How can I stop the game that is on my Firefox homepage?

How do I stop the annoying game that is on my Firefox home page?

# 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''
# In the "Enter string value" dialog, press the Delete key so that there's no text remaining, then press either Enter or 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. A Windows Explorer window with your profile folder opens. In that window, open the ''storage'' folder, then the ''persistent'' subfolder.
# Exit Firefox.
# Delete the ''moz-safe-about+home'' folder.

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