Firefox won't open file:/// links

I have a local file I wish to view in firefox without starting a HTTP server (it's only docs for a crate I'm building) however Firefox is unable to open the file despite … (funda kabanzi)

I have a local file I wish to view in firefox without starting a HTTP server (it's only docs for a crate I'm building) however Firefox is unable to open the file despite the file existing and having correct permissions. The file was in a separate mount (disk) to where Ffox is installed so I copied to to /tmp/ to remove that as a variable but still no joy..

➜ ~ file /tmp/index.html /tmp/index.html: HTML document, Unicode text, UTF-8 text, with very long lines (3556) ➜ ~ ls -la /tmp/index.html -rwxr-xr-x 1 ben ben 4208 Dec 30 14:04 /tmp/index.html

Am I missing some new setting which allows local file browsing using the good old 'file:///' protocol?

Thanks, Ben

OS Info: PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS" NAME="Ubuntu" VERSION="24.04.3 LTS (Noble Numbat)" VERSION_CODENAME=noble

F/Fox version: 146.0.1 (64-bit)

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Closed Pinned Tabs Even After Setting Firefox to Reopen Previous Tabs after Closing

Hi, I have the settings of 'General > Startup > [checked] Open previous windows and tabs' on. Most of the time it works as expected, but there are several occurren… (funda kabanzi)

Hi, I have the settings of 'General > Startup > [checked] Open previous windows and tabs' on. Most of the time it works as expected, but there are several occurrences when all of the sudden all of my pinned tabs are gone. When this happened, I usually tried the 'Command + Shift + T' to restore them. Sometimes they came back, some other times, they don't.

Can you fix it?

It's starting to get really irritating because I can have >12 tabs pinned and it's troublesome to have to remember them all in case this happens again in the future.

Thanks!

Asked by debora.sormin1 4 izinyanga ezidlule

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Can't access website "www.powerball.com" with Firefox.

Whenever I try to access the Powerball website I get the following response - The request is blocked. 20260116T144515Z-17584c64c9f58vrnhC1MIAm1t80000000t4g00000000rcec… (funda kabanzi)

Whenever I try to access the Powerball website I get the following response -


The request is blocked. 20260116T144515Z-17584c64c9f58vrnhC1MIAm1t80000000t4g00000000rcec

I have no issue with other browsers.

Thanks Gary

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History, shortcuts and recent history gone and no longer being collected

After a re-start, my Firefox browser on a Dell laptop lost all history and has since also not been collecting websites visited. When opening a new tab, the shortcuts and … (funda kabanzi)

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Edge Suddenly Taking Over (My Beloved Firefox) - MS Edge? BLECH!

Hi! I'm on a relatively new to me (refurb) desktop computer running Win 10 Pro (64 bit)* and Firefox 143.0.3. In the past week both Firefox and Win 10 have updated. I d… (funda kabanzi)

Hi! I'm on a relatively new to me (refurb) desktop computer running Win 10 Pro (64 bit)* and Firefox 143.0.3.

In the past week both Firefox and Win 10 have updated. I don't know what happened, but now when I boot up or reboot, my computer opens to MS Edge. Yuck!

Every single time I have to reinstall Firefox! Once I do that, all is well again. I have all my bookmarks back, etc.

It also keeps changing my "default to Firefox" browser setting, turning it OFF, while I'm using Firefox. I repeatedly have to keep going in and clicking to make FF to the default browser again.

Why is it doing this? How do I stop it?

Anyway, I know I can't delete Edge or uninstall it. How do I shove it back into the black hole it has lived in until now?

Thanks very much in advance for any help offered. :)

KathyOnOBX

  • (Nope - computer not eligible to upgrade to Win 11. My processor isn't fast enough, I think.)

