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I am having issues on a main page of a website when I click to follow another site, I get this; Bad Request Your browser sent a request that this server could n

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I am having issues on a main page of a website when I click to follow another site, I get this; Bad Request Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand.

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I am having issues on a main page of a website when I click to follow another site, I get this; Bad Request Your browser sent a request that this server could not understand. Reference #7.6ccc22ae.1411091381.0

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This issue can be caused by corrupted cookies.

Clear the cache and remove cookies only from websites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Firefox/Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Cached Web Content: "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > "Use custom settings for history" > Cookies: "Show Cookies"
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Ok I take those steps and it works the first time and after that it goes back to the same issue. Could it be a bug in the system?

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Ok I take those steps and it works the first time and after that it goes back to the same issue. Could it be a bug in the system? thanks.....

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Ok I take those steps and it works the first time and after that it goes back to the same issue. Could it be a bug in the system?

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If clearing cookies didn't help then it is possible that the cookies.sqlite file that stores the cookies got corrupted.

  • Rename (or delete) cookies.sqlite (cookies.sqlite.old) and delete other present cookies files like cookies.sqlite-journal in the Firefox profile folder in case the file cookies.sqlite got corrupted.

You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:

  • Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)

See also:

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window