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about.config adds http when I press enter

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When I enter about.config into Firefox 3.6.13 address bar and press Enter, an http: is added to the entry and a Yahoo search window opens. I cannot access about.config.

When I enter about.config into Firefox 3.6.13 address bar and press Enter, an http: is added to the entry and a Yahoo search window opens. I cannot access about.config.

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about:config - with a colon, not a period

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the-edmeister
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about:config - with a colon, not a period

cor-el
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about: is a protocol. See http://kb.mozillazine.org/About_protocol_links