How do I block BING from ever (evar, evar...) becoming the search engine (evar) when I type words into the main browser window.
This just cropped up today. My SOP is to type words and phrases into the main browser mini-window and get google search results. I have started getting BING searches. Horrors. I don't want to type in teh search bar mini-window. I want to permanently block anything but google searches. If I wanted BING for some reason, I would go to bing.com and search there. But I won't do that.
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Chosen solution
You may have installed software or an extension that has set the search engine to Bing.
See /forum/1/531033 How do remove that nasty Bing tool bar?
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You may have installed software or an extension that has set the search engine to Bing.
See /forum/1/531033 How do remove that nasty Bing tool bar?
Bing PWNED! from the forum here is how to do it... 1. type "about:config" in filter bar 2. click on "I'll be careful, I promise!" 3. type "keyword.url" in the address bar 4. doubleclick on the highlighted item 5. replace evil BING string with "http://www.google.com/webhp?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8"
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! though that didn't quite work for me it VERY much helped me figure out what to do! the only thing i had to do different was the last step i told it to reset instead of copying what you put. anyway thank you again!
can you post the old evil string please. I tried your suggestion and now when I type a keyword into the browser bar, I am rerouted to google page. I absolutely do not want to type it in twice, this is worse than bing appearing for me. thanks.
I tried reinstalling firefox, but that did not work.