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Despite constant resets and twice reinstalled the firefox search doesnt work

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cufcbarside
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when i open firefox and type in something to the search box nothing happens. there isnt the tips bit under the search box either. i have twice removed firefox, turned off laptop then restarted it and reinstalled it and for the first time it starts but when you close the search engine and reopen it, its back to not working

i have followed the instructions in the reset section in troubleshooting and it still doesnt work

its driving me mad now any help or ideas please

when i open firefox and type in something to the search box nothing happens. there isnt the tips bit under the search box either. i have twice removed firefox, turned off laptop then restarted it and reinstalled it and for the first time it starts but when you close the search engine and reopen it, its back to not working i have followed the instructions in the reset section in troubleshooting and it still doesnt work its driving me mad now any help or ideas please

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cor-el
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If there is a problem with searching via the default about:home page then try to reset the search engine used on the about:home page.

Reset the browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone pref via the right-click context menu to the default on the about:config page and close and restart Firefox to restore the about:home page to its default.

  1. Open the about:config page via the location bar
  2. Type in the Filter bar: mstone
  3. Right-click the browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone line and select: Reset
  4. Close and restart Firefox

If this didn't help then delete the delete the chromeappsstore.sqlite file in the Firefox Profile Folder and repeat the above.

Reset some preferences to the default with the SearchReset extension:

Note that the SearchReset extension only runs once and then uninstalls automatically, so it won't show on the "Firefox > Add-ons" page (about:addons).

Check the browser.search.defaultenginename pref on the about:config page and make sure that it is set to the default value Google.