I cannot change my homepage. It has automatically changed itself to some other search engine. The worse part is it won't permanently change in the settings either.
I should mention I downloaded an application called "savevid" to download youtube videos the other day, and I believe this is when the problem began. I uninstalled the program and I still cannot change my homepage.
Suggestions?
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Please do the following.
- In the location bar, type 'about:config' and hit Enter.
- In the filter at the top, type: 'keyword.URL'
- Double click it and remove whatever's in there and replace it with http://www.google.com/search?q=
- Close the about:config tab.
The URL to add in "keyword.URL" becomes a link in this post, so right click it and choose "Copy Link Location" to copy it to the Windows clipboard. Then hit CTRL+V to paste it. Saves you having to type the whole thing.
To reset your home page, do the following.
- Go to the site you want to set as your homepage.
- Click the orange Firefox button and go to Options | Options | General
- Make sure it says "Show My Homepage" in the first dropdown menu.
- Click the button called "Use Current Pages" to set the homepage to the one you have on the screen.
I thought I had cracked it. Changed keyword url and homepage to the one I wanted, namely uk.msn. It all worked fine, unfortunately after switching off and then restarting I was back to to the wrong start page. Both keyword url and homepage had changed. Ant other suggestion would be much appreciated.
See:
Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions 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.com/kb/Safe+Mode
Install this add-on to prevent hijacking: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/browserprotect/
Thanks for all the advice. Unfortunately the problem still remained. The web site is 'searchqu.com'. However, I have effectively solved the problem. I went to 'Tools', 'options', 'content', 'load images automatically' and under 'exceptions' blocked it. This seemed to have worked .
It seems to be an Israeli search engine: http://whois.domaintools.com/207.232.22.60
I'd recommend you install this add-on to prevent another search engine from deleting or modifying your preferences: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/browserprotect/
See these threads about searchqu: