Windows 7: IE 9 Homepage Won't Change

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 a 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?

Here's an MS Support article on repairing/reinstalling IE in Windows 7:

How to reinstall or repair Internet Explorer in Windows 7, Windows Vista, and Windows XP

You havn't mentioned anything about manually changing the Page yourserf within IE9.

Internet Explorer Home Page - Add or Change

Open your browser, Click on Tools, - Internet Options, Under the Home Page option, in the white box, Type www.myhomepage.com

Then press Ok. CLose IE, then re-open. Your home page should have changed from AboutBlank to what ever you typed in.?

Oh! Dumb me! I thought that it was implied in the thread subject: IE 9 Homepage Won't Change. I'll try to make myself clear the next time.

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.