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Often Firefox requires me to go to History>clear recent history Then clean cache and cookies Then reloadpage Why?

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Cambronze
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Running Firefox 22.0

Often a webpage loads as an unformatted text only page. ctrl

= r does not fix it. I have found the only work arpond is to clear the cache and cookies under history. then reloading the page How do I fix this intemittant problem?

Running Firefox 22.0 Often a webpage loads as an unformatted text only page. ctrl = r does not fix it. I have found the only work arpond is to clear the cache and cookies under history. then reloading the page How do I fix this intemittant problem?

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user633449
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Please update to Firefox 23 and see if things are better. Update Firefox to the latest release

cor-el
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Which security software (firewall, anti-virus) do you have?

Make sure that you fully allow Firefox and that no content gets blocked.

Are you using cleanup software like CCleaner to clear personal data in the Firefox profile folder?

Cache and cookies shouldn't get corrupted and require to clear them often. It might be necessary after Firefox has updated.

You can try to reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files if it happens again.

  • Hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
  • Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
  • Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)