How to set the start page. How to change the start page in the browser
It would seem the browser Internet Explorer today it is not used by many people, however this is not the case, it is still used by many users. By the way, you can verify this if you look at the website traffic statistics, for example. And these users sometimes have problems with changing their favorite home page for various reasons: either when installing a program or game, the start page changed, or due to a virus, the start page of the browser changed.
After reading this guide, you will learn how to:
- change home page Internet Explorer
- make Internet Explorer home page Yandex.ru, Mail.ru or any other page of your favorite and familiar site
How to make the start page in Internet Explorer?
In this example, we will consider the Yandex site as the home page for the explorer; another site is installed in a similar way.
Through program settings
So, we are faced with the task of changing the home (start) page of the Internet Explorer browser. First, go to the Start menu and select Control Panel.
Browser or reviewer is a program for viewing pages of sites published on the Internet (for example, IE, Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome).
Double click on the icon Internet Options
The Internet Options dialog box will appear in front of you. On the General tab, find the Home page item and instead of the text specified in the text field, enter the address of our usual home page http://yandex.ru (for Yandex), http://mail.ru (for Mail.ru).
Having entered the address of your favorite page in the text field, close this window by clicking on the OK button.
Now it's time to look at the result of the work done. Let's close or minimize all windows so that Desk and double-click on the Internet Explorer icon.
After our browser window opens, the starting home page should load.
Via the Windows Registry
Is it possible to change home page in Internet Explorer? Yes. To do this, you need to open the Registry Editor window, for example: open the “Run” dialog via Win + R and enter the regedit command. In the window that opens, you need to find the branch: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main in the Start Page parameter, specify the address of the new browser start page.
That's it! It turns out everything is much simpler than it seems!
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Today we’ll talk about the home or start page, which can be easily changed or restored, the main thing is to know its address.
The home (start) page is the web page that is displayed to you when you start the browser.
When you connect to the Internet and click on the button of the browser you have chosen, the home page of the one that you have installed, either by default, or installed by someone at some point, is loaded. So, you can easily change it and connect any page as a start page.
These properties are inherent in all major browsers, which is very convenient when working, especially when you accidentally change your home page, which you are so used to that you feel complete discomfort.
Is the situation familiar? We will fix this.
How to change the home page in the main browsers GoogleChrome, MozillaFirefox, Opera, Internet Explorer
1. If your browser is GoogleChrome, then click on the “Setting and managing Google Chrome” button in the upper right corner (three horizontal stripes). Next, select “Initial group - next pages - add”.
In the window that opens, write the address of the page that you want to see as the start page. For example, you want to see Yandex as your start page.
Enter the website address and click OK. That's it, now your home page will be , and when you start the browser it will open.
Thus, you can make any site or page your starting page, knowing them.
2. If you work in Mozilla, then look for the house icon in the top menu, on the right. Found it? Now when open browser In Mozilla Firefox, open in a new tab the page that we want to make the start page, after which we simply drag it into the house with the mouse.
If you don’t have a house icon at the top, then open “Settings” in the upper right corner (three horizontal stripes), find it here, call it with the right mouse button context menu and click on the “Move to toolbar” item.
Now you have a house on your toolbar. After that, we drag our start tab into the house. Now the start page you have chosen will open.
You need to click on the Opera icon in the upper left corner, then go to the “Settings” tab.
Check the box “Open a specific page or several...”. Call the next window by clicking the “Set Pages” link, enter the home page address and click OK.
Now when you start the browser, your start page will open. You can make it so that when you load Opera, several pages open at once. To do this, enter the addresses one by one and click OK.
4. Internet Explorer
In the upper right corner, look for the “gear” (Tools or ALT+X) and in the menu that opens, select “Browser Options”.
In the window that opens, change the existing address to yours and click OK.
You see, there is nothing complicated, this way you can change the home page, or return the start page that has disappeared into oblivion in any browser. The main thing is to know what to press and how.
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The start site is the one that opens first by default when the search engine starts, or when you press “Home” or a certain key combination. This function is needed for ease of use and quick start in the browser. As a rule, the start page is set by the program manufacturer - this is a common search or messaging system, the manufacturer's website, or a panel that gives quick access to several resources.
