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Images with www in URL will not load

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AnonymousUser
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Okay so suddenly Firefox has decided that it cannot read file URLs that contain the www prefix. This means http://timelesschaos.com/transferFiles/411tribalChallenge.gif will load fine, but http://www.timelesschaos.com/transferFiles/411tribalChallenge.gif will not load at all. To be clear, it was working perfectly fine two days ago. This also holds true for a multitude of websites, and is not isolated to any one. I don't think I changed any settings, and I just updated firefox to be sure. They also work fine in other browsers.

If I try to directly view the content I get this message

"File not found

Firefox can't find the file at http://www.timelesschaos.com/transferFiles/411tribalChallenge.gif."

Again, getting rid of the www makes it work perfectly.

This happened

Every time Firefox opened

== Yesterday

Okay so suddenly Firefox has decided that it cannot read file URLs that contain the www prefix. This means http://timelesschaos.com/transferFiles/411tribalChallenge.gif will load fine, but http://www.timelesschaos.com/transferFiles/411tribalChallenge.gif will not load at all. To be clear, it was working perfectly fine two days ago. This also holds true for a multitude of websites, and is not isolated to any one. I don't think I changed any settings, and I just updated firefox to be sure. They also work fine in other browsers. If I try to directly view the content I get this message "File not found Firefox can't find the file at http://www.timelesschaos.com/transferFiles/411tribalChallenge.gif." Again, getting rid of the www makes it work perfectly. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == Yesterday

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user66338
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Hello Anonymous,

follow these steps to unblock images:

  • Go to Tools > Options. Click the Content tab.
  • In the Content section, next to Load images automatically, click the Exceptions button.
  • Now, find the site you want to re-allow images for, click it and hit the Remove button

Other advice can be found in the Fix problems that cause images to not show article.

Kind regards, Tobbi Firefox Support Volunteer