Firefox will not let me change my homepage
I downloaded this peer to peer music sharing program called BearShare and it automatically set itself as my default homepage for firefox. Even after I deleted the program I cannot change my homepage to any other website except the bearshare search engine. Every time I restore it to the default home page or another site and close out firefox, when I open firefox back up it goes right back to bearshare. Please help!
Quoting '''the-edmeister''' from https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1025706
That Click Me game is part of the Humble Mozilla Bundle promotion on the default Home Page [about:home], that loads from the Mozilla servers in the "Brand Logo" (DIV) section of about:home. A feature that was first used in Firefox 29 [IIRC] just prior to the start of the Olympic Games.
Also, part of that promotion is addressed in the "Snippet" below the Search Container on the about:home page.
If you want to block the "Brand Logo" section (and the "snippet" below the Search container) from ever being seen again, you can install [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/ Stylish] and this UserStyle. https://userstyles.org/styles/104673/about-home-hide-snippets-and-hide-brand-logo
Alternatively you can just change your home page at:
* Tools (or [[Image: New Fx Menu]]) > Options > General
If your preferences aren't being saved, please see the article [[How to fix preferences that won't save]] as you may have third party software such as an anti-virus that is preventing changes to your preferences. If it is your anti-virus, you will need to temporarily disable that feature before changing your home page settings.
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Quoting '''the-edmeister''' from https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1025706
That Click Me game is part of the Humble Mozilla Bundle promotion on the default Home Page [about:home], that loads from the Mozilla servers in the "Brand Logo" (DIV) section of about:home. A feature that was first used in Firefox 29 [IIRC] just prior to the start of the Olympic Games.
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