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Hello,

I tried to set Google as my homepage, but when I enter Google in the white bar for the homepage, it’s fine, except that when I close Firefox and reopen it, it defaults back to Babylon Search...
Could you please explain why this change occurs?
Thank you in advance to those who reply...

Océ.

Configuration: Windows 7 / Firefox 8.0.1

guitareuh · Accepted Answer

Hi, you need to go to the options: https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-4413644-comment-remettre-google-en-page-d-acceuil#1

axess9 · Answer

Hello,  Homepage or search bar?

theo.skiac · Answer

Can’t you be a bit more specific? "in options"...

STARGATE43 · Answer

Good evening, in Firefox, Tools --> Options --> General --> in the box next to Home Page, enter http://www.google.fr/ or http://google.be/, depending on your choice, and finally, click OK at the bottom, close Firefox, reopen it, and the home page will be google.  Have a nice evening. -- No problems, only...solutions!!!  Please mark as resolved if you consider that your problem is, thank you.

STARGATE43 · Answer

To have google as the homepage every time you open a new tab, you need to download a add-on called NewTabURL 2.2.3, https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/newtaburl/, click on  + Add to Firefox, follow the instructions, afterwards, every time you open a new tab, google will automatically be the homepage.  Have a good evening. -- No problems, only... solutions!!!  Please mark as resolved if you consider your issue is resolved, thank you.

Gilles90 · Answer

I quote "Océdu34": "he hands me babilon search".  In my opinion, a problem, no doubt...  Gilles.

STARGATE43 · Answer

Hello Gilles, did he (she) carefully followed the procedure to set Google as the homepage? If OK was not clicked in the Options window, it is normal for the search engine to be something other than Google.

As for Babilon search, I believe it is an extension that needs to be disabled.

And as Axess9 pointed out earlier, it's also important to differentiate between the homepage and the search bar; Google is a browser and Babilon search is a search engine that can be replaced by Google itself.
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Ptitpop · Answer

And with Google Chrome, is it the same procedure or not???

STARGATE43 · Answer

Hello Ptitpop, I suppose so, but personally I am not in favor of Google Chrome as a search engine; it is slower than Firefox, for example. Its speed is praised, etc., but that is not the case.

Now, as I said, this is a personal opinion and everyone does as they please.

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Ptitpop · Answer

That's good, I managed to solve my problem but thanks anyway! =)

STARGATE43 · Answer

Good evening, if you believe your issue is resolved, please mark it as such, thank you. (Just below the blue title)

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Qunetin · Answer

Hello, to set Google as the homepage in Google Chrome, you need to go to the top right, click on the key-settings-At startup-check Open a page....- click on Set pages and then type www.google.com.

annyaa · Answer

I finally succeeded by accidentally coming across https://arobbase.fr/ (go to the "register" link at the top right) So I even saved this page as my homepage.

chak · Answer

But my friend, it's very simple. Everyone makes it very complicated to give simple information.  So, you just need to click on Firefox in the top left, which is the orange icon. On the right, there is an option. You click and hover over it to go back to the option again by clicking on it this time. We're almost there. It opens the details.... Now you just need to change Babylon to google.com in the homepage.  That’s it for me, see you soon.  Mr. Chak :)  (startup)

STARGATE43 · Answer

Hello chak, your solution seems too simplistic and only holds if, and only if, the PC has been disinfected using cleaning tools such as, for example: Adwcleaner, Malwarebytes, and even others.

Otherwise, you can set Google as the homepage a thousand times and end with ok; if Babylon has infected the PC, it will always revert to being the homepage.

That's it for me, regards and see you later.

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Valentine · Answer

Hello, I also couldn’t find how to set Google as my homepage, it's simple At the top, you have File Edit View History Favorites Pages Tools? Go to Tools, and at the bottom, there is Options, click on that, then there is homepage, delete the old address and put this address: https://www.google.fr/

STARGATE43 · Answer

Hello Valentine, if you have to repeat the process every time, it means your PC is infected. Download this cleaning tool Adwcleaner and run it in Deletion mode. The program will ask you if it can restart your PC, click OK. During the restart phase, Adwcleaner will provide you with a Deletion report, post it here http://pjjoint.malekal.com/ and I will see what else needs to be done or not.

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Valentine · Answer

Thank you very much for your help STARGATE43 it really helped me :) I would like to know if it’s serious if he is infected?

STARGATE43 · Answer

Hello Valentine, everything is relative; the fact that it is infected can affect its performance, execution speed, it can lead to the appearance of annoying pop-up ads, a bunch of inconveniences like that.

Did you run the cleaning tool as I suggested?

If so, can you post its removal report by doing a Copy/Paste here http://pjjoint.malekal.com/ and give me the link provided in your next reply, please?

If you can't find the shortcut to the report on your desktop, it's in Local Disk (C:) under the name Adwcleaner[S1].

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STARGATE43 · Answer

Once on the page, scroll down a bit, there will be a box named Data, at the bottom of this box there is a green arrow pointing down that indicates a hard drive, click on this arrow to download Adwcleaner.

