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The firefox search engine is not working but the google on top works.. why is this so?help

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Jan Josep
Jan Josep
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The search bar on top works.. but when i use the firefox search engine in the middle.. when i enter it or click it,it doesnt work.

The search bar on top works.. but when i use the firefox search engine in the middle.. when i enter it or click it,it doesnt work.

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philipp
philipp
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hello, please check if installing the search reset addon can resolve the issue: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/searchreset/ (a restart of the browser is necessary afterwards).

Jan Josep
Jan Josep Question owner
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It doesnt work also.. how can i fix it.. no matter what i type on firefox search engine.. it doesnt work but when i use the two search bar above it works

USCJESS
USCJESS
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1. Go to help menu 2. Click "Restart with Ad-ons disabled"

cor-el
cor-el
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Current Firefox versions use the default search engine (pref: browser.search.defaultenginename) to set the search engine that is used on the about:home page.

Check the browser.search.defaultenginename pref on the about:config page and make sure that it is set to the default value Google.

Try to rename or delete the prefs.js file and possible numbered prefs-##.js files and a possible user.js file to reset all prefs to the default values.