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• Yahoo was made to my default search engine.

  I tried countless different methods of deleting files Spigot, wajam files, but I can't seem to go in. Chrome doesn't have this problem. I love Mozilla, but I'll pass if I can't get this resolved. The source of my problems was download Bittorent. I removed Bittorent, Spigot and wajam. But that will change my default search engine. I remove Yahoo as option and changed it to Google. I reset my computer, but Yahoo is still there. Normally I don't mind Yahoo, now I'm furious because of the principle of the matter. Help, please.

  Hi David, able to reset your home page you use the steps in these articles:

  • Startup, homepage, tabs and download settings
  • How to set the home page

  Your selected page should appear when you launch a new window (Ctrl + n).

  • If you go back to Options and your setting was not justified, you may have something called SearchProtect on your computer. Which must be removed through the control panel.
  • If your setting is retained, but the new windows ignore, an extension can still be in control. Please see those again.
  • If Ctrl + n is good, but your icon or the shortcut of Firefox launches the wrong page, check to see if the shortcut has been hacked (see steps below).

  To check the shortcut: right-click > properties > Shortcut tab (if it is pinned to the taskbar, you need to right-click > Mozilla Firefox right-click > properties > Shortcut tab.) For 64-bit Windows 7, the 'target' should be either not less the following:

  "C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe"
  

  Anything after this could force Firefox to launch a specific page.

• How can I change the default search engine in the navigation bar?

  I tried the subject: solution of config and it did not work. My search engine used to be Google, but it has changed to a random search engine that doesn't even have an official name. Is there no option in the menu dropdown. And there is no option in the FireFox Options. I wonder why it is so difficult to change something like that. There should be a button for those of us who are not computer savvy. Am getting irritated that I can't just look for something more.

  Hello please install the addon search reset to restore the default search engine:
  https://addons.Mozilla.org/firefox/addon/SearchReset/

  Also make sure that you do not have the toolbars or programs installed part 3 that can replace search behavior in firefox

  Remove a toolbar that has supported your Firefox or the homepage search

• My default search engine is Google and I deleted Bing. Everytime I open a new tab, Bing appears and it takes focus, so if I'm typing a URL in the new tab, he entered the bing search box crap. HOW CAN I GET RID OF THIS CURSED BING?

  My default search engine is Google and I deleted Bing search providers. Facebook is set as my homepage. Everytime I open a new tab, a box search Bing is displayed on the page and it takes focus, then when I'm typing a URL in the new tab, he entered the bing search box crap. HOW CAN I GET RID OF THIS CURSED BING

  Try this;

  • https://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/KB/removing%20The%20Search%20Helper%20Extension%20and%20Bing%20Bar

• How can I make a default search engine Bing

  How can I make a default search engine Bing? For example, the homepage of FF has 'Google' above the space where I can type my search query that takes me of course to "Google". How do I change that to 'Bing '? That is my question.

  Set your homepage to Bing.
  
  http://www.bing.com/

  http://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/KB/how+to+set+the+home+page

• My default search engine has been on anything other than Google. How to switch this back?

  Somehow my default search engine has been changed to Google to what is called "My Web Search". I want to switch to Google, but I can't figure out how. I disabled the plugin and removed my options of search engine in the top right, but nothing has changed.

  You have My Web Search installed; Look under Tools > Modules > Plugins. He could have grafted in on something that you have installed. Always seek and opt-out when installing other programs and Add-ons that you install from sites other than the site of Mozilla Add-ons. My search on the Web is considered malware/adware/spyware by many. You must remove it.

  Step 1. You can check if you have one of these installed ' Fun Web products ' :
  Control Panel > add or remove programs: Ask.com Bar, my search bar, of the MyWay Bar speed, my search on the Web Bar, Fun Web products Easy Installer
  See:
  http://www.safer-networking.com/removemywebsearch.php
  PC Hell: My Web search removal Instructions
  http://helpint.MyWebSearch.com/intlinfo/help/toolhelp.jhtml#Q3
  http://support.Mozilla.com/en-us/KB/troubleshooting+plugins#Manually_uninstalling_a_plugin

  Step 2 You may need to change a preference to reset your default URL/location bar search engine:
  -Enter Subject: config in the URL/address bar and press the Enter key
  -If you see a cautionary, accept it (promise you'll be careful)
  -Filter = keyword.url
  -Under the filter, right-click on the keyword. URL and choose "Reset".
  -Restart Firefox (file > restart Firefox)
  See: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.url

  Step 3 You may need to reset your homepage. Firefox can open multiple home pages. Home pages are separated by the ' | ' symbol.
  See: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page

