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Home page can't be set
nhung - January 26, 2006 - 11:17am
I cannot set the homepage.
I've set it to about:blank in the options menu
but every time i open it
it shows two pages:
-a wierd google page with strage code+"portable" in the search box
-http://apps/PortableFirefox/portablefirefox.exe(which redirects to http://www.winplanet.com/)
I cannot fix the problem
pls help
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Try a base install
Try a base install and go from there. Sounds like your profile is messed up.
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its like that once i've
its like that once i've extract it
even before i do anything to it
Something's up with your computer
or the download is corrupt. I'd say try downloading again and try it on another PC.
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tried redownloading from
tried redownloading from different sever but still like that
what should be the initial homepage when it was made?
It's the standard FF default
So, something is up with your PC.
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any suggestions what could
any suggestions what could it be?
Not really...
Perhaps spyware mucking with your hosts file?
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but i already have both
but i already have both avast and microsoft sntispyware running tho'
Those dont necessarily check the host file...
Best way to make sure is to look at it manually. Youll find it at
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
just open the hosts file in notepad, and see if anything is being redirected.
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I'm having the same problem too
I did what you asked in the previous posts and they don't work either. I do have the data file here - data\portablefirefox\profile. What specific file can I edit in here to set my homepage?