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FF 11.o latest update serch box (google) does not work any more

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Upper right corner, till now it always worked as google search by default. Now it does not respond at all. Manage search engines list is empty.

Help/restart with adons disabled/reset default search engines

Does not change anything.

Upper right corner, till now it always worked as google search by default. Now it does not respond at all. Manage search engines list is empty. Help/restart with adons disabled/reset default search engines Does not change anything.

Chosen solution

in about:config the browser.search.suggest.enabled = TRUE

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_search_or_add_new_engines

Tryed all that, ended up with uninstall (without removing user data), and now it works.

Thanks all.

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If you install this add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset/, does that fix the issue? It is designed to repair your search engines.

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try : Restoring default search engines and check it again.


thank you

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1. does not have any effect

2.manage search engines/restore defauls is disabled

if I go: about:config I see searchreset.backup.browser.search.defaultenginename;Yahoo! Search

but that cant have any effect as any of search engines is instaled. Have no idea where Yahooo came in, I always had Google.

3. As stated in first post: Help/restart with adons disabled/reset default search engines

has no effect at all.

Modified by BubikolRamios

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in about:config the browser.search.suggest.enabled is it TRUE?

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Chosen Solution

in about:config the browser.search.suggest.enabled = TRUE

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_search_or_add_new_engines

Tryed all that, ended up with uninstall (without removing user data), and now it works.

Thanks all.

Modified by BubikolRamios