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Firefox is not opening the 'about:config page'. It gives and error saying url is wrong.

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I'm running Firefox 3.6.8 in Ubuntu 10.04 and are trying to open: about:config page But this ends up in the error saying url is wrong.

I'm running Firefox 3.6.8 in Ubuntu 10.04 and are trying to open: about:config page But this ends up in the error saying url is wrong.

Modified by jlunse

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Just confirm are you typing:

about:config page

If you are then that will cause the error, you need to enter this:

about:config

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Just confirm are you typing:

about:config page

If you are then that will cause the error, you need to enter this:

about:config

Modified by TonyE

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Yes, this was my mistake.

about:config

Works fine!