Internet Browsers, Edge or Firefox, Keep Reverting To Home Page Spontaniously and Repeatedly

Question

I have 32 bit Windows 10, Home, Retail Box, installed. Some time ago whatever browser was active, Edge or Firefox, started flipping me from the page I was on to the home page. This happens repeatedly, making browsing useless. Even before this, I had multiple instances of the default browser, in this case Firefox, start spontaneously. I had to change the name of the Firefox executable to stop this from happening. I've done multiple Windows Security scans and they all turn up clean. I'm seeking a solution other than reinstalling Windows and everything else.

Answer 1

Hi @Moguera

The issue you describe looks like browser hijack. You can first try to check if you have any extensions installed in your browsers. If yes, you can uninstall all the extensions then test again.

If the above doesn't work, you can follow the steps of "Repair Microsoft Edge" in this doc to repair Edge. Your browser data and settings shouldn't be affected by repair.

If repair Edge still doesn't work for you, you can try to reset Edge settings. You can go to edge://settings/reset in Edge, click "Restore settings to their default values> Reset" to reset Edge settings to see if it works.

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