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Neither google nor yahoo will search from the homepage

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Typing in a search on either google or yahoo does nothing, it simple says page cannot be found. AOL will search. Also anything already on yahoo homepage will open when I click on it. So I downloaded Firefox today and it still will not search. I type in anything on the Firefox search box and it says it cannot find the site

Typing in a search on either google or yahoo does nothing, it simple says page cannot be found. AOL will search. Also anything already on yahoo homepage will open when I click on it. So I downloaded Firefox today and it still will not search. I type in anything on the Firefox search box and it says it cannot find the site

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If there is a problem with the build-in about:home page then try to reset the search engine used on the about:home page.


Reset the browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone pref via the right-click context menu to the default on the about:config page and close and restart Firefox to restore the about:home page to its default.

  1. Open the about:config page via the location bar
  2. Type in the Filter bar: mstone
  3. Right-click the browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone line and select: Reset
  4. Close and restart Firefox

If this didn't help then delete the delete the chromeappsstore.sqlite file in the Firefox Profile Folder and repeat the above.

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Modified by cor-el

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followed instruction above and nothing changed still cannot search. Only search possible through Aol. Nothing happens when I type in something to search on google on FireFox or on Yahoo. Just responds cannot find site

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Are you using a search bar on a web page (if so which URL) or are you uisng the location bar or search bar on the Navigation Toolbar?

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If I type in the request, www. etc on the location bar it goes to the site. If I type it on the search bar nothing happens.

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You still haven't confirmed which search bar you use.

Can you attach a screenshot?

Use a compressed image type like PNG or JPG to save the screenshot.

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I have attached the pix of the screen, I type in something to search in the search area next to google and nothing happens.

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The screenshot didn't get attached.

Can you try it another time to attach a screenshot?

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I will try again the image does not want to attach

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What kind of image are you trying to attach?

You can only attach a JPG or PNG image (the forum will convert a GIF) and not PDF or Word documents.

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I have tried to attach both a PNG and then a JPG neither stayed with the attachment. Don't know what else to do.

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What is the file size of the image file?

You can upload the file to an image hosting service and post the link.

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