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Firefix won't let me get rid of the yahoo search engine in my address bar.

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So, I want google to be used when I use my firefox address bar to preform a search, but it will only allow me to use yahoo. I hate Yahoo, its awful. I want to know how to fix this. And do not tell me I downloaded something or changed my settings. My hard drive was wiped today. I finally got my laptop on, I installed firefox, set my homepage and search bar to google, and that's it. If this issue isn't resolved, I will no longer be using firefox as my search engine.

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So, I want google to be used when I use my firefox address bar to preform a search, but it will only allow me to use yahoo. I hate Yahoo, its awful. I want to know how to fix this. And do not tell me I downloaded something or changed my settings. My hard drive was wiped today. I finally got my laptop on, I installed firefox, set my homepage and search bar to google, and that's it. If this issue isn't resolved, I will no longer be using firefox as my search engine. Thank you

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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.

If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see:

Make sure that you downloaded Firefox from the Mozilla server and if in doubt do a clean reinstall.

Do a clean reinstall and delete the Firefox program folder before (re)installing a fresh copy of the current Firefox release.

Download a fresh Firefox copy and save the file to the desktop.

If possible uninstall your current Firefox version to cleanup the Windows registry and settings in security software.

  • Do NOT remove "personal data" when you uninstall your current Firefox version, because this will remove all profile folders and you lose personal data like bookmarks and passwords including data in profiles created by other Firefox versions.

Remove the Firefox program folder before installing that newly downloaded copy of the Firefox installer.

  • (32 bit Windows) "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\"
  • (64 bit Windows) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\"

Your bookmarks and other personal data are stored in the Firefox profile folder and won't be affected by an uninstall and (re)install, but make sure that "remove personal data" is NOT selected when you uninstall Firefox.

If you keep having problems then also create a new profile.