This article describes what to do if you get a tab named "Firefox Updated" or says "You've been updated to the latest version of Firefox." every time you start Firefox even if you haven't updated Firefox.

There are two possible causes for this. You may have that tab saved accidentally as your home page (which Firefox opens each time you start) or Firefox may be having trouble saving to your settings file which results in it not realizing you have already seen the "You've been updated" message.

"Firefox Updated" tab saved to your home page

1. At the top of the Firefox windowOn the menu bar, click on the ToolsFirefoxEdit menu, and select Options...Preferences....
   
   
   
   
2. Select the General panel (Main panel in Firefox 3.5).
3. In the Startup box, highlight the text in the Home Page: box.
4. If it includes something similar to
   3.0:

   http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0.x/whatsnew/

   3.5/3.6:

   http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.5/whatsnew/

   then you have accidentally added the "Firefox Updated" page to the sites that Firefox loads on startup.
5. You can change your home page to what you want Firefox to load on startup by following the steps in our How to set the home page article.

Firefox is unable to save your preferences

Firefox changes a setting in its preferences file to determine whether you've seen the "Firefox Updated" tab. If you are having problems with that file then Firefox will be unable to save this information and will show you the "Firefox Updated" tab each time you start it.

1. You may also notice that optionspreferences you select in in your OptionsPreferences window are not kept after you close Firefox.
2. To correct this, use the steps outlined in our Preferences are not saved article.