Firefox can not search

following a virus attack, I can't not Firefox to research. This allows me to enter my information search, but when I hit enter nothing happens.

A few questions:

(1) of the different bars of Firefox, which has this problem?

  • Address bar (where the URL of a page appears generally)
  • Search bar on the right end of the toolbar
  • Search bar in an integrated, such as page
    • Firefox homepage
    • New tab Firefox page

(2) If you check the Options page search panel, does show properly your default search engine? You can check using the:

"3-bar" menu button (or tools) > Options > search

If your standard search plugins (e.g., Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, etc) are missing or you think they are damaged, you can restore them by a:

Clean reinstall it

We use this name, but it isn't about deleting your settings, this is to ensure that the program, files are clean (not incompatible, corrupt or exotic code files). As described below, this process does not disrupt your existing settings. Don't uninstall NOT Firefox, that does not need.

(1) download a fresh Installer for Firefox 39.0 of https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/all/ in an ideal location. (Scroll down your preferred language).

(2) close Firefox (if applicable).

(3) to rename the program folder, either:

(Windows 64-bit folder names)

C:\Program Files (x86)\Mozilla Firefox

TO

C:\Program Files (x86)\OldFirefox

(Windows 32-bit folder names)

C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox

TO

C:\Program Files\OldFirefox

(4) run the installer you downloaded in the #1. It should automatically connect to your existing settings.

No improvement after this reinstall?

Note: Some plugins can only exist in this OldFirefox file. If it is missing something essential, present in these files:

  • \OldFirefox\Plugins
  • \OldFirefox\browser\plugins

Tags: Firefox

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