mozilla firefox canot load default home page. It says " URL not valid or cannot be loaded"
my version of Mozilla Firefox is 9.01. I have set the my home page to Mozilla's default homepage, which is the Mozilla firefox start page. A pop up came by, saying "URL is not valid and cannot be loaded". I cannot find any info on the support web and had to resolve to this.
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That issue can be caused by a corrupted or incomplete Visual C++ installation (multiple versions can be installed side-by-side; SxS) that is missing some runtime components (Redistributable Package) that Firefox depends on (problem with an embedded manifest file that specifies a specific runtime version).
You need to install the missing components (e.g. VisualC++ 2005 Redistrbutable).
- [/questions/908165] The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded
- bug 713167 - Microsoft.VC80.CRT SideBySide errors, browsercomps.dll (fixed in Firefox 12)
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Hi wanchoongchin-
I don't know why the URL is not valid. I would recommend going to the page you want to be your homepage, and re-setting the value like this:
- Firefox > Preferences > General > Home Page > Click 'Use Current Page' button
Hope that helps!
Someone else reported this error and the problem was that the old www.google.com/firefox page was set as home page. You can fix this by restoring the default Firefox home page using the "Restore to Default" button
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That issue can be caused by a corrupted or incomplete Visual C++ installation (multiple versions can be installed side-by-side; SxS) that is missing some runtime components (Redistributable Package) that Firefox depends on (problem with an embedded manifest file that specifies a specific runtime version).
You need to install the missing components (e.g. VisualC++ 2005 Redistrbutable).
- [/questions/908165] The URL is not valid and cannot be loaded
- bug 713167 - Microsoft.VC80.CRT SideBySide errors, browsercomps.dll (fixed in Firefox 12)
I tried all of the ideas suggested here and none of them worked. Anyone have anything else?
Your problem is with the about:home page?
Start Firefox in Use Troubleshoot Mode in Firefox to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
- Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Safe+Mode