Firefox won't let me change my homepage and theme. It starts over like new everytime I open it up.

Since with the new update on 6-8-10 my firefox starts up and opens 3 tabs. reg mozilla google page, the themes page, and a download helper add on main page. I change me homepage and change me theme but when I close firefox it never saves the theme and homepage and starts back with those three tabs open.
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== with the new update on 6-8-10

See this article for some suggestions: [[Firefox has just updated tab shows each time you start Firefox]]
See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved and [[Preferences are not saved]]
[[How to set the home page]]: Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' symbols

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You are in the right area, this is the support forum.
You should not make the profile read only, that will cause problems, for instance you will not be able to change settings or add bookmarks.
Before you go any further try to make a copy of the current profile including the sub folders and files, and any accessible previous profile. (For instance are you using a disk image of the hdd prior to it being wiped, does that have the old profile on it) this suggestion is made because some of that information is likely to be useful, but is being put at risk of being deleted or overwritten.
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mattmakesvidiots wrote:
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