Damn. You're right: mine does the same thing. This worked for me:
* Using Explorer, browse to C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\
* Drag firefox.exe to the desktop and create a shortcut to firefox.exe on the desktop
* Right-click and get Properties on the shortcut to Firefox.exe
* In "target" add the URL after firefox.exe. e.g.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" http : // www. austec. info
(without the spaces added to stop this site mangling the URL)
* Copy your new shortcut to the QuickLaunch bar
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