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Disable Bing search

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gunpowder
gunpowder
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Bing search bar automatically over-rides whatever I do. How do I disable it? Otherwise, I wil have to change browsers.

Bing search bar automatically over-rides whatever I do. How do I disable it? Otherwise, I wil have to change browsers.

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Jon Gregory
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Alright. So here's what you do. You go to the menu bar, which is up on the right top corner, and then you go to options, and then click search. From there there will be a check box that you can un-select that will disable Bing search suggestions. See attached screenshot.

gunpowder
gunpowder Question owner
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You mis-identified the problem... Bing Search was already disabled as a browser search engine. The problem occurs in MSN when I attempt to copy & past links... Bing immediately raises its ugly head... and I wind up coping manually to wherever...

gunpowder
gunpowder Question owner
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Further to my earlier reply:

I did find a new browser...