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Only Yahoo and Bing appear in the search box and the Search engine manager only shows them too.

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No matter what I try, only Yahoo and Bing search engines appear in the search box top right on Firefox. The Search engine manager only shows these two engines as well. I want to add Goggle and have not been able to. The default restore in the Search engine Manager is "Greyed out". What can I do to fix this ?

No matter what I try, only Yahoo and Bing search engines appear in the search box top right on Firefox. The Search engine manager only shows these two engines as well. I want to add Goggle and have not been able to. The default restore in the Search engine Manager is "Greyed out". What can I do to fix this ?

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If those search engines are also missing in the searchplugins folder in the Firefox program folder (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\) then a (re)install should restore them.

If they are present then try to delete search.sqlite and search.json in the Firefox Profile Folder.

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please try to download the full firefox setup file for version 13 from getfirefox.com & install it on top of your current installation (all your personal data will remain).

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If those search engines are also missing in the searchplugins folder in the Firefox program folder (C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\) then a (re)install should restore them.

If they are present then try to delete search.sqlite and search.json in the Firefox Profile Folder.

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Thanks for the tips I'll give them a try !