  Other topics: ~ ~ Red: you have installed the plug-ins with known security issues. You must update them immediately. ~ ~

  You ~ ~ Red:PEUT~ ~ need to update Adobe Reader for Firefox (aka Adobe PDF plug-in for Firefox): your worm s/o; current version 9.3.3 (updated security important release 29/06/2010; See: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html)
  ~ ~ Red: check your version here ~ ~: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
  See: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Adobe+Reader+plugin+with+Firefox#Installing_and_updating_Adobe_Reader
  ~ ~ Blue:you may be able to update to Adobe Reader installed on your system~ ~ instead of going on the Adobe site and download. Open the Adobe Reader software installed on your system (in Windows, start > Program Files, find and click on Adobe Reader to open the), click Help, click Find updates. Allow the download / update to occur. If you use this method, no need to proceed with the instructions below, but look at the two downstairs bulleted items ""NOTE for IE:"and" see also: "." Restart Firefox and check your new version here: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
  ~ ~ Blue:If you go to the Adobe site to download the Adobe Reader course:~ ~
  -use Firefox to download and SAVE to your hard drive (save to the desktop for easy access)
  ~ ~ Red:-see the images at the bottom left of this post to see the steps on the Adobe site ~ ~
  -the release of Firefox (file > exit)
  -In Windows: make sure that Firefox is completely closed (Ctrl + Alt + Delete, choose Task Manager, click the processes tab, if "firefox.exe" is on the list, made a "firefox.exe" right-click and choose end process, close the Task Manager window)
  -In Windows: double-click the installer for Adobe Reader you just download to install/update Adobe Reader

  • NOTE: under Vista and Windows 7 you may need to run the installer of plugin as an administrator by starting the installation program via the context menu if you do not get a UAC ask permission to continue (that is, nothing seems to happen). See this: http://vistasupport.mvps.org/run_as_administrator.htm
  • NOTE for IE: Firefox and most other browsers use a Plugin. IE uses a version of ActiveX. To install/update the IE ActiveX version, the same instructions as above, except use IE to download the ActiveX Installer. See: ActiveX
  • See also: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Adobe_Reader ~ ~ Red:AND~ ~ How to change options to add Adobe to the list of allowed sites

• How Swagbucks my default search engine?

  When I turn on my default search engine, Swagbucks is not one of the choices. Visit this site did not do anything to add to the list of search engine options. It seems that Firefox only wants me to choose among search engine options they list - or what I am doing wrong?

  Hello

  I had a look at Swagbucks and it doesn't seem to be a search engine, but a site that you must register to use.

  I think they have an extension that you can install that will allow this feature to link, but be aware that it is installed from outside the site of the add-on and may include banner ads in the browser.

• search options disappeared after updating firefox to address the slowness. How to make a comeback (there is no default search engine and no option)?

  the search box (with a magnifying glass to the left of it) is completely insensitive and there is no search option in the options of the menus/screens. Assistance from the address field in the search bar appears only intermittently to perform an Internet search for key words. a solution would be greatly appreciated.

  You can check if you have the XML files including Google's default search engine in the browser\searchplugins file in the Firefox program folder.

  If this isn't the case, then you need to reinstall Firefox.

  Try to delete the file search.json and possible search - metadata.json and search.sqlite files in the profile folder of Firefox to reset the default search engines.

  You can use this button to go to the Firefox profile folder currently in use:

  • Help > troubleshooting information > profile directory: see file (Linux: open the directory;) Mac: View in the Finder)
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox

  Firefox will rebuild the file search.json from the default search engines in the folder "browser\searchplugins" in the Firefox program folder and the searchplugins folder in the Firefox profile folder.

• A search engine click always uses the default search engine

  In the search bar, I type the word London and press enter and get the results of a search Google (default search engine).
  I click on the magnifying glass to open the search drop-down list and click the icon for Wikipedia (to perform a search on Wikipedia for the word London). However, the results are not Wikipedia but are the same as my previous research on Google. The only way I can get the research to be done on Wikipedia is to change Wikipedia to my default search engine.
  Am I misunderstand how the search with a single click is supposed to work, or you can tell me what I need to change to make it work?
  Thank you

  Using the arrow keys or tab to the search engine icon had the same result by clicking on the icon to directly search engine, any search engine was selected the search is always performed by the default search engine.
  Running in Mode safe solves the problem
  Classic deactivation restaurateur theme does not solve the problem, but disabling 'Tab control 0.5.5' solve the problem . In the reviews of this add-on a few users have mentioned this as a problem. I've removed "Tab control" as an add-on (even though I liked some of its features) because it is no longer maintained.
  Thanks for your replies.

