Firefox won't connect to any website, but other browsers will.

When I enter something in the URL bar -- google.com, localhost, http://127.0.0.1/ an IP address, there's a split second flash, then the bar becomes empty again and nothing has happened. It looks like Firefox isn't even trying to connect to the internet.
Yesterday, all was well when I was running FF on Windows 7. After the upgrade to Windows 8 Pro, Firefox failed. I upgraded again to Windows 8.1, hoping for the best, but it's the same problem.
I have walked through the firewall issue, several times (the only one running is Windows' built-in firewall). I eventually uninstalled Firefox, including all my custom settings, and reinstalled from scratch, twice. And even this pure, clean version of Firefox will not connect to the internet.
I'm a computer-literate web developer and would be happy to look at log files, or run some tool (Fiddler?) to see what's happening at a low level, if only I knew where to look.

Others with similar problems please look at the article
* [[Firefox can't load websites but other browsers can]]
MM..,
mm... That just about sums up my thought on reading your question. Rather odd this one. I will list some brief ideas and number them to make them easier to refer to or comment on.
Obviously this does not affect all Firefox 27 on Windows 8. It must be something fairly specific to your setup. I have no idea what your problem is and you have tried some of the obvious troubleshooting steps.
Rather a general shotgun approach but the best I can do is suggest this list
# Clean Install Presumably you will have tried deleting the program path files in order to get a clean install. [[Troubleshoot and diagnose Firefox problems#w_5-reinstall-firefox]]_5-reinstall-firefox (See also note about ESR install)
# Firefox SafeMode will also have been tried [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode]] Remembering to disable or uninstall plugins, safemode does not do that.
# Try a new clean additional test Profile. [[Use the Profile Manager to create and remove Firefox profiles#w_creating-a-profile]]_creating-a-profile
#Windows Safe Mode
# Install and try Firefox ESR http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/
#* As a developer you are probably interested in using that anyhow. Either a customised install as an additional browser http://kb.mozillazine.org/Testing_pre-release_versions#Installing_multiple_versions Or use the unofficial Firefox portable. http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/firefox-portable-esr
#* Helps rule out: Firefox code or feature regressions, Corrupted program files
#* Should quickly enable you to see a working Firefox again
# Run scans for malware problems with multiple tools
#* [[Troubleshoot Firefox issues caused by malware]]
# Is it only network problems ? Confirm you are you able to open local html files on the same partition ?
# Firefox's Network Console should throw light on the situation. There is also the Firefox Error Console and Profiler (Profiler is now built in)
#* https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Performance/Profiling_with_the_Built-in_Profiler
#* https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Network_Monitor
#* https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Web_Console
# also see kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic

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