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I want firefox to use google as a search engine, and it keeps going back to ask.com. Also the search bar is missing in the upper right hand corner of the home page.

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I want firefox to use google as a search engine, but it always goes back to ask.com. Also the search bar is missing in the upper right hand corner of the homepage.

I want firefox to use google as a search engine, but it always goes back to ask.com. Also the search bar is missing in the upper right hand corner of the homepage.

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Try:

You can modify the pref keyword.URL on the about:config page to use Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" or Google's "Browse By Name".


If the menu bar is hidden then press the F10 key or hold down the Alt key, that should make the menu bar appear.

Make sure that all the toolbars like the "Navigation Toolbar" and the "Bookmarks Toolbar" are visible: "View > Toolbars"

  • If items are missing then open the Customize window via "View > Toolbars > Customize" or via "Firefox > Options > Toolbar Layout"
  • If a missing item is in the toolbar palette then drag it back from the Customize window on the toolbar
  • If you do not see an item on a toolbar and in the toolbar palette then click the "Restore Default Set" button to restore the default toolbar set up.

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