Do you have an issue with open localhost file on Firefox. Well here a solution I found that works.

After installing XAMPP server on my Windows 7 box, I immediately open Firefox and try to browse the localhost, instead of seeing the XAMPP default home page, the browser redirect the request to a Google search engine home page.

In the URL address bar I put in: http://localhost/xampp/, and this does not work at all. I then open up Internet Explorer and Chrome to try it out and there is no issue with the URL, the page opens up fine.

I go back to the Firefox and try http://127.0.0.1/xampp/ and now the web page load ok. I still haven't figure out why the localhost is not resolving with Firefox but at least using 127.0.0.1 works fine for now. If you are having a similar issue hopefully this can help.

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