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Change yahoo search to google search in upper right side of tool bar

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malcolm38
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I used to have a google search bar on the upper right of my screen and now it shows Yahoo in there as my default search engine.

I used to have a google search bar on the upper right of my screen and now it shows Yahoo in there as my default search engine.

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You can check for suspicious extensions that may have changed the default search engine.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window or otherwise make changes.

If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see:

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cor-el
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You can check for suspicious extensions that may have changed the default search engine.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window or otherwise make changes.

If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see: