[5.x] Revert "Escape start_page Preference to avoid invalid Redirect" #11651
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This pull request reverts #11616, as it seems to have caused an issue with some folks who use slashes in their start page URLs, which is pretty common.
I've reverted the escaping introduced in #11616, and added some additional tests.
Fixes #11649.