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Firefox won't open one site but other browsers can

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Firefox 59.0.2 on my iMac, running OS 10.11.6 won't open this site: http://www.nscommunitylinks.ca It was able to do so in the past. Both Google Chrome and Safari can open it as can a new version of Firefox on my laptop. I restarted Firefox, disabled addons, refreshed Firefox and started in safe mode. Nothing works. I finally threw Firefox in the trash and downloaded it again from the website. It started and somehow picked up all my old bookmarks, etc. When I tried to open the site, no luck.

Now what? Use Chrome?

Firefox 59.0.2 on my iMac, running OS 10.11.6 won't open this site: http://www.nscommunitylinks.ca It was able to do so in the past. Both Google Chrome and Safari can open it as can a new version of Firefox on my laptop. I restarted Firefox, disabled addons, refreshed Firefox and started in safe mode. Nothing works. I finally threw Firefox in the trash and downloaded it again from the website. It started and somehow picked up all my old bookmarks, etc. When I tried to open the site, no luck. Now what? Use Chrome?

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I had no problem with; http://nscommunitylinks.ca/ What happens when you try? Error messages?


Firefox comes in two or more folders on all computers. They are;

Maintenance: (Programs Folder) <Windows Only> Firefox itself: (Programs Folder) And two folders in the profile of each user on the computer for each Firefox profile for that user.

If you remove the Firefox folder, the user profiles would not be affected.

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I had no problem with; http://nscommunitylinks.ca/ What happens when you try? Error messages?


Firefox comes in two or more folders on all computers. They are;

Maintenance: (Programs Folder) <Windows Only> Firefox itself: (Programs Folder) And two folders in the profile of each user on the computer for each Firefox profile for that user.

If you remove the Firefox folder, the user profiles would not be affected.

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Thanks for your quick response. I found the problem was due to some fiddling I'd been doing with the website-- other browsers were able to open it because it was cached, I guess.

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That was very good work. Well done. Please flag your last post as Solved Problem so others will know.