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Gives my location wrong

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With Firefox I use a cox.net home page which give the location and weather in Phoenix, AZ. I live in Green Valley, AZ. and can not get the change made from displaying Phoenix. I need it to display Green Valley location and weather. I can change it to display Green Valley info but after turning off Firefox, it will display the Phoenix info again on start up.

With Firefox I use a cox.net home page which give the location and weather in Phoenix, AZ. I live in Green Valley, AZ. and can not get the change made from displaying Phoenix. I need it to display Green Valley location and weather. I can change it to display Green Valley info but after turning off Firefox, it will display the Phoenix info again on start up.

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Such details are stored in a cookie.

  • Create an allow cookie exception (Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: Exceptions) to keep such a cookie, especially for secure websites and if cookies expire when Firefox is closed.

Make sure that you do not run Firefox in Private Browsing mode.

Do not use Clear Recent History to clear the "Cookies" and the "Site Preferences"

Clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, and passwords.

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Chosen Solution

Such details are stored in a cookie.

  • Create an allow cookie exception (Tools > Options > Privacy > Cookies: Exceptions) to keep such a cookie, especially for secure websites and if cookies expire when Firefox is closed.

Make sure that you do not run Firefox in Private Browsing mode.

Do not use Clear Recent History to clear the "Cookies" and the "Site Preferences"

Clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, and passwords.

See also:

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Thank you. That fixed my location problem.

azjoe38
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So glad to get my location problem solved. Thank you again, cor-el, for the help.

azjoe38

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You're welcome