• No default search engine

  I installed freeware who hijacked my search. He removed all the default search engines and left only bing which was then my default. I managed to get off the list of bing and google added so I can search. It is not my preferred search tool. I can't find my favorite search, yahoo, as an add-on. The search engines of restoration tool is grayed out. I tried a reset Add-ons - nothing works. I use Windows 7. Should I reinstall firefox?

  Actually, I figured out where the folder for the default search engines was and replaced it with another copy. The oldfirefox file I had reset was empty.

  This used to be a piece of freeware confidence.

• 36 Firefox: How can I KEEP my choice of default search engine and Yahoo Search?

  Firefox 36 insists now that I use Yahoo search constantly changing my default search engine choice. No matter now many times I put it for Google, I'll get something Yahoo and it's once again. I have Yahoo not checked in the search preferences, hoping that it will not be displayed again. Have restarted Firefox several times. No luck.

  My last resort is to REMOVE Yahoo Search my list of search engines to prevent that from happening? I MIGHT want to use some time later, but not every day.

  ALSO. If it's important, when I filled this question with 'installed plugins' information on my Mac and Firefox, a witness appeared, so I went to tools > Modules. This screen appeared for a second and instantly has far to another screen: DNS Yahoo Error Handler who had "garmin communicator plugin icon developer" entered in the search query box. My web experience is now taken by Yahoo?

  Hmm, it sounds like you have some kind of hijacker in your Firefox. Try this:

  Disable all non-essential or unrecognized extensions on page modules. Either:

  • Command + shift + a
  • Tools menu > Modules

  In the left column, click Extensions. Then, when in doubt, turn off. (Or if it is obviously the badware, delete).

  If Firefox is redirected at this point, see the next section.

  Typically, a link will appear above at least an extension disabled to restart Firefox. You can complete your work on the tab and click one of the links in the last step.

  Who help me?

  If Firefox is unable to use the addons page, you may need to block extensions using the Mode without failure of Firefox. It is a standard diagnostic tool to disable some advanced features of Firefox and extensions. More info: questions to troubleshoot Firefox in Safe Mode.

  You can restart Firefox in Mode safe mode using either:

  • button "3-bar" menu > "?" button > restart with disabled modules
  • Help menu > restart with disabled modules

  (Not all add-ons are disabled: Flash and other plugins still works)

  After stops in Firefox, a small dialog box should appear. Click on 'Start mode safe' (not reset).

  Can remove you it?

• I keep getting invited to set Yahoo as default search engine, but it already is, so I have to keep refreshing Firefox.

  All the few weeks that I have to update Firefox to get rid of the box that asks me to set Yahoo as my default search engine. But it already is and I click Yes or no I always wonder. It's more than annoying. How to solve this problem?

  If you want to get rid of this "nag" - get rid of this extension of the Yahoo toolbar, which is clearly the source of this message. Or see Yahoo support to know how to remove this message within this extension.

• How to search the selected text with a default search engine?

  Hello

  Before the recent update of the search bar, you can select your 'current' search engine, and a search for the selected text (right click on the selection) would use this engine.

  Now, it seems that you can only search for the selected text using the default engine. If that is correct, it's a big step backwards for me. For example, I can't have Google as my default search engine and the search for a text selected on eBay!

  Or am I missing something?

  Thank you!

  R.

  I find this extension very useful for selected items in the web pages. It offers all your search engines with select > right click.
  https://addons.Mozilla.org/en-us/Firefox/addon/context-search/?src=search

• I can't put Yahoo as my default search engine in my Firefox. How can I solve this problem?

  My engine: Firefox's default searc is Google. I've updated my Firefox to 35.0, but still I can not set Yahoo as default search engine.
  Please help me solve this probeblem. I want to use Yahoo search.

  Thank you

  Munir

  It seems that your localization of Firefox no longer has the default Yahoo search plugin.

  http://mycroftproject.com/Yahoo-search-plugins.html
  Scroll down to 16. Key drivers and select the search plugin from Yahoo appropriate for your locale.

• default search engine doesn't seem to work

  My default search engine is set at Google.  But lately, all my research are made by Yahoo.  Can't understand why?

  Hey johnfromnorth andover!

  I certainly want to have the search engine, that I show in Safari.  This should be a quick thing to check and sometimes happens when a pop up or download requests to change the default search engine in your browser.

  With Safari open, click on Safari in the upper left corner next to the logo .  Choose Preferences from the Safari menu and search.  That should allow you to set Google to Yahoo! search engine  Who should get it switched to you and if not, try to check the Extensions or add-ons in Safari to ensure that Yahoo! is not on for either of them.

  See you soon!