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Lolu chungechunge lwabekwa kunqolobane. Uyacelwa ubuze umbuzo omusha uma udinga usizo.

i downloaded Bearshare and i became my homepage and I have tried everything to get rid of it and it will not go away how do I get rid of this program and back to the firefox default page being my home page?

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phoenixlee
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I have tried all the troubleshooting and everything.

I have tried all the troubleshooting and everything.

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Xircal
Xircal
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Follow these steps please.

  1. In the location bar, type about:config and hit Enter.
  2. In the filter at the top, type: keyword.URL
  3. Double click it and remove whatever's in there. You'll see it revert to "Default" and "String".
  4. Go to File | Exit
  5. Restart Firefox, go to the site you want to set as your homepage.
  6. Go to Tools | Options | General.
  7. Make sure it says "Show My Homepage" in the first dropdown menu.
  8. Click the button called "Use Current Pages" to set the homepage to the one you have on the screen.
stonrdude
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It did the same for me. I finally had to completely uninstall Bearshare, it it a very aggressive program. It still left the toolbar, I had to delete that in the programs file for it to disappear. Uninstall from the Control Panel, then delete all Bearshare files in Programs. I finally got rid of it all, I think.