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Foxfire search will no longer work. I get error 404. The links come up but when clicked on the error message comes on.

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In the line where one types the web address or can do a search, it goes to the link pages, showing all of the links associated with my search. When I click on a link it shows error 404, not found. This started about two wks ago Thanks for any help u can give me. Judy Hendrix

In the line where one types the web address or can do a search, it goes to the link pages, showing all of the links associated with my search. When I click on a link it shows error 404, not found. This started about two wks ago Thanks for any help u can give me. Judy Hendrix

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Open a new tab and type in about:home does the search work from there

The location bar in controlled by keyword.URL in your about:config try right-clicking on it and choose reset.

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Please correct spelling of Firefox and remove "foxfire" from your "spelling dictionary"