Startup.homepage override url

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is startup.homepage_override_url.

This article describes the preference startup.homepage_override_url. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

1 Background
2 Possible values and their effects
3 Caveats
4 First checked in
5 Has an effect in
6 Related bugs
7 Related preferences

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Background

When a user starts up their browser after upgrading (i.e., if browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone is different than the last time the browser started), the URL specified in this preference is loaded instead of their homepage.

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Possible values and their effects

The URL to use as a homepage when the browser starts after an upgrade. In Firefox, the default value is http://%LOCALE%.www.mozilla.com/%LOCALE%/%APP%/%VERSION%/whatsnew/, where %LOCALE%, %APP%, and %VERSION% are replaced with the value of general.useragent.locale, “firefox”, and the current browser version, respectively.

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