Firefox can't load google page...

[Puggit]

My PC has suddenly stopped letting me surf to any Google URL.

If I go to www.woogle.co.uk I get a message:

---

You have chosen to open

which is a: application/octet-stream
from http://www.google.co.uk

What should Firefox do with this file?

---

There is a blank section indicating what the file name is

I've removed all my Firefox cookies - but no joy.

Any ideas?

[ballisticbanana]

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-rc.html

Seems to work fine with me!
Firefox 3 is much better.

[Puggit]

Same problem

[130R]

Does it work for you in IE? (for example)

If it does then try starting firefox in safe-mode. In windows you would:

Kill off any firefox windows, click on start (bottom left), click on Run... and enter:

firefox -safe-mode

If it does load the page ok in safe-mode it is likely an extension you have installed that is causing the problem.

[Puggit]

Yep - works in IE

All add-ons removed - all plugins disabled.

Same behaviour.

If I try and open the file, it tells me it's a .part file it's playing with. The name is a random name.part

Edited by Puggit on Monday 26th May 10:55

[130R]

Hmm weird. I don't know then really, when you went to firefox 3 did you just install it over the top of your last install? Maybe try and completely remove firefox then do a fresh install (if you didn't). Maybe also check your firewall isn't doing something weird with it.

[LordGrover]

Sounds to me like a file association issue. Make IE default browser, reboot and make FF default browser ... maybe ... :dunnotypeshrug:

[Puggit]

Resolved it eventually with an uninstall, remove folder on disk and clean registry, reinstall.

Oh well - thanks for suggestions...