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7zip download changed search engine to yahoo. how can i revert to google? I tried about:confgig and keyword.URL, but that is correctly set to google.com.

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miltmobley
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although keyword.URL says google.com, the search icon is yahoo, as are the search results

although keyword.URL says google.com, the search icon is yahoo, as are the search results

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cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

  • Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.

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miltmobley
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The search icon is still Yahoo in safe mode, but i discovered there is a drop down list of search engines, and that the 7zip download only made yahoo the selected one. I used "manage search engines" tool to revert selection to google, thus the problem is solved