Firefox webdriver opens first run page all the time

Question

How to disable this "first run" page once and for all for FF?

When FF driver is created, it opens tab with - https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/42.0/firstrun/learnmore/ and additional tab with target page.

Answer 1

This should work:

FirefoxProfile fp = new FirefoxProfile();

fp.setPreference("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank");

fp.setPreference("startup.homepage_welcome_url", "about:blank");

fp.setPreference("startup.homepage_welcome_url.additional", "about:blank");