We'll tell you how to different browsers set, change or delete the home page
In almost all browsers you can edit the start bar or page. The user does this for himself to make it more convenient to work. For example, he can set another search engine, email service, news or weather site, etc. to launch by default. In this case, the procedure for changing the starting resource depends on the specific program.
In addition, when downloading files, the user often forgets to uncheck the boxes in which the program offers to set its resource as default. Often these services have poor functionality or even harm the computer, and it is impossible to get rid of them in the usual way. Eat universal method How to remove the intrusive start tab.
Google Chrome is the most popular search engine in most countries of the world, however, not all users know how to change its initial resource. This is done through the browser settings - you can change the settings so that Google launches a specific tab (possibly several) when you start working.
Setting up a home resource through a search engine:
- Click on the Chrome menu, go to “Settings” - a new tab will open in the browser.
- Select the Show Home Button option found in the Appearance menu.
- On the left side relative to the search bar there will now be a button with a house symbol, which is needed to quickly return to the “Home Page”.
- Click “Change”, set the start page with which it is convenient for you to start working in the browser.
- A window will open where the current page is entered, which is launched by default, and you need to indicate the desired site in the field.
- Insert the website address into the box so that it is counted as the starting website.
- You can also click on the “Page” option quick access", which is needed to use Google search and access several selected sites.
- Save your progress, then check the functionality - the resource specified earlier should start.
Setting up is very easy
Configuration via startup actions. Unlike the previous method, this one will help you open not only the default resource when you launch Google Chrome, but also one or more specially designated ones. Setting algorithm:
- Click "Menu" in Chrome, go to "Settings".
- In the “Open at startup” item, activate one of the options: “Open a new tab” (search bar and bookmarks), “Open previously opened tabs” (closed when the last work session ended, including accidentally) or “Open specified pages” ( you can specify one or more).
- When selecting the latter, click “Add”, then enter or copy links to resources in the window (it is not recommended to add a lot if you are using a weak computer, and also to use the function for someone else - this will violate confidentiality).
- It is possible to open current tabs at startup - this way you won’t have to copy links to resources.
- Save the changes by clicking “OK” and check if everything works.
You can choose which pages the browser will load on startup
Unlike other browsers, in the version of Google Chrome for mobile devices you cannot set a default resource or assign tabs that will open at startup. However, if you do not close certain sites, they will appear the next time you use the search engine. In addition, if you close all tabs before turning off the program, then when you start it again, the main window will open with a search bar and a panel of frequently used resources.
Opera
The process of setting up a home page in Opera is almost no different from Google:
- Click “Menu”, then select “Settings”, then “General settings”.
- Click on the “Basic” tab.
- In the On Startup option, click Start from Home Page.
- In order to install the starting resource itself, enter the site address or click “Current page” if the desired one is already open.
- Save your settings.
When you launch Opera Mini, a panel appears by default, displaying bookmarks that are popular with the user.
The procedure is similar to the previous viewer
Yandex
The Yandex browser is made on the same engine as Google Chrome, so they are similar in many ways. The same goes for the controls - the developers have made some differences, but it is still similar.
In Yandex, it is not possible to set an arbitrary site as your home site. Perhaps this was done to ensure that users used only services from this developer, and did not set other search engines and resources as their start page. However, Yandex offers 3 convenient options:
- “Open quick access page” - when you start the browser, a tab will appear with a search bar and a resource panel, the location of which depends on how often the user opens them. You can remove unnecessary ones and add desired ones, as well as move cells.
- "Restore tabs opened last time" - this will restore the last working session. Convenient for those who always leave the same resources open, for example, mail, weather forecast or news.
- “Open Yandex if there are no tabs” - an option that will send the user to the main resource of the search engine if all resources were closed before turning it off. In this case, Yandex itself will act as home.
IN in this case less variability
Safari
Changing the start page in this browser is no more difficult than in others:
- Open the site you want to see as your default on startup.
- Click on Safari Menu.
- In the drop-down menu, click “Settings”, then “General”.
- To set an open resource as the starting resource, click “Set current page”.
