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my top bar comes up with dozens of internet pages trying to load. How do I get rid of those?

my top bar comes up with dozens of internet pages trying to load when I open any internet page. Have not made any changes to anything. Pita to delete a dozen items trying to load every time I open Firefox. How do I turn that off? Tried looking for way to do that for hours and found nothing.

my top bar comes up with dozens of internet pages trying to load when I open any internet page. Have not made any changes to anything. Pita to delete a dozen items trying to load every time I open Firefox. How do I turn that off? Tried looking for way to do that for hours and found nothing.

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Hello Larry,

I can understand how frustrating it is to close dozens of tabs every time you open Firefox. This usually happens due to a couple of common settings. Let's check them step by step to get rid of this issue:

1. Check your Homepage settings: Sometimes multiple websites get accidentally set as your homepage (separated by a | symbol).

  • Click the menu button (three horizontal lines) and select Settings.
  • Click on Home on the left side.
  • Look at the dropdown next to Homepage and new windows. If it says "Custom URLs..." and there is a long string of websites, change it back to Firefox Home (Default).

2. Check your Startup settings: Firefox might be trying to restore an old, overloaded session.

  • Go to Settings again and click on General.
  • Under the Startup section, make sure the box next to Open previous windows and tabs is unchecked if you want a fresh start every time.

3. Check your Extensions: Sometimes an add-on can cause unwanted pages to open.

  • Click the menu button > Add-ons and themes > Extensions.
  • Try disabling extensions you don't recognize to see if that stops the pages from loading.

Please try these steps and let us know if it fixes the problem!

Postavite pitanje

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