436284 - home page set to http://1 - can't change it

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Todd Case]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008051206 Firefox/3.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9) Gecko/2008051206 Firefox/3.0

When I upgraded from Firefox 2 to Firefox 3, RC1 on my WIndows XP machine the home page shows as my Google home page, but whenever the browser launches it attempts to connect to http://1.  I've set my home page to be several different sites and it always attempts to connect to http://1 upon launching the browser.

If I click on the home icon in my toolbar then it will go to my home page.

Weird.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Launch browser.
2.  Launch browser.
3.  Launch browser.
Actual Results:  
Same thing.  tried to connect to http://1

Expected Results:  
It should connect to http://www.google.com/ig?hl=en upon launching the browser.

No themes installed.  The only extension is Adblock Plus.

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

This works fine for me using latest Firefox 3.0 on Windows XP. Have you tried:

- Firefox's safe-mode to exclude extension/theme problems
- a new profile
- a reinstall in a new empty folder? 

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Safe_Mode_(Firefox)
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Folder

Comment 2

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

Reporter, are you still seeing this issue with Firefox 3.6.9 or later in safe mode? If not, please close. These links can help you in your testing.
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles

Comment 3

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

No reply, INCOMPLETE. Please retest with Firefox 3.6.10 or later and a new profile (http://support.mozilla.com/kb/Managing+profiles). If you continue to see this issue with the newest firefox and a new profile, then please comment on this bug.