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Awesome bar doesn't react. It doesn't go to any site or page (e.g. about:config), not even in safe mode. No search engines available, can't add any.

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I can type any site or page I want in the awesome bar, when pressing "Enter" there is no reaction at all. I can't go to any page that is not bookmarked. There is no search engine and I can't add any. I reinstalled Firefox, restarted the computer, without result. The result is the same in the Safe Mode. Resetting Firefox doesn't change anything. Firefox has become almost useless, please help.

I can type any site or page I want in the awesome bar, when pressing "Enter" there is no reaction at all. I can't go to any page that is not bookmarked. There is no search engine and I can't add any. I reinstalled Firefox, restarted the computer, without result. The result is the same in the Safe Mode. Resetting Firefox doesn't change anything. Firefox has become almost useless, please help.

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There appears to be a problem with Firefox 20 with UNC paths when using roaming profiles on network servers.

This is currently investigated and tracked via this bug report.

  • Bug 857672 - Address Bar not working (roaming profiles;UNC path support OS.File)

(please do not comment in bug reports: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html)

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We are currently aware of this issue. We are currently working on this issue and working on a fix asap to be pushed out as we understand this may be a very annoying issue.

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There appears to be a problem with Firefox 20 with UNC paths when using roaming profiles on network servers.

This is currently investigated and tracked via this bug report.

  • Bug 857672 - Address Bar not working (roaming profiles;UNC path support OS.File)

(please do not comment in bug reports: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/page.cgi?id=etiquette.html)