Firefox is my default browser, yet Bing appears when opening a new tab. How can I stop this?

I have set Firefox as my default browser with Google as my default search engine. I have eliminated Bing from the drop-down list in Firefox of alternate engines. However, when I am browsing and open a new tab, the Bing search window page appears. Google is still in the search line at the top of the page.
I want Google to be the search engine that appears, not Bing.

Try setting your home page to Google.
* Go to your Firefox preferences: Tools -> Options
* Click on the General tab
* In the "Home Page" box, type in "http://www.google.com"
* Press OK

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The Google Search setting has an option '''Where results open'''. If it is selected, you can try deselecting that. If it doesn't solve the problem, please check if this happens in [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Safe%20Mode Safe Mode]. Safe mode disables the installed '''Extensions''', and themes ('''Appearance''') in '''Tools''' ('''Alt''' + '''T''') > '''Add-ons'''. Hardware acceleration is also temporarily disabled - the manual setting is '''Tools''' > '''Options''' > '''Advanced''' > '''General''' > [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Options%20window%20-%20Advanced%20panel?as=u '''Use hardware acceleration when available''']. All these settings/options/add-ons can also be individually or collectively disabled/enabled/changed in Firefox normal mode to check if an extension, theme, option or hardware acceleration is causing issues. Disabling/enabling hardware acceleration, and some types of add-ons in normal mode may require a Firefox restart.
[http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Uninstalling+add-ons Uninstalling Add-ons]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars Uninstalling Toolbars]
[https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting%20extensions%20and%20themes Troubleshooting Extensions and Themes]
[http://kb.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions Problematic Extensions]
[https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Options%20window Options]

A recent download made yahoo as my default site when opening a new tab. how do I change this?

A recent software update/download has changed my default site (on new tab only) to http://search.yahoo.com/?fr=freeze&type=W3i_NA,132,3_6,Tab%20Search,20111042,6894,0,22,0
I cannot remember how to change the setting as I do not want Yahoo as my default (anything). Can someone please advise on how to reset the 'new tab' from yahoo to mozilla?

Look at this extension to set which page to open in a new tab ("A blank page", "The home page", "The current page" or a user defined URL):
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/newtaburl/
thank you
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When opening a new tab, how do I get images of recently viewed pages to appear below the toolbars??

When opening a new tab, how do I get images of recently viewed pages to appear below the toolbars?

This works. I hadn't realized that this feature came from the Google toolbar. Thank you.
Robert

When opening a new tab, how do I set FireFox to go to my home page ?

When opening a new tab, it is blank. I would like the new tab to open to my home page. I cannot find the OPTION for this. Please advise.

You can look at this extension:
* NewTabURL : https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/newtaburl/

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When I manually open a new tab, a page appears which has previews of some of the sites I frequently visit. Instead of that I just want my homepage to appear.

See this article about the New Tab page (about:newtab):
*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/new-tab-page-show-hide-and-customize-top-sites
You can set the browser.newtab.url pref to the preferred home page.

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When I manually open a new tab I always get a blank window. I want the new tab to default to my home page when I open it. IE does this, why not Firefox?

You can do that by using an add-on such as:
* NewTabURL - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/newtaburl
* New Tab Homepage - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/new-tab-homepage
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When opening a new tab, how do I make firefox automatically switch to it?

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For me, it was caused by the Fox Tab add on. I disable it and the 'problem' goes away, enable it and it's back..
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*https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode
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Firefox is my default browser, yet Bing appears when opening a new tab. How can I stop this?

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