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Cannot change home page - home page is locked to Google

Firefox Troubleshooting
Sam Brooks replied 12 years ago
Sam Brooks
Sam Brooks

My Firefox home page is locked to Google, and I cannot change it. The area where I should be able to change it in "Options" has "Mozilla Firefox Start Page" in gray - I cannot delete that or enter any information. I have run spyware scans and tried various remedies, but nothing helps.

I have already tried all kinds of remedies, but I remain locked out.

My Firefox home page is locked to Google, and I cannot change it. The area where I should be able to change it in "Options" has "Mozilla Firefox Start Page" in gray - I cannot delete that or enter any information. I have run spyware scans and tried various remedies, but nothing helps. I have already tried all kinds of remedies, but I remain locked out.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Chosen Solution

If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see:

You can check the browser.startup.homepage pref on the about:config page.

Sam Brooks
Sam Brooks Question owner

It worked! Beautiful and simple. Thanks.