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Search engine is being shifted to Bing -Exlore though bing is uninstalled

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After upgrading Firefox to ver 7.0.1, tge defaykt search engine is sh ifted to Bing-Explore. When anything is typed in the url add bar, the same opens in bing explore. sites with the words sex etc do not open .

After upgrading Firefox to ver 7.0.1, tge defaykt search engine is sh ifted to Bing-Explore. When anything is typed in the url add bar, the same opens in bing explore. sites with the words sex etc do not open .

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Search from the location bar is controlled by keyword.URL

keyword.URL default string

http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

The &gfns=1 is what gets you the I'm Feeling lucky search.

More information on configuration variables available in about:config entries and for users not familiar with the process there is about:config (How to change).

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