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When I try to switch search engines in version 14.0.1,, I remain locked into Yahoo, no matter which I chose

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When I try to switch search engines in version 14.0.1,, I remain locked into Yahoo, no matter which alternate search engine I attempt to change to

When I try to switch search engines in version 14.0.1,, I remain locked into Yahoo, no matter which alternate search engine I attempt to change to

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cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe 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).

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If this didn't help then try to delete the search.sqlite and search.json files in the Firefox Profile Folder.