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Issues with search via adress bar

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Gefallener Soldat
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Sometimes when I type a query in the address bar and hit enter nothing happens at all. This does not happen all the time but whenever it does, it is very frustrating.

Sometimes when I type a query in the address bar and hit enter nothing happens at all. This does not happen all the time but whenever it does, it is very frustrating.
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FredMcD
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What is your default search engine?

Start Firefox in Safe Mode {web Link} by holding down the <Shift>
(Mac=Options) key, and then starting Firefox. A small dialog should appear. Click Start In Safe Mode (not Refresh).

Is the problem still there?

cor-el
cor-el
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Does opening the link/query via Alt+Enter in a new tab work in such a case?

Gefallener Soldat
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Sorry for the absence.

I started Firefox in safe mode and just managed to replicate this bug, It did not make a change. I just made a fresh install and it still occurs. I am at a loss.

Alt-Entering didn't make any diffirence either.

Modified by Gefallener Soldat

FredMcD
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Type about:preferences#privacy<enter> in the address bar. At the bottom of the page, find Location Bar.

What is selected?