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SwithcHosts was installed, not understandable, uninstalled, causing problems. FF opens with New tab, not Home Page

WaltStanley
WaltStanley
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That's SwitchHosts. Uninstalled it, removed from profile, but still FF starts with New tab and not Home Page. Is there a line in about:config that needs changing???

That's SwitchHosts. Uninstalled it, removed from profile, but still FF starts with New tab and not Home Page. Is there a line in about:config that needs changing???

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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You usually can reset your home page from a blank tab to a particular page in the options dialog.

Tools > Options > General > "When Firefox starts"

Does that work or is something else overriding your choice there?

Modified by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer

WaltStanley
WaltStanley Question owner
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That didn't work. But, I did remember to do a System Restore, and that seems to have fixed it. SwitchHosts is no friend of mine. Even the MVP program has limits. I wish these programs did not try to take over my computer and they should have good uninstall features. Thanks for the reply. Walt