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New URL+enter gives Searchpage instead of site asked for

AnonymousUser
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New previsiously not visited URL in adress field + Enter key gives Searchpage instead of site asked for

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== 3.5 and onwards

New previsiously not visited URL in adress field + Enter key gives Searchpage instead of site asked for == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == 3.5 and onwards

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Additional info: Enter "fails" as above but ALT+Enter does open the correct page in a new window...(correctly)... I use this as a workaround when not using a mouse to skip searching for a page I already know the adress.