Why won't Firefox browse to my address when I press enter on the keyboard?

Since I installed (and uninstalled) the 4.0 beta, when I type an address in the address bar (in 3.6) and press the enter key on the keyboard, nothing happens. I now must click the arrow to browse to my typed address. Solutions?

Try disabling the AVG Safe Search extension that you have installed. As '''''John99''''' alluded to, that extension has been reported to cause that problem for other users on 3.6.13 - AVG has some fixing to do with that extension.

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