- If you want to make another resource home, then enter or copy its address in the box.
- Save the settings and check if they work.
The Apple browser has similar functionality
Mozilla Firefox
The procedure for installing the start page through a browser on a computer:
- Open the site that should become the starting site.
- Click “Menu” - “Settings”.
- In the “General” section, find the item “When Firefox starts” - “Show home page”.
- Click “Use current page” or paste the link to the desired site into the special field if you have not opened the resource.
- You can also click on “Use bookmark” - a window will appear in which you can specify one of the desired resources.
The configuration will not cause any difficulties for the user
Installation on phone:
- Default to mobile devices The starting tab is a tab with a panel of the most popular resources. To open the start page, click “Menu”, then “Bookmarks” - “Home Page”.
- Pin your site to it. To do this, you need to press and hold it. In the menu that opens, select “Pin site” - now it will always be displayed on the main page.
- To add a new bookmark to the panel, click and hold one of the unnecessary ones - a menu will appear in which you can select “Edit”, then set a new address (enter it or select from bookmarks).
- Close your browser. Now if you switch to another program it will be active in background. To see the panel pinned the next time you start, click “Menu” - “Exit”.
Internet Explorer
How to install the start page:
- Launch the resource that should be the starting resource or paste its address into the search bar.
- Click “Tools” - “Internet Options” (gear icon in the upper right corner).
- Click "Current" to make the currently running tab the starting tab.
- To make Explorer open several sites when starting, enter links to them in the appropriate box (you need to make sure that each is written on a separate line).
- To open a simple Explorer tab on startup, select Blank.
On mobile devices there is a bookmarks bar where you can add the sites you want.
What to do if you can’t install the start page
Some users have a question about how to change the start page in Google Chrome or another browser if the usual setting does not help - nothing happens or the intrusive tab returns to its place (after restarting the browser or computer).
Most often, the cause is services like Webalta or Amigo, which end up on the computer as a virus. The PC may also be infected malicious code or a program was installed on it that forcibly changes the home page.
First of all, you can reset your browser version or settings. This will save all passwords and bookmarks, but apps and extensions will be removed.
You can also selectively remove add-ons that may be viral. These include Babylon, a translation program that changes the resource that opens by default, as well as some other settings, and then prevents them from being edited. To uninstall Babylon in Windows, click “Control Panel” - “Uninstall a Program”. Find this application and click "Uninstall". Do the same with Babylon add-ons, such as Toolbar, Browser Protection and others. To uninstall an application on Mac OS, find it in Applications. Place it in the “Trash” and then empty the latter.
If this does not help, then download a virus removal program, for example, AdwCleaner and activate it. In some cases, the reason why a tab won't change is deep within the system.
Sometimes they can only help special utilities for cleaning
Methods that only work on Windows with any browser
Editing properties:
- Click on the search engine icon right click mouse and select Properties.
- In the “Shortcut” tab, find “Object”.
- Remove the quotes and website address if there are any, and leave the rest.
- Do this for all browser shortcuts on the system.
- When you continue to use the browser, respond more carefully to notifications during installation and do not skip the points where they suggest installing a search engine or start page - click “No”.
Editing hosts
- Find the file C: - Windows - System32 - drivers - ets - hosts.
- Open it as text document, click “edit” and delete the entire contents of the file.
- Remove all old browser shortcuts and install new ones.
The specified file should be opened in text editor to change
Bottom line
The starting resource is needed to make it more convenient to start working with the browser. Different search engines offer different solutions for this.
Note. If you are using someone else's account, most likely, you will not be able to get rid of the intrusive tab. This procedure requires full rights to use the computer, which students or company employees usually do not have.
Typically, most users open the same web pages every time they open their browser. It could be a postal service, social network, work site or any other web resource. Why waste time opening the same pages every time when you can designate them as your start page.
The home or start page is a designated address (or addresses) that automatically opens every time you launch your browser. In Google Chrome, you can assign several pages at once as the start page, and this does not necessarily have to be the default search engine. This can be done with two absolutely in different ways, and we will talk about each of them further, starting with the most obvious.
Method 1: Browser Settings
The start page of any web browser can be changed through its settings, and Google Chrome is no exception.
