How do I get rid of a permanent Firefox Homepage Change Notification?

A Firefox page came up that said well this is embarrassing and then on top of that another small page came up that says Firefox homepage change notification and everytime i click on OK to revert to my previous home page nothing happens and it won't go away and I can't use Firefox because of it so how do I make it go away?

This is on Windows, Mac or Linux?
That notification may be from an add-on, and it probably can't do anything useful until you have dealt with the post-crash session restore page showing your previous session windows and tabs. Can you cancel the notification instead of clicking OK to see whether that works any better?
If not, try starting Firefox in its Safe Mode, which deactivates extensions and probably will bypass that change monitoring feature. Here's where there are some OS differences...
When Firefox is not running, to start Firefox in Safe Mode, hold down the:
* Windows: Shift key
* Mac: option key
while launching Firefox using its shortcut. A small dialog should appear. Click "Start in Safe Mode" (''not'' Reset).
Can you get through the session restore screen successfully?
''Linux users can use Terminal to start in Safe Mode.'' See https://support.mozilla.org/kb/troubleshoot-firefox-issues-using-safe-mode#w_how-to-start-firefox-in-safe-mode

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