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how can i get firefox to visit a set of websites automatically

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how can i get firefox to automatically visit the top 5 most visited websites on startup.

how can i get firefox to automatically visit the top 5 most visited websites on startup.

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Hello sania,

As Firefox opens your homepage at startup, you can set those most visited websites as you homepage.

First see :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-set-the-home-page

Then :

Type the first website you want to load in the first tab. Be sure to include the http:// or the tabs won't display when the browser is reopened later.

Type a vertical bar (| ). Also called a 'pipe'.

Type your second website (again, with the http:// attached).

Continue adding any remaining home pages using the website URL and a pipe symbol until the last one. Repeat the last few steps (http:// and the pipe character) until all the tabs you want as home pages are completely filled in. This will cause a lot of text to be written, but it's well worth it in the long run.

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Hello sania,

As Firefox opens your homepage at startup, you can set those most visited websites as you homepage.

First see :

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-to-set-the-home-page

Then :

Type the first website you want to load in the first tab. Be sure to include the http:// or the tabs won't display when the browser is reopened later.

Type a vertical bar (| ). Also called a 'pipe'.

Type your second website (again, with the http:// attached).

Continue adding any remaining home pages using the website URL and a pipe symbol until the last one. Repeat the last few steps (http:// and the pipe character) until all the tabs you want as home pages are completely filled in. This will cause a lot of text to be written, but it's well worth it in the long run.

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If you want the webpage opened at certain time/days, you can use Windows Task Scheduler.

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You can also add the URLs to the target line of the Firefox desktop shortcut if you do not want to change the home page setting. If you would exceed the maximum length allowed for the target field then you will have to use a .cmd file to start Firefox.

  • start "" "<path_to_firefox\firefox.exe>" URL1 URL2 URL3 URL4 URL5
  • (64-bit Firefox) "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"
  • (32-bit Firefox) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\"

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Note that you can bookmark these top visited pages and put them all in one folder. Then you can use "Use Bookmark..." to set all the bookmarks in that folder as multiple home pages. Firefox will automatically insert the pipe characters.