.htaccess destroys the site (500 error)

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(sorry if I should have made this into a new post)

Since updating yo 1.4.5 I am having a weird issue - any change to .htaccess destroys the site (500 error). Even if I just remove the # to force it to be secure, I get a 500 error, Any change at all breaks it.

I would like to force https but it doesn’t seem to work!

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Please post the error that should be logged in your web server error logs so we know what’s the problem.

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/.htaccess: Invalid command '\xef\xbb\xbf##', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration
/.htaccess: Invalid command '\xef\xbb\xbf##', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server  /.htaccess: Invalid command '\xef\xbb\xbf##', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration, referer: (my url/dashboard)
/.htaccess: Invalid command '\xef\xbb\xbf##', perhaps misspelled or defined by a module not included in the server configuration, referer: (my url/dashboard)

This was just from removing the two #. Putting them back does not fix it, I have to reupload a new .htaccess.

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This is exactly the same problem like this here: Upgraded - help - system not working

Please follow the instructions in my last reply.

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Hmm weird, I was using Notepad which is all I’ve ever used and never had trouble.

Anyway, I just used my host’s web-based editor to change the file. I no longer get the 500 error, HOWEVER it does not force redirect to https and all the icons are broken.

Edit: Icons work if I manually change the url to https, but it is not 301 redirecting the page to https. I might try another edit on the htaccess and see how we go…

Edit 2: This worked:

RewriteCond %{SERVER_PORT} 80 
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.yourdomain.com/$1 [R,L]