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My "Awesome Bar" is no longer using Google for search. It is using Yahoo. I want to switch it to Google, again.

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Shewmaker
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The Firefox URL address bar defaults to a search feature if the browser does not recognize the entry as a valid http, https, ftp etc URL.

Until recently, it used Google. It is now using Yahoo search and I want to switch it back.

Efforts to use Time Machine backups of my library files have not fixed the problem.

The Firefox URL address bar defaults to a search feature if the browser does not recognize the entry as a valid http, https, ftp etc URL. Until recently, it used Google. It is now using Yahoo search and I want to switch it back. Efforts to use Time Machine backups of my library files have not fixed the problem.

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Matt,

After reading the article you mentioned, I looked at the about:config file. There were so many things wrong that I decided to download another copy of Firefox. The new copy of firefox solved my problem.

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Matt_G
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Hey Shewmaker,

You should take a look at this article on the Location Bar. It will show you how to change the provider for the location bar search.

Hopefully this helps!

cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

Shewmaker
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Matt,

After reading the article you mentioned, I looked at the about:config file. There were so many things wrong that I decided to download another copy of Firefox. The new copy of firefox solved my problem.

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