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  I uninstalled sortfix as an add on. Yet, it still appears when I search. I reinstalled it. Used and then removed the 2nd time hoping to make them disappear. No chance it is still my default search. Can you help me get rid of this beast?

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  Their uninstall instructions: http://www.sortfix.com/Extension/Uninstall

  You may need to reset a preference:

  1. type of topic: config in the URL/address bar and press enter
  2. accept the warning message and continue (promise to be careful)
  3. in filter type the keyword . URL
  4. on this pref in the lower panel, click on this preference and click 'Reset '; It should now display a value for google.com
  5. You can or you have to may not restart Firefox
  6. Test with a new search for the location/URL bar (where you normally enter a website address) and press the Enter key

  See:

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/about:config
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/keyword.URL
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search#Location_Bar_search_.28external_-_search_engine.29
  • http://www.techrena.NET/computers/address-bar-search-provider-Firefox/

  If this answer solved your problem, please click 'Solved It' next to this response when connected to the forum.

  Not related to your question, but...

  You must update some plug-ins:

  • Plugin check: https://www-trunk.stage.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
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• Remove all of the default search engine but google for all users?

  I work for a school district that uses web filtering out both in network. We were running through a situation where our students are able to move from Google to Yahoo search engines to see inappropriate material. We have worked with our provider of web filtering outside to prevent that from happening, but so far no resolution of the problem. As I'm about to about 600 computers images for fall next, staff, admins, and especially Parents (I'm sure) would be as is not the case.

  My question is this. Is it possible to change search preferences in the application Firefox so that all students can use to search is Google? I can do the application itself, or is this another case where the settings are all stored in the profile users?

  Thank you

  Look in user.js creation and the lock settings, so the local user cannot change it.
  This should help!
  https://developer.Mozilla.org/en-us/d.../A_brief_guide_to_Mozilla_preferences

• How can Hi I change the default search engine in firefox android? Largely, I would prefer to use something other than google. The previous method does not work

  greetings...

  How can I change the default search engine in Firefox android at https://duckduckgo.com? The previous instructions to change the default search no longer work. the key word in string. URL no longer exists and after add and enter a value of https://duckduckgo.com/?q= he always default to a Google search. Go figure when the only room I can get Firefox for Android it the Google game store.

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• How can I change the default search engine in firefox 14?

  I tried to change my default search engine, does not. A read a lot of the help file, but it seems that none of the recommendations had jobs. The problem is in the search box in the upper right where the default from now (the search engine when I open firefox for the first time) is Yahoo. I had tried to change it to goggle by clicking on the drop down arrow and select a new search engine, but does not take effect. Yahoo is still in effect so that the search engine despite this change. I also followed the advice of some to change the default engine by typing "subject: config" in the address bar and some values but still after the opening and closing firefox again, Yahoo is still the default search and could be that the change by selecting from the drop-down search menu.

  Thank you for your answer but I managed to fix the problem already. What I did is to select from the dropdown to Ask.com (it seems that it is the only option that work) a window appeared asking me what a search engine change was made, and if I would use Ask.com to be the search engine or to maintain using Yahoo.com. I chose to use Ask.com and disable the protection on the search engine. Toke effect change and after that I could change from the drop down list a search engine like Google. I put a note above in parenthesis closed, that it seems Ask.com works as I tried before to change the search engine Google, but no window came to ask me if I want to change the default search engine.

  Once again thanks a lot to you two, for the reply and for your precious time to try to solve this problem.

• 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.
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• Search engine box change also affects the default search engine in the URL bar

  I've just updated to 23.0, and for some reason, change the search engine in the search box also changes the default search engine in the URL bar as well. I don't know if it's intended functionality (I hope that's not), but it is a bit irritating. I didn't know if it was related to an add-on that I installed it at the same time, so I tried to turn that off, but the problem was still there. so I tentatively guess it has to do with 23.0.

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

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  Hello please install the addon search reset to restore the default search engine:
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  Also make sure that you do not have the toolbars or programs installed part 3 that can replace search behavior in firefox

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

  Beta toolbar AVG changed the search engine used when I type in the address bar of Yahoo search. I uninstalled AVG completely toolbar beta, but I can't seem to find out how to change the search back to Google search engine.

  Skip this step if you also have a Yahoo toolbar
  Remove the Yahoo toolbar

  1. 'Ctrl + Shift + A' (add-on Manager)
  2. Select the piece of the Puzzle on the left side for list Extensions
  3. Find "Yahoo Toolbar" and click the "Uninstall" button and restart Firefox. (if you really need to keep the Yahoo toolbar, you can hide the toolbar instead with personal and always not to change all default search settings below)

  Then to set the default search engine used in the address bar, change the value of the keyword. URL in Subject: config to one of the values in the search of the address bar with MozillaZine.

  • Search Google (Google search results page)
    http://www.Google.com/search?ie=UTF-8 & oe = UTF-8 & q =
  1. type about: config in the location (in a new tab) toolbar
  2. If the nonsense of warning message appears uncheck the box before dismiss the dialog box message
  3. filter by keyword
  4. Right click on the key word . URL and choose 'Edit' then paste in the string of search engine Google of your choice.
  5. filter on defaulturl
  6. Right-click on browser.search.defaulturl (if it exists)and again choose "Edit" and then paste in the string of search engine Google of your choice.
  7. filter on ytff
  8. Right-click on yahoo