Startup homepages are overwritten; overwrites custom settings
I am running FF 6.0.2 on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 on a network, but FF is installed on my local machine. I set my start pages to Yahoo and Google News, but FF overwrites my settings. Each time I reset my preferences and start the browser it displays the whats new and first run tabs. It seems to treat each instance as a brand-new install.
I had disabled or removed all of my addons and basically started with a "safe" firefox in case there was some conflict, but that didn't help.
My bookmarks and security passwords settings do not change, but it reverts to "Remember history" when I use the "Custom settings" option in the Privacy window.
The about:config settings for browser.startup and startup.homepage are:
browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID; user set; string; 20110902133214
browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone; user set; string; rv:6.0.2
startup.homepage_override_url; default; string http://www.mozilla.com/%LOCALE%/%APP%/%VERSION%/whatsnew/
startup.homepage_welcome_url; default; string; http://www.mozilla.com/%LOCALE%/%APP%/%VERSION%/firstrun/
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Thanks, after posting I found both of these site. Unfortunately, they didn't help. There is no user.js file in the profile folder. It seems that FF didn't create a prefs-js file automatically, as that file is not in the profile folder, either.
Does Firefox create a new file prefs.js with the correct time stamp after you close Firefox?
Are there any files prefs-##.js with a number in the name or a file user.js in the profile folder?
- Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Open Containing Folder
Create a new profile as a test to check if your current profile is causing the problems.
See Basic Troubleshooting: Make a new profile:
If that new profile works then you can transfer some files from the old profile to that new profile, but be careful not to copy corrupted files
See:
Thanks for the suggestions. It seems that for some reason Firefox was not creating a prefs.js file and there was no user.js file.
I'm not sure why, but after a week or so, a prefs.js was created and all is now well.
Thanks again.