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cannot turn off predicted searches

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  • Impendulo yokugqibela ngu Vivek

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I cannot turn off predicted searches in FF and every time i fire up FF it goes to the search preferences page and i have to save my setting before i can get to the home page, this happens EVERY time. I have done all the cookie stuff, cleared them enabled them, disabled them and re-enabled them, tried every setting i can think of but it always does the same thing and i have to go through the save settings procedure Thank god for Chrome

I cannot turn off predicted searches in FF and every time i fire up FF it goes to the search preferences page and i have to save my setting before i can get to the home page, this happens EVERY time. I have done all the cookie stuff, cleared them enabled them, disabled them and re-enabled them, tried every setting i can think of but it always does the same thing and i have to go through the save settings procedure Thank god for Chrome

Isisombulu esikhethiweyo

It could be that Google search is your homepage. You can try to change/delete the unwanted homepages in Tools (Alt + T) > Options > General, beside Home Page: and add a new one. Options > General. If the homepage was added by an extension and is being reset to Google search, you may have to find the add-on in Tools (Alt + T) > Add-on, Extensions (on the left) and either change the settings or Disable / Remove the extension.

If Firefox is stuck in a session restore , you can try to delete the session: type about:sessionrestore in the location (address) bar, hit enter, click Start New Session , restart Firefox again and check.

The predictive search in Google is a Google feature and you may have to go into the Google Search options to turn it off.

It would also be helpful if you could post a screenshot: Add images: > Browse... below Post a Reply on this page.

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Hi,

To disable/enable predictive suggestion please see this.

If the problem persists, check if this happens in Safe Mode. You can also use Safe Mode to reset search engines and user settings.

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Its the search bar its the home page(google) that gives me the problem, whenever i load firefox i get the search preference page and have to turn off predicted searches and save before i can get to my home page, this happens every time i start FF or even if i press the home button. i have tried the safe mode option but exactly the same thing.

Thanks Vivek for your suggestions but unfortunately they don't sort the issue

Ilungisiwe ngu SJ_2shedz

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Isisombululo esiKhethiweyo

It could be that Google search is your homepage. You can try to change/delete the unwanted homepages in Tools (Alt + T) > Options > General, beside Home Page: and add a new one. Options > General. If the homepage was added by an extension and is being reset to Google search, you may have to find the add-on in Tools (Alt + T) > Add-on, Extensions (on the left) and either change the settings or Disable / Remove the extension.

If Firefox is stuck in a session restore , you can try to delete the session: type about:sessionrestore in the location (address) bar, hit enter, click Start New Session , restart Firefox again and check.

The predictive search in Google is a Google feature and you may have to go into the Google Search options to turn it off.

It would also be helpful if you could post a screenshot: Add images: > Browse... below Post a Reply on this page.

Ilungisiwe ngu Vivek

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Thank you Vivek that has sorted it and saved me from chrome ;0) I appreciate the time you have taken to help me

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You are welcome :)