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One of the first pages I ever accessed in Firefox (1.0) opens in a tab
everytime I start Firefox. I have closed it a dozen times, it just
will not go away.

Any ideas?

James Bond wrote:

> One of the first pages I ever accessed in Firefox (1.0) opens in a tab
> everytime I start Firefox. I have closed it a dozen times, it just
> will not go away.
>
> Any ideas?

Is it the only page/tab that opens when you start FF? If so it's
probably set as your home page. Tools - Options - General and check
what's listed under the home page section.

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No, it always comes up as the second tab. My start page (an excellent
one I btw - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html ) shows up
as the #1 (left) tab.

On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 11:52:19 -0500, Ed Mullen <> wrote:

>James Bond wrote:
>
>> One of the first pages I ever accessed in Firefox (1.0) opens in a tab
>> everytime I start Firefox. I have closed it a dozen times, it just
>> will not go away.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
>Is it the only page/tab that opens when you start FF? If so it's
>probably set as your home page. Tools - Options - General and check
>what's listed under the home page section.

James Bond wrote:

> No, it always comes up as the second tab. My start page (an excellent
> one I btw - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html ) shows up
> as the #1 (left) tab.
>
> On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 11:52:19 -0500, Ed Mullen <> wrote:
>
>
>>James Bond wrote:
>>
>>
>>>One of the first pages I ever accessed in Firefox (1.0) opens in a tab
>>>everytime I start Firefox. I have closed it a dozen times, it just
>>>will not go away.
>>>
>>>Any ideas?
>>
>>Is it the only page/tab that opens when you start FF? If so it's
>>probably set as your home page. Tools - Options - General and check
>>what's listed under the home page section.
>
>

Ok. But I also suggested looking in Tools - Options to see exactly
what's listed for your home page. It's possible there are two URLs
there and that's why this is happening. Did you actually go check?

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Ed Mullen
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Sorry, I missed that part of your earlier message. And, you were
absolutely right. Thanks.

I guess that is a quirky thing about Firefox and Tab browsing. If you
tell it you want the current page, it includes any open tabs.

Thanks again.

On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 11:21:19 -0500, Ed Mullen <> wrote:

>James Bond wrote:
>
>> No, it always comes up as the second tab. My start page (an excellent
>> one I btw - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html ) shows up
>> as the #1 (left) tab.
>>
>> On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 11:52:19 -0500, Ed Mullen <> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>James Bond wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>One of the first pages I ever accessed in Firefox (1.0) opens in a tab
>>>>everytime I start Firefox. I have closed it a dozen times, it just
>>>>will not go away.
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>
>>>Is it the only page/tab that opens when you start FF? If so it's
>>>probably set as your home page. Tools - Options - General and check
>>>what's listed under the home page section.
>>
>>
>
>Ok. But I also suggested looking in Tools - Options to see exactly
>what's listed for your home page. It's possible there are two URLs
>there and that's why this is happening. Did you actually go check?

James Bond wrote:

> Sorry, I missed that part of your earlier message. And, you were
> absolutely right. Thanks.
>
> I guess that is a quirky thing about Firefox and Tab browsing. If you
> tell it you want the current page, it includes any open tabs.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> On Sun, 02 Jan 2005 11:21:19 -0500, Ed Mullen <> wrote:
>
>
>>James Bond wrote:
>>
>>
>>>No, it always comes up as the second tab. My start page (an excellent
>>>one I btw - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html ) shows up
>>>as the #1 (left) tab.
>>>
>>>On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 11:52:19 -0500, Ed Mullen <> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>James Bond wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>One of the first pages I ever accessed in Firefox (1.0) opens in a tab
>>>>>everytime I start Firefox. I have closed it a dozen times, it just
>>>>>will not go away.
>>>>>
>>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>Is it the only page/tab that opens when you start FF? If so it's
>>>>probably set as your home page. Tools - Options - General and check
>>>>what's listed under the home page section.
>>>
>>>
>>Ok. But I also suggested looking in Tools - Options to see exactly
>>what's listed for your home page. It's possible there are two URLs
>>there and that's why this is happening. Did you actually go check?
>
>

Say you have several tabs open and you go to Tools - Options - General.
If you look closely in the dialogue the button has changed from "Use
Current Page" to "Use Current Pages". Very subtle and easy to miss.

Glad you got it solved.

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