- Open the browser menu (three vertical points to the right of the address bar) and select "Settings".
- Scroll down the page that opens to the block "Starting Chrome", and select one of the three options presented there:
- "New Tab"– an empty tab will be opened, by default this is the Google page.
- "Previously opened tabs"– Chrome will open in the same form as it was before closing.
- "Specified Pages"– the ability to set any site or sites as a starting one.
- Just the last point - "Specified Pages"- requires more careful consideration. It implies two options:
- "Add page";
- "Use current pages".
The first allows you to specify any site as your home page, for which you just need to enter its address in the appropriate line and click on the button "Add".
The second one makes it possible to use as a starting page all currently open web resources, only some of them, or those that you yourself want to indicate in this section.
Essentially, this is almost the same as "Previously opened tabs" discussed in the previous paragraph, only with greater specificity. The optimal solution here there will be a selection of those sites whose pages you have open all the time (for example, a social network, mail, music, etc.). In this case, each of the addresses in the list can be "Change"(indicate any other preferred one instead) and "Delete".
Whichever option you choose for setting up your home page in Google Chrome, it will take effect immediately. Saving is not required, but in order to evaluate the effect of the changes made, the browser must be restarted.
Method 2: Search Engine Sites
Majority search engines provide the ability to set your home page as the start page, and almost all of them make such an “offer” when you directly visit them. These include the following:
Conclusion
Now you know how to change the start page in Google browser Chrome, thereby providing yourself with the ability to quickly access one or more preferred web resources.
The start (or home) page is the web page that loads by default whenever you launch your browser or when you press the Home button or a specific keyboard shortcut. How can I change the default start page in my browser?
When installing a browser, the start page is usually set by the developer. This could be the official website of the developer, one of the popular search engines or email services, or a quick access panel to sites. But if you wish, you can change the default start page to the one that you personally need.
Sometimes it becomes necessary to change the start page if you installed a program or game, and it arbitrarily set the developer’s home page as the start page. This usually happens because during installation you forgot to uncheck the corresponding box.
Sometimes the start page is changed by a virus. In this case, before setting a new start page, you need to clean your computer from viruses.
So, how to change the start page in the most common browsers?
Mozilla Firefox
To make a web page the starting page in Mozilla browser Firefox, you need:
- in the menu Tools select item Settings
- in the settings window that opens, go to the tab Basic
- in line Home page fields Launch enter the address of the site you want to make your home page
Note! If you want the start page to be a blank tab, instead of the page URL, enter about:blank (this works for all browsers).
- so that the start page opens every time you start the browser, you need to use the drop-down menu opposite the inscription When starting Firefox select option Show home page
- After setting up your home page, click on the button OK
Opera
To configure the start page in Opera browser need to:
- in the main menu of the browser select the item Settings
- V Settings select option General settings(or you can just use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+F12)
- on the tab Basic find the line Home and enter the URL of the site you want to make your home page
Note! If you want to use the one you are on as the start page at the moment, click on the button Current page.
- To immediately open the home page when you start the browser, select from the drop-down menu next to the inscription On startup option Start from home page
- OK
Google Chrome
To change the start page in the Google Chrome browser:
- click on the wrench icon in the upper right corner of the browser
- in the menu that opens, select the item Options
- in the settings window that opens, go to the tab Basic
- find the section Home page
- select option Open this page and in the free field enter the address of the desired site
- so that the main page opens immediately after launching the browser, in the section Initial group(it's in the main settings, above home page) select option Open main page
Internet Explorer
To change the default start page in Internet browser Explorer:
- in the menu Service select item Internet Options
- in the tab General find the section Home page
- in the special field, enter the address of the site that you want to make the start page
- to make the page you are currently on the start page, click on the button Current; To restore the default home page, click the button Original; so that the start page is blank page, press the button Empty
- To save changes, click the button Apply or OK
Apple Safari
To change the start page in the Apple Safari browser:
- click on the gear icon in the top right corner
- select the item from the drop-down menu Settings
- go to the tab Basic
- find the line Home page
- enter the address of the page you want to make the start page
- to make the current page home, click on the button Current page
