I mean no disrespect, but I'd be lyin' if I said i know what this means. If IE works and FF does not, why not just use IE and be done with it?

Try typing the address into FF - or copy and paste

Do you have the Firefox extension ie view that lets you always open a page in IE? If so you may need reset that.

thanks for the responses

Azinoh..you said.." If IE works and FF does not, why not just use IE and be done with it?" Well I like FF better than IE and I just wanted to get everything operating on FF if I could.

owbist..that was a great idea to copy and paste the addy into FF but unfortunately it won't work. It flipped right back over to IE

bob414...yes there is an extension that says "always open this page in IE" but that is on the FF pages, on the IE page there is no such extension. That is how I set that web site to open in IE to began with.

Care to post the web site so we can have a squint?

You didn't say, if you use FF as your default browser when is the last time you deleted all your IE temp files and cookies? If you haven't something may be directing the site to IE.

DA

Maybe you need to go to your firefox add ons and under ie view click on options and remove the site from the list of sites that you have set to always open in ie.

Owbist, here's the web page of the Lily Auction that I have set to open in IE.

http://www.daylily.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi

damccoy Yes FF is my default browser. I just can't figure out how to get that one web page out of IE and back to FF.

In the "internet options" part of the IE page, I have the settings to delete temp files when browser is closed so I don't think that would be an issue.

When you say it flipped right back to IE, are you saying that even though you typed the url into the FF address bar it somehow opened in IE?

How do you go to that site? Do you have a shortcut that you double click? If so, maybe the shortcut properties are set to use IE. If you're using a shortcut (maybe on the desktop), right click and select properties. Let us know what the properties are.

bpgreen, yes that is what it does, I typed the url into the FF address bar and it opened in IE.

yes i have a shortcut set up for that site, it's on my keyboard. If I open the web site and right click and get 'properties' I get this:

PROTOCOL: Hypertext transfer protocol

TYPE: Firefox document

CONNECTION: Not encrypted

ADDRESS: http://www.daylily.com/cgi-bin/auction.cgi

then it has size and date created

does any of this help?

Did you follow my suggestion above to remove it from the list of sites you have set to open in ie. I don't see how you can open it if firefox if a firefox extension has firefox set to open it in ie.

clearing the cache on IE has nothing to do with firefox you must clear them in firefox also, are you using the latest version of firefox? to know the version at the top click on help and about firefox.
To clear the cache in firefox look under tools and see if you have an option there that says clear recent history near the bottom of the list, if yes click that and a box opens asking what all you want to clear I clear everything but the site preferences on mine also at the top of that box is a time range with a drop down arrow you can choose everything.
The other way to do it is go to Tools Preferences/options then the security tab check where it says clear history when firefox closes then over to the right click on settings in that box select what you want to clear you can then close firefox and open it and it will clear all that you selected, now if you do not want it to do that every time you close firefox go back in there and un check to do it every time firefox closes, or just select for it to clear the cache each time it closes which is what I do.

I agree with Bob414 it sounds like you have that page set to always open in IEview in your firefox browser you have to change that setting or it will continue to do that.

SUCCESS!!!

THANK YOU BOB414...that was it. I found the list to delete the IE set up to 'always open that page' in IE. I did the delete then I opened the web page in question and it opened in FF.

So simple, but if you don't know where to find stuff like that it can drive up up the wall.

you guys are the greatest!!

raven, thanks for the info on the settings. I went in and changed the settings to the ones that you said you used. I figure that if you had yours set that way I probably would be in good shape to have mine set the same.