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Firefox in Windows shows multiple 'instances' in Task Manager and often says 'not closed properly'

for some weeks now, Firefox (latest, in Windows) crashes, or says 'not closed properly' and shows (usually) 12 'instances' in Task Manager when only one tab has been open… (funda kabanzi)

for some weeks now, Firefox (latest, in Windows) crashes, or says 'not closed properly' and shows (usually) 12 'instances' in Task Manager when only one tab has been opened. I'm not techie, and need clear advice. Can anyone help please? Hugh, UK

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The website you are blocking is on my domain and is my website. Why are you blocking it? Stop blocking it!

https://www.datilcam.com/weather/index.htm The website you are blocking is on my domain and is my website. Why are you blocking it? Stop blocking it! … (funda kabanzi)

https://www.datilcam.com/weather/index.htm

The website you are blocking is on my domain and is my website. Why are you blocking it? Stop blocking it!

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Accidentally removed extensions button. Want to add it back (for 3 add-ons within that button). Icon not in "customise toolbar"

After my bitwarden add-on failed me, I remembered ChatGPT helping me with this another time - but I got it wrong. I right clicked the extensions button (I have 3 add-ons … (funda kabanzi)

After my bitwarden add-on failed me, I remembered ChatGPT helping me with this another time - but I got it wrong. I right clicked the extensions button (I have 3 add-ons falling under that button) and removed from tool bar, thinking I could then reinstall it and the Bitwarden issue would rectify.

Instead, the extension icon disappeared, and is nowhere to be located. ChatGPT wants to do some reconfiguring but surely there's a better way. I have looked in "customise toolbar" (ie, right click toolbar, click customise toolbar and look for the icon" - but the puzzle piece icon is not there.

Surely I have hidden the puzzle piece icon somehow and I need to do some sort of magic to make it reappear... Have never had this issue with Firefox previously.

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Sites in the latest versions stopped opening.

After upgrading my 128 esr to 140 esr, some sites stopped opening. In regular versions, it has not opened for a long time. There are many such sites, for example, qwen3.a… (funda kabanzi)

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Issues navigating nbcnews.com web site

I visit the nbcnews.com web site frequently. For the past +/- 48 hours, I have been having issues. I can open the home page and scroll from top to bottom just fine. Howev… (funda kabanzi)

I visit the nbcnews.com web site frequently. For the past +/- 48 hours, I have been having issues. I can open the home page and scroll from top to bottom just fine. However when I now double-clcik to open a specific article, that article page opens for about one second and is then immediately replaced with a page that says "Something Went Wrong. Access to NBC News is temporarily unavailable. The problem will be resolved as soon as possible." This happens on whatever article I select. It also happens on 2 separate computers.

I e-mailed support at NBC News. Their response was "we cannot duplicate this behavior." They suggested I try another browser. I do not use anything other than Firefox, but I found an old installed copy of Internet Explorer from... 2015. IE opened the NBC News main page and all of the sub-pages just fine.

My Firefox just updated to version 115.30.0esr X64 within the past several days. I am not certain if the NBC News issue happened as a result of that update or not. Has anyone else experienced similar difficulties with this web site or as a result of this latest update?

Asked by wdunwoody 2 izinyanga ezidlule

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Flash Player update message

I have asked this question before and followed ALL recommendations to no avail. I received no other suggestions to now, nearly a year later I am asking this question agai… (funda kabanzi)

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https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1473866

I am running a fully updated Windows 11 computer. I have 4 fully up to date browsers; Vivaldi 7.5.3735.66 (Stable channel) (64-bit); EDGE Version 139.0.3405.125 (Official build) (64-bit); DuckDuckGo version 0.126.3; and Firefox 142.01. I play Bejeweled Blitz on FaceBook. The game works perfectly on all browsers EXCEPT Firefox. When I try to play on Firefox I get a message that says I must "upgrade to the latest version of Flash:. There is NO flash anymore. Why am I getting this message on Firefox but the game works just fine on all other browsers?

