SOLVED IE 9 Homepage Won't Change

[pmillen]

A couple of years ago new software installed crapware that captured my homepage and wouldn't allow me to change it back to my preferred. I ultimately found the appropriate steps in this forum to rectify that. As I recall, it called for removal of a startup program and a registry change, but I'm not certain.

I recently removed a few unused programs and ran a registry cleaner. My IE 9 homepage was immediately changed to about:blank (no caps & no space). I used WinPatrol Plus to look at my startup programs and I don't see anything obvious. I also searched my registry for keywords homepage and blank. There was nothing obvious there, either.

I'm confident that this isn't a redirect virus.

Any suggestions for recovering my homepage?

 

[TrainableMan]

In IE9 go to the page you want to be your homepage.
Now go to Tools > Internet Options > General Tab
Click the Use Current button

That should set the homepage for where IE opens when you start it. If it does not then I would suspect maybe you never got rid of all the virus; maybe it left a toolbar installed which redirects you to a specific homepage.

Then you can also set whether it opens anything when you click on a new tab:
Still on Tools > Internet Options > General Tab
Under the section "Change how webpages are displayed in tabs," click Settings
Under "When a new tab is opened, open," you have a dropdown list to choose blank or the tab page or the first home page.

 

[pmillen]

In IE9 go to the page you want to be your homepage.
Now go to Tools > Internet Options > General Tab
Click the Use Current button

That should set the homepage for where IE opens when you start it. If it does not then I would suspect maybe you never got rid of all the virus; maybe it left a toolbar installed which redirects you to a specific homepage.

Then you can also set whether it opens anything when you click on a new tab:
Still on Tools > Internet Options > General Tab
Under the section "Change how webpages are displayed in tabs," click Settings
Under "When a new tab is opened, open," you have a dropdown list to choose blank or the tab page or the first home page.

Oh! Dumb me! I thought that the thread subject: IE 9 Homepage Won't Change implied that I had attempted to change the homepage. Yes, I tried to change it by using both Tools > Internet Options > General and the pull down associated with the Home (Alt + M) icon.

I'll try to make myself clear the next time.

 

[pmillen]

I installed IE 10. I was then able to use Tools/Internet Options/General-Home page to return to my preferred. Neither Tools/Internet Options/General-Home page nor the pull-down associated with the Home (Alt + M) icon would allow it when I was using IE 9.