Startup, home page, tabs, and download settings
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This article describes the settings that are available in the General panel of the Firefox OptionsPreferences window.
The General panel allows you to:
- Set Firefox to check if it is your default browser at startup and make Firefox the default.
- Set what page(s) Firefox displays when you start your browser or click the Home icon
- Set what Firefox should do when downloading files
The General panel allows you to:
- Set what page(s) Firefox displays when you start your browser or click the Home icon
- Set what Firefox should do when downloading files
The General panel allows you to:
- Set what page(s) Firefox displays when you start your browser or click the Home icon
- Set what Firefox should do when downloading files
- Manage your add-ons
Table of Contents
Startup
- Always check to see if Firefox is the default browser on startup: Select this setting if you want Firefox to check whether it is the default browser at startup. Making Firefox your default browser will ensure Firefox is used, whenever an application tries to display a web page.
- If Firefox is not currently your default browser, click to make it the default. See Make Firefox your default browser for details.
- When Firefox starts: Controls what Firefox displays when you open it.
- Show my home page - Displays the home page, which is set below.
- Show a blank page - Displays a blank page, which is fastest to load.
- Show my windows and tabs from last time - Restores the pages you were visiting the last time you closed Firefox. For more information, see Restore previous session - Configure when Firefox shows your most recent tabs and windows.
- Home page:
Controls what page(s) Firefox displays when you click the Home icon on the Navigation toolbar. If you set When Firefox starts (above) to Show my home page, the specified page(s) will load when Firefox starts. For more information, see How to set the home page. Important: If your home page keeps automatically changing, see How to remove the Babylon toolbar, home page and search engine or Remove a toolbar that has taken over your Firefox search or home page.
Downloads
- Show the Downloads window when downloading a file:
Controls whether Firefox will display the Downloads window when you download a file. For more information, see Where to find and manage downloaded files in Firefox. - Close it when all downloads are finished:
If you have selected Show the Downloads window when downloading a file (above), this setting controls whether Firefox will automatically close the Downloads window after all the files you're downloading have completed.
- Save files to:
If selected, Firefox will automatically save all downloads to the specified folder (such as the desktop or your downloads folder). To change which folder is used, click . - Always ask me where to save files:
If selected, Firefox will ask you to select a folder for every download you wish to save.
Add-ons
Click to open the Add-ons window, which allows you to configure your extensions, themes, and plugins. For more information, see Find and install add-ons to add features to Firefox.