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How do I change the default search engine when searchinf from the navigaion bar

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When I search from the navigation bar it defaults to the Ask.com search engine. How do I change the default search engine when searching from the navigation bar?

When I search from the navigation bar it defaults to the Ask.com search engine. How do I change the default search engine when searching from the navigation bar?

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You can modify the pref keyword.URL on the about:config page to use Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" or Google's "Browse By Name".

To open the about:config page, type about:config in the location (address) bar and press the "Enter" key, just like you type the url of a website to open a website.
If you see a warning then you can confirm that you want to access that page.

If that doesn't persist then some other things that you can check:
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Start Firefox in Diagnose Firefox issues using Troubleshoot Mode to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).

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