Suddenly a couple of days ago, when I click on a link to a Microsoft website,
I am often routed to a Microsoft.fr webpage. This happens not only when I
click on links at search sites such as Google, but also sometimes when I
click on Favorite links to (formerly) MS.com us sites.

I checked and my language and country are still US and English. Granted, I
do visit some French websites occasionally, but I can think of nothing I've
done to make this a default choice.

It's absolutely maddening to be looking for a knowledge base article and
have it appear in French. And once on the French website, I can't find a
link to the US website or to the English-language version of the article.

Any suggestions for remedying the problem? I don't think there's any way
that I can get tech support on this from MS.

Usually deleting all microsoft.com cookies addresses this problem, Mary
Fran.
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
DTS-L http://dts-l.net/

Mary Fran wrote:
> Suddenly a couple of days ago, when I click on a link to a Microsoft
> website, I am often routed to a Microsoft.fr webpage. This happens not
> only when I click on links at search sites such as Google, but also
> sometimes when I click on Favorite links to (formerly) MS.com us sites.
>
> I checked and my language and country are still US and English. Granted,
> I
> do visit some French websites occasionally, but I can think of nothing
> I've
> done to make this a default choice.
>
> It's absolutely maddening to be looking for a knowledge base article and
> have it appear in French. And once on the French website, I can't find a
> link to the US website or to the English-language version of the article.
>
> Any suggestions for remedying the problem? I don't think there's any way
> that I can get tech support on this from MS.

Thanks, that did it.

I first tried selectively deleting MS cookies, but must have missed some, so
I deleted all cookies and history and the Favorites folder containing my MS
links, to boot. (Fortunately, I had "uncorrupted" bookmarks on another
computer.)

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Usually deleting all microsoft.com cookies addresses this problem, Mary
> Fran.
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>
> Mary Fran wrote:
> > Suddenly a couple of days ago, when I click on a link to a Microsoft
> > website, I am often routed to a Microsoft.fr webpage. This happens not
> > only when I click on links at search sites such as Google, but also
> > sometimes when I click on Favorite links to (formerly) MS.com us sites.
> >
> > I checked and my language and country are still US and English. Granted,
> > I
> > do visit some French websites occasionally, but I can think of nothing
> > I've
> > done to make this a default choice.
> >
> > It's absolutely maddening to be looking for a knowledge base article and
> > have it appear in French. And once on the French website, I can't find a
> > link to the US website or to the English-language version of the article.
> >
> > Any suggestions for remedying the problem? I don't think there's any way
> > that I can get tech support on this from MS.
>
>

YW & thanks for your feedback.

Mary Fran wrote:
> Thanks, that did it.
>
> I first tried selectively deleting MS cookies, but must have missed some,
> so
> I deleted all cookies and history and the Favorites folder containing my
> MS
> links, to boot. (Fortunately, I had "uncorrupted" bookmarks on another
> computer.)
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Usually deleting all microsoft.com cookies addresses this problem, Mary
>> Fran.
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
>> AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net
>> DTS-L http://dts-l.net/
>>
>> Mary Fran wrote:
>>> Suddenly a couple of days ago, when I click on a link to a Microsoft
>>> website, I am often routed to a Microsoft.fr webpage. This happens not
>>> only when I click on links at search sites such as Google, but also
>>> sometimes when I click on Favorite links to (formerly) MS.com us sites.
>>>
>>> I checked and my language and country are still US and English.
>>> Granted,
>>> I
>>> do visit some French websites occasionally, but I can think of nothing
>>> I've
>>> done to make this a default choice.
>>>
>>> It's absolutely maddening to be looking for a knowledge base article and
>>> have it appear in French. And once on the French website, I can't find
>>> a
>>> link to the US website or to the English-language version of the
>>> article.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions for remedying the problem? I don't think there's any
>>> way
>>> that I can get tech support on this from MS.