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Back Button skips pages

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rkmendon
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Firefox 4 - if I open a webpage, then click on a link to an earlier page on that site, then download a pic, then hit the back button, it goes back to the first page I viewed, not the most recent one. I have gone through all the procedures for checking plugins and addons, to no avail. If I can't get this fixed I'm going back to v. 3...

Firefox 4 - if I open a webpage, then click on a link to an earlier page on that site, then download a pic, then hit the back button, it goes back to the first page I viewed, not the most recent one. I have gone through all the procedures for checking plugins and addons, to no avail. If I can't get this fixed I'm going back to v. 3...

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TonyE
TonyE
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Do you have the McAfee Site Advisor installed. What you are describing can be caused by that add-on, uninstalling or disabling it will cause the back button to function normally.

rkmendon
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No, I don't.

TonyE
TonyE
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Check to see if another add-on is causing this. For details of how to do that see https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

rkmendon
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I have already done all of that. I opened Firefox 4 in safe mode, which I assume disables all the add-ons, and still had the problem.