Comment 228 for bug 240242

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) wrote : Re: [Bug 240242] Re: address bar suddenly not responding to <enter> or the green arrow

On 10/27/2009 06:43 PM, STAR wrote:
> ####### PLEASE NOTE HERE ARE TWO WORKING SOLUTIONS, TRY NUMBER 2 FIRST ############
> - First of all, let me tell you that i had the same problem since two weeks... and i tried to fix it tonight with the help of this topic.
> - I am on FF 3.5 with a loooooooooot of plugins and addons.
> - I am on Windows Vista
> - My problem was the same of yours... the enter button do not work to enterlocations on adressbar, same thing with the green button, and same thing with ctrl+enter, etc.
>
> 1. FIRST SOLUTION : Half Solution (cause you'll have to reinstall your plugins and addons and add your preferences )
> - All you have to do is click on RUN >( then) >EXECUTE >( then) > Firefox -P
> - You create a new profile and things will be back again.
> - As i said you will have to reinstall plugins, preferences, addons, etc.
>
> 2. SECOND SOLUTION : EVERYTHING IS BACK
> This solution worked for me... let's just say i was lucky.
> - Go to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\chrome
> - Rename browser.xul
> - Run firefox (you will notice that it's not working, it's normal)
> - Go back to C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\chrome and get browser.xul to it's original name
> - Run firefox again... it's should work then ! :)
>
> I hope you all resolve the problem... please share the solution and
> please let others know if it worked for you.
>
> Taher ALAMI (STAR)
> http://twitter.com/taheralami
>
How is the above solutions help for our packages? The paths
you gave above are Windows file system paths

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