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Firefox/Apparmor

Hello, i was trying to check my apparmor stuff because of the warning on Linux. Now i tried duck.ai to instruct me , but created more damage than anything else. It said… (funda kabanzi)

Hello,

i was trying to check my apparmor stuff because of the warning on Linux. Now i tried duck.ai to instruct me , but created more damage than anything else. It said to set firefox in enforcement mode, now it wont start (well im using Firefox right now in complain mode)

How do I fix this problem that everything runs normally and safe?


Please help me! madmorph666@madmorph666-E14301:~$ sudo aa-complain /usr/bin/firefox /usr/bin/firefox wird in den Complain-Modus versetzt. madmorph666@madmorph666-E14301:~$ firefox ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. [Parent 72019, Main Thread] WARNING: gtk_widget_get_clipboard: assertion 'gtk_widget_has_screen (widget)' failed: 'glib warning', file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(firefox:72019): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 03:12:17.894: gtk_widget_get_clipboard: assertion 'gtk_widget_has_screen (widget)' failed [Parent 72019, Main Thread] WARNING: gtk_clipboard_request_contents: assertion 'clipboard != NULL' failed: 'glib warning', file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(firefox:72019): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 03:12:17.894: gtk_clipboard_request_contents: assertion 'clipboard != NULL' failed [Parent 72019, Main Thread] WARNING: gtk_widget_get_clipboard: assertion 'gtk_widget_has_screen (widget)' failed: 'glib warning', file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(firefox:72019): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 03:12:17.894: gtk_widget_get_clipboard: assertion 'gtk_widget_has_screen (widget)' failed [Parent 72019, Main Thread] WARNING: gtk_clipboard_request_contents: assertion 'clipboard != NULL' failed: 'glib warning', file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(firefox:72019): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 03:12:17.894: gtk_clipboard_request_contents: assertion 'clipboard != NULL' failed [Parent 72019, Main Thread] WARNING: gtk_widget_get_clipboard: assertion 'gtk_widget_has_screen (widget)' failed: 'glib warning', file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(firefox:72019): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 03:12:17.894: gtk_widget_get_clipboard: assertion 'gtk_widget_has_screen (widget)' failed [Parent 72019, Main Thread] WARNING: gtk_clipboard_request_contents: assertion 'clipboard != NULL' failed: 'glib warning', file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(firefox:72019): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 03:12:17.894: gtk_clipboard_request_contents: assertion 'clipboard != NULL' failed [Parent 72019, Main Thread] WARNING: gtk_widget_get_clipboard: assertion 'gtk_widget_has_screen (widget)' failed: 'glib warning', file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(firefox:72019): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 03:12:17.894: gtk_widget_get_clipboard: assertion 'gtk_widget_has_screen (widget)' failed [Parent 72019, Main Thread] WARNING: gtk_clipboard_request_contents: assertion 'clipboard != NULL' failed: 'glib warning', file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(firefox:72019): Gtk-CRITICAL **: 03:12:17.894: gtk_clipboard_request_contents: assertion 'clipboard != NULL' failed ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. [Child 72430, Main Thread] WARNING: Unable to open /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/dconf/profile/user: Keine Berechtigung: 'glib warning', file /builds/worker/checkouts/gecko/toolkit/xre/nsSigHandlers.cpp:201

(/usr/lib/firefox/firefox-bin:72430): dconf-WARNING **: 03:12:53.181: Unable to open /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/dconf/profile/user: Keine Berechtigung ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment. ATTENTION: default value of option mesa_glthread overridden by environment.

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Any linux 32 bit alternatives?

I read firefox is dropping linux 32. Are there any alternatives? I only use the internet to watch youtube videos. I don't feel like having to buy a new laptop for this.… (funda kabanzi)

I read firefox is dropping linux 32. Are there any alternatives?

I only use the internet to watch youtube videos.

I don't feel like having to buy a new laptop for this.


https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-has-ended-support-32-bit-linux#firefox:linux:fx144

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ccleaner delete my bookmarks and i don't know how to recover it

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