Search bar not working. No about:preferences#search.
My search bar no longer contains any search engines and clicking the magnifying glass delivers and empty prompt. There is no about:preferences#search anymore. The solution in another, similar thread, i.e. "unclick Compatibility Mode" does not work for me. This box is already unchecked and if I check it with the correct Windows 8 OS there is no change. I have already restarted Firefox.
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hi, this is likely happening because something on your system has overwritten all the default search providers in firefox. in order to recover please download and reinstall firefox from https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/ on top of your existing version.
since this is a behaviour often caused by adware on a system, please also run a full scan of your system with different security tools like the free version of malwarebytes and adwcleaner.
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hi, this is likely happening because something on your system has overwritten all the default search providers in firefox. in order to recover please download and reinstall firefox from https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/ on top of your existing version.
since this is a behaviour often caused by adware on a system, please also run a full scan of your system with different security tools like the free version of malwarebytes and adwcleaner.
Thanks, that did it.