Failed to open local files.

I can't open any local files or folders in Firefox.

I tried to open the following file types in Firefox: htm, html, txt, pdf, xpi.

I tried to open files in one of the following ways:
-Drag drop Firefox from the windows Explorer
-Right click on the file in windows Explorer and open it with Firefox
-Double-click on the files that would be opened in Firefox by default
-"Open a file" from the file menu of Firefox

I encountered this problem in Firefox 3.x and Firefox 4.0. When I try to open a file in Firefox, it creates a new tab with the path to the file in the address bar, but the file does not open.

Any idea what could go wrong?

Thank you
Rob

You can have an extension (NoScript?) that blocks access to the local files.

Start Firefox in Firefox to solve the issues in Safe Mode to check if one of the Add-ons is the cause of the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Modules > appearance/themes).

  • Makes no changes on the start safe mode window.

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