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I am trying to set Firefox as home page-browser. Please advise?

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Words in the "Question" window above pretty much say it all; earlier this afternoon 10/10/2014 a really odd thing occurred I cannot explain clearly but it caused me to try to set Firefox browser (search engine) as home page...possibly I should have typed "Mozilla," but I do not quite know... Detail: I should likely say that I am using W8.1 which I hate but am trying to learn.

Could someone please tell me how to go about setting FM or is it just "M?" Every article supposedly explaining the process starts out with "Open Mozilla," and truly I do not know how one does that in this new OS. Someone tried to tell me that FM or is it just plain M is NOT a search engine browser thing. Hoping that person was wrong!

Please advise? TIA, Omnigusted.

Words in the "Question" window above pretty much say it all; earlier this afternoon 10/10/2014 a really odd thing occurred I cannot explain clearly but it caused me to try to set Firefox browser (search engine) as home page...possibly I should have typed "Mozilla," but I do not quite know... Detail: I should likely say that I am using W8.1 which I hate but am trying to learn. Could someone please tell me how to go about setting FM or is it just "M?" Every article supposedly explaining the process starts out with "Open Mozilla," and truly I do not know how one does that in this new OS. Someone tried to tell me that FM or is it just plain M is NOT a search engine browser thing. Hoping that person was wrong! Please advise? TIA, Omnigusted.

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Mozilla Firefox or rather Firefox (Fx is the proper abbreviation) is a web browser as it is not a search engine or a homepage. A web browser is what you use to view sites like this forum for example.

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

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Mozilla Firefox or rather Firefox (Fx is the proper abbreviation) is a web browser as it is not a search engine or a homepage. A web browser is what you use to view sites like this forum for example.

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

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cor-el, Thank you very much for the Explanation, : - ), Links. Still learning how W8.1 works, and there CANNOT be too much info for the CompDunce here.

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James, Thanks lots for the home page setting instructions. Some such pieces are written in Such TechEze that making sure to read ALL from beginning to end before trying to actually follow the directions. The one you sent does NOT make me want to tear out my hair. : - / .