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FF is changing the Locale for Web sites (Adobe/McAfee and even FF Support!); how can I fix it to en-US?

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Dear Sirs,

Here's an issue I have ONLY with FF, and ONLY on this machine:

1. Whenever I am entering SOME Web sites (among which, but not restricted to - Adobe, McAfee, Google [until I forcefully changed its Preferences], and even FF's Support), the Web site assumes that I need it in SPANISH (locale - es)! Here's an example: I type , < http://www.mcafee.com >, and the browser/ Web site switches ON ITS OWN to < http://www.mcafee.com/es/ > !

2. Just to clear things: 

  a. I am running an English version of Win8 x64;
  b. The Windows interface language is set to en-US, and the location to Israel;
  c. The FF version is en-US
  d. As already stated, this happens ONLY in FF (IE & Chrome exhibit no such issues).

3. I would appreciate knowing which parm/ setting in FF leads the Web sites to believe that they have to switch to Spanish (and, of course, how to reset it to the correct -- English -- value).

Thanks in advance for your help,

Carola

Dear Sirs, Here's an issue I have ONLY with FF, and ONLY on this machine: 1. Whenever I am entering SOME Web sites (among which, but not restricted to - Adobe, McAfee, Google [until I forcefully changed its Preferences], and even FF's Support), the Web site assumes that I need it in SPANISH (locale - es)! Here's an example: I type , < http://www.mcafee.com >, and the browser/ Web site switches ON ITS OWN to < http://www.mcafee.com/es/ > ! 2. Just to clear things: a. I am running an English version of Win8 x64; b. The Windows interface language is set to en-US, and the location to Israel; c. The FF version is en-US d. As already stated, this happens ONLY in FF (IE & Chrome exhibit no such issues). 3. I would appreciate knowing which parm/ setting in FF leads the Web sites to believe that they have to switch to Spanish (and, of course, how to reset it to the correct -- English -- value). Thanks in advance for your help, Carola

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hello carola, could you check in firefox > options > content > languages if english is set as primary preference?

Settings for web content, pop-ups, fonts, and languages

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CarolaT
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One more point (to the same): starting FF in SAFE mode doesn't help either!

Also: when I stated that FF Support's Web site switches to Spanish (es), I referred -- of course -- to < https://support.mozilla.org > which switches on its own to < https://support.mozilla.org/es/home >.

Hope this helps.

Thanks again for any helpful info you may provide,

Carola

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hello carola, could you check in firefox > options > content > languages if english is set as primary preference?

Settings for web content, pop-ups, fonts, and languages

CarolaT
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Dear "MadPerson",

Thank you so much for your input.

Actually, it was Spanish that was in the first place (as it was the LAST I added to that set).

I reversed the order of the languages (thus having English in the first place and Spanish in the last), and the trouble went away :)

Who would have thought that THIS order of the languages mattered? The input just asks about which languages are going to be used, as a whole ...

Thanks again,

Carola