How do I stop Firefox from opening the Firefox start page as a tab when I open the browser?

New Dell Laptop and new Firefox download. Have used Firefox for several years. This time it loads the Firefox Start Page automatically as a tab every time I open the browser. I can't find how to turn it off. I did not set it up to do this intentionally.
Frank

See the [[Firefox has just updated tab shows each time you start Firefox]] article for details of how to solve this.

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#See: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page
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