian

The default homepage has featured various animations for a long time now (world map, bouncing star, and so on). The method to disable them remains the same:
# Type about:config into the address bar and press Enter.
# To bypass the warning, press the big button labeled "I'll be careful, I promise!".
# In the search box, paste browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl
# In the search results, double-click browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl. Delete all the text so that the preference value is blank, then press the OK button. As a side-effect, only default tips will be displayed below the search box, because new ones won't be fetched from the web anymore.
# Type about:support into the address bar and press Enter.
# Click the Show Folder button.
# Open the storage folder, open the persistent folder inside that.
# Exit Firefox.
# Back in the Windows Explorer window, delete the '''moz-safe-about+home''' folder.

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Open the page that you want as the home page in a tab and drag the tab or the favicon from the left end of the location bar on the toolbar Home button.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page

Can I get my msn mail on the Firefox home page?

How many ways can I say it? Want to be able to see my email on my Firefox homepage.

The built-in Firefox home page doesn't have the option to add your mailbox to the existing page. But you can make your mailbox your home page so when you start Firefox or open a new window, that will load automatically.
For example, one way is, while viewing the page you want as your home page, you drag the padlock icon from the left side of the address bar and drop it on the Home button (house icon). This article describes that and other techniques: [[How to set the home page]].
Does that help?

Firefox 4 and the previous 3.x version fail to update changed user home pages? After reboot the ancent home pages reappear and the replace the now ones. Why & how to fix this software bug?

- Firefox 4.0 is used as preferred browser
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- However, after rebooting the laptop (HP Elitebook), old Firefox home pages reappear, they replace the new ones.
- If I remember correctly this bug appeared already prior Firefox 4.0, this malfunction/ bug was noted in some last winter version before the v 4.0.
- Help/ Bug fix is appreciated!

- Firefox 4.0 is used as preferred browser
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- However, after rebooting the laptop (HP Elitebook), old Firefox home pages reappear, they replace the new ones.
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- Help/ Bug fix is appreciated!

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I am trying to learn to use firefox. Sometimes the firefox home page looks different from the one in your tutorial. Fox example, now I am looking above and the "plus sign" symbol to add a new tab is not there. Please advise me. Thank you.

You can find the New Tab button showing as a '+' on the Tab bar.
You can open the Customize window and drag the New Tab button that shows as a plus sign (+) from the Tab bar on another toolbar and it will become a regular toolbar button like the New Tab button that you have in Firefox 3 versions.
If you can't find the New Tab button then click the "Restore Default Set" button in the Customize window.
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf
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* New tab toolbar button: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-toolbar-button/

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See also this article about the New Tab page (about:newtab):
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/new-tab-page-show-hide-and-customize-top-sites

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Questions are typically followed by a question mark. My answer answered your question.
Firefox doesn't do email, so there are no "Firefox email accounts". If you are accessing "email" with Firefox, you are using web mail. Some web mail services don't allow for direct access, they want their users to access their email from a "portal" or "main" page and will re-direct any attempt to load an "internal" web site page back to the main page.
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Firefox 26 does not load the home page. Instead, it loads the previous session (and that includes all the tabs). It does not matter how Firefox is closed.

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u wait for firefox next update
otherwise
1. go to firefox tab .
2. click on help ->trouble shooting information.
3. reset ur browser .
ur problem is solved

Firefox home page opens instead of the webpage I want

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