Problem clearing visited links
I am having a problem with clearing visited links in Win 7 / Firefox 11.o
I can clear visited links except for one site: Silicon Investor: http://www.siliconinvestor.com/home.aspx
I go to:
- Tools
- Clear recent history
- Time Range to clear: Everything
- Clear Browsing and Download History
- Clear Cache
- Clear Active Logins
- Clear Offline Website Data
Again, the only site that will not clear is Silicon Investor.
Thanks for your help!
PS: On Silicon Investor site, the History clears, but the Visited Links do NOT clear.
Modified by rbir
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Are you reloading the page with the link after clearing history? The link will keep the same appearance until the page is reloaded.
Yes, I am reloading the page and nothing changes.
Also, several times I have reloaded the page and then shut down my PC and restarted. Nothing seems to clear the visited links.
I tend to think the problem may be at Silicon Investor - maybe some incompatibility with Firefox 11.0 ?
Thanks
PS: I have done some more experimenting and discovered the following:
1. If I am logged in to the Silicon Investor site I can clear history, but I am unable to clear the visited links.
2. If I am NOT logged into the Silicon Investor site I can clear history, AND clear the visited links with no problem at all.
So, I am thinking that there IS some incompatibility that occurs ONLY when logged in.
Strange!
Modified by rbir
A possible cause is a problem with the file places.sqlite that stores the bookmarks and the history.
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Bookmarks_history_and_toolbar_buttons_not_working_-_Firefox
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Bookmarks+not+saved#w_fix-the-bookmarks-file
You can also try to repair the places database with this extension: