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preference window stays open

Firefox Troubleshooting
cor-el replied 10 years ago
aleugene
aleugene

Yesterday, I updated my firefox application. Now, when I close my browser by clicking on the "red" close window button in the upper left of the tab menu, the preference panel remains open. I can't seem to get it to stay hidden.

Yesterday, I updated my firefox application. Now, when I close my browser by clicking on the "red" close window button in the upper left of the tab menu, the preference panel remains open. I can't seem to get it to stay hidden.

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FredMcD
FredMcD

That opens as a separate window. It needs to be closed as well. Try closing Firefox via; Menu > File > Exit.

cor-el
cor-el
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You can check the home page setting to see if the about:preferences page is appended (|about:preferences#general).

Note that this can happen if you click "Use Current Page(s)" to set the home page. You can pin the tab with the about:preferences page to prevent including about:preferences to the home page setting if you want to use this button. To set a single page as the home page you can drag the globe/padlock to the toolbar Home button.

You can check the home page setting

  • Firefox > Preferences > General > Startup: Home page

Firefox supports multiple home pages separated by '|' (pipe) symbols.