Firefox 9 on F16 can not set Home Page

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2011-12-29 at 22:36 +0100, Patrick Lists wrote: 
> On 29-12-11 22:21, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > Disabling adons has the same behavior as not disabling them.
> > I can change the home page to Google and when firefox restarts it is
> > still Google. However if I shut the machine down Bing is back. There is
> > no Bing in by about:config display. I agree there must be a
> > configuration of some sort lying around that wants my home page to be
> > bing.
> >
> > I will try what is described in you link above but it might have to wait
> > a few days. Again thanks for staying with me on solving this problem.
> 
> Not sure if this is related but have you tried clicking in the search 
> box on the logo/drop down arrow and then click on "Manage Search 
> Engines"? Bing is mentioned there. Perhaps you could try to click on 
> "Restore Defaults" or just remove Bing and everything you don't want.
I go to Manage Search Engines , I highlight Google and click Ok. I still
have the same problem. 
I even removed Bing from the list but it still shows up as my home page when I restart firefox.
I think I give up on this.

> Could it be a plugin that is messing with your settings? Have you 
> checked about:plugins?
> 
> Regards,
> Patrick
I looked at about:plugins but I can't imagine a plugin hat would affect
the default home page. Do you
have a suggestion.