After you install Firefox 23, I can't find any more Google as search engine in my search bar, and I can not also restore default search engines.

Restore default search engines is dimmed, and when I go to Google.com to try to add it as a search engine, there is no option to do so.

By default, the Google search plugin is installed in this folder:

C:\Program Files (x 86) \Mozilla Firefox\browser\searchplugins

See google.xml?

If this isn't the case, you may need to reinstall Firefox 23. No required uninstallation, you can get the installer on the following page:

http://www.Mozilla.org/Firefox/all/ (find your language and your OS)

If you have google.xml in the usual location, it is possible for the data file which stores the search plugins is corrupt. You can solve that by renaming or deleting files below and have Firefox regenerate them.

Open your current Firefox settings (AKA Firefox profile) folder using

Help > troubleshooting information > "view file" button.

Switch back to Firefox and output

Break while Firefox finishing his cleaning, then rename (or delete) the following files:

search.json => rename to search.json.old
search-metadata.json (if found) => delete
search.sqlite (if found) => delete
search.rdf (if found) => delete

Restart Firefox. I hope that now Google will be reintroduced in the list.

Tags: Firefox

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