Why does Firefox refuse to go to my chosen home page. It reverts to Google every time I open the browser

Why does Firefox refuse to recognise my chosen home page. It reverts to Google every time I open the browser
== This happened ==
Every time Firefox opened
== Today ... 4th July, 2010

Did you set your homepage '''in Firefox'''?
[http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page]

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