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If I click on a google search link and return with the back arrow on the browser it takes me to the top of the page and not the link I just opened unlike Internet explorer

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I run a search on google.com and click on a link that comes up near the bottom of the page, After I read it and then use the back arrow (pointing left) to return to the searches it takes me to the top of the page to the first link google found rather than the link I just looked at. This does not happen with other web pages using firefox or Internet Explorer's Browser (using google).

I run a search on google.com and click on a link that comes up near the bottom of the page, After I read it and then use the back arrow (pointing left) to return to the searches it takes me to the top of the page to the first link google found rather than the link I just looked at. This does not happen with other web pages using firefox or Internet Explorer's Browser (using google).

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-> Clear Cookies & Cache

-> Clear the Network Cache

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Didn't work mha007. Any other suggestions? Thanks for helping. Does this happen for you? Jennheather

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Type about:config in the Location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key. When you see a warning, click I'll be careful, I promise! button.

  • Preferences that have been modified are shown as bold (user set).
  • Preferences can be Reset to the default or changed via the right-click context menu.

-> In the Filter bar, type browser.sessionhistory.max_entries

  • Right click the preference browser.sessionhistory.max_entries and click Modify
  • Change value from 0 to whatever you want over 0 (Default value is 50)
  • click OK

-> Close the about:config tab and then Restart Firefox.

See this post:

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Didn't work either

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