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What word do I type in the URL window to access certain options?

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Help! My personal memory has been blanked. I recall there was something I used to type in the URL window to get Firefox into a rather advanced prefs /options page, but I cannot remember what it was.

Help! My personal memory has been blanked. I recall there was something I used to type in the URL window to get Firefox into a rather advanced prefs /options page, but I cannot remember what it was.

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Do you mean the about:config page?


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Do you mean the about:config page?


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Yes! That was it. I remembered it was a word or two with a colon, but I just blanked out. Thanks very much.

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You're welcome