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STARGATE43 · Answer

Normally, with this link http://general-changelog-team.fr/fr/downloads/viewdownload/20-outils-de-xplode/2-adwcleaner, you go directly to the page where you need to download Adwcleaner. Scroll down, and there is a light gray box. In this box, Data is written in black on a darker gray background. At the bottom of the light gray window, there is an icon of a hard drive topped with a large green arrow. Click on the green arrow, and a small window named Opening adwcleaner.exe will appear with 2 options: Save the file and Cancel. Click on the first one, and Adwcleaner will be downloaded wherever you want; you can designate the destination folder, or you can even set it to be placed directly on the desktop.  -- No problems, just... solutions!!!  If you feel your issue is resolved, mark it as such, thank you.

STARGATE43 · Answer

Not at all, keep in mind that not everyone can know everything, there’s a beginning to everything, so once downloaded, you run it in Search mode and send me its report via: http://pjjoint.malekal.com/, I’ll take a look at it, and in principle, the next step will be Deletion.  -- No problems, only...solutions!!!  If you believe your problem is solved, please mark it as such, thank you.

STARGATE43 · Answer

Uh, where are the links provided by http://pjjoint.malekal.com/? When you upload a file there, at the end they give you a link that you can Copy/Paste in your reply here  -- No problems, only...solutions!!!  If you believe your problem is resolved, please mark it as such, thank you.

STARGATE43 · Answer

Well, your links don't appear in your responses, I'm going to check the previous page.  -- No problem, only...solutions!!!  If you feel that your issue is resolved, please mark it as such, thank you.

STARGATE43 · Answer

Perhaps post them normally by clicking on >> Reply to topic instead of Add a comment  -- No problems, only...solutions!!!  If you feel that your issue is resolved, please mark it as such, thank you.

STARGATE43 · Answer

Well, it looks like at first glance there's nothing suspicious on your PC, but I thought of something, and I'm copying/pasting one of your responses: Hello, I couldn't find how to set Google as my homepage either, but it's simple Above, you have File Edit View History Favorites Pages Tools? Go to Tools, at the bottom there's Options, click there, and then there's homepage, erase the old address and put this address: https://www.google.fr/  But in the end, after doing this, do you click OK at the bottom of the Options window? Because if you don't, I don't think your homepage setting is taken into account.  I'm telling you this because your question was, I quote: I would like to know why I always have to redo this labor?  -- No problems, only...solutions!!!  If you feel your problem is resolved, please mark it as such, thank you.

Valentine · Answer

Yes, I do it okay, but then it sometimes shows me the orange page (well, it depends sometimes) because my mom is with Orange!!
And sometimes it sends me back to Orange.
But right now when I click on new tab, it's all white :-/ And my computer is still just as slow; maybe it's because it's old?

STARGATE43 · Answer

As for opening a new tab with Google as the homepage, there's also a manipulation to do; it comes from Firefox.  You will have to follow exactly what I am going to tell you:  In the address bar, where it says www.commentcamarche.net, type about:config and hit the enter key, a page will open with a box saying Warning, danger! and this text: Modifying these advanced preferences can be harmful to the stability, security, and performance of this application. Only proceed if you know what you are doing. There is a small box checked, next to it is noted: Show this warning the next time. Below, there is I will be careful, I promise! Click on that, another page will open, and there, you will need to scroll down until you see in the column named Option Name: Browser.newtab.url, next to that column, there are 3 others, the second Status, the third Type, and the fourth Value, on the same line as Browser.newtab.url in the Value column, it says about:newtab, then right-click on it, a small window will open, click on Edit, another window will open, and in that window, you write: about:blank, click OK, and you can close everything, reopen Firefox, and when you open the next tab, it will be your search engine, Google in principle.  It may seem complicated, but if you follow exactly what I just explained, it will take you at most 2 to 3 minutes, not even.  No problems, only...solutions!!!  If you believe your issue is resolved, please mark it as such, thank you.

STARGATE43 · Answer

As for the speed of your PC, I'll tell you that mine isn't super fast either, it's about 8 years old, I put 3 Gb of RAM in it, for the internal hard drive, it's a 40Gb, and the processor is a Pentium IV, but it runs pretty well, it's not lightning fast, but it's okay.  -- No problems, only... solutions!!!  If you believe your problem is solved, please mark it as such, thank you.

STARGATE43 · Answer

No problem Valentine, I myself like to know the details when I ask for help, so that I can understand things well when I execute them, so I do my best not to confuse people with overly technical terms, unless I see that someone has a certain experience in the field.  But keep me updated on how things are progressing if you don't mind please.  I like to know if my explanations have been successfully carried out.  Best regards, have a good evening and a nice weekend, STARGATE43.  -- No problems, only...solutions!!!  If you believe your issue is resolved, please mark it as such, thank you.

Mimilk13 · Answer

Hey! First of all, you need to uninstall Babylon by following the steps. I had the same problem and managed to solve it just yesterday!  https://www.commentcamarche.net/faq/32580-desinstaller-babylon-toolbar  The first method didn't work for me, so I had to install AdwCleaner, everything is explained.  Good luck :)

Lepaul · Answer

Thank you very much, STARGATE43. Lepaul.

STARGATE43 · Answer

Heu...no problem Lepaul, I'm glad that my explanations and the procedures to follow have been able to help you.  Best regards and have a good evening, STARGATE43.  -- No problems, only...solutions!!!  If you believe your issue is resolved, please mark it as such, thank you.

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