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I use to be able to enter a URL and hit enter and Firefox would go to that site. Now I must hit the arrow in the address bar to go to the web page. How can I change that back

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I can no longer just hit enter to go to a web page. Now I have to hit the arrow on the right side of the address bar.

I can no longer just hit enter to go to a web page. Now I have to hit the arrow on the right side of the address bar.

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There is a known issue for Firefox 10 on Windows. It involves AVG Safe Search making the "Enter" key not work in the Location/URL bar. AVG needs to fix the problem with their Add-on for Firefox.

Also see --> Troubleshooting extensions and themes


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