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Why does the address of my homepage display extra characters?

Luigi Oppido
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Luigi Oppido is the Owner and Operator of Pleasure Point Computers in Santa Cruz, California. Luigi has over 25 years of experience in general computer repair, data recovery, virus removal, and upgrades. He is also the host of the Computer Man Show! broadcasted on KSQD covering central California for over two years.

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If you navigate to the page, then click on the page and set it as your webpage, it will often save a lot of extra metadata that you'll see in the address bar. Instead, I recommend changing your homepage through your settings—that way, you can just type in the webpage you want to use directly, without that metadata.

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Yahoo was my home page and all at once it was gone why?

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Your browser may have malware that requires removal. Consider testing out the change in home page on another browser in the meantime, and refer to the "Tips" section for advice on how to remove the hijacker.

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how to use yahoo canada as my home page and browser

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Simpy follow the steps above for your specific browser! Just be sure to use Yahoo Canada's specific URL when changing your homepage.

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How do I know what browser I have?

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If you are unsure what the name of your browser is, hover your mouse over the browser icon in your taskbar. A small pop-up will tell you the name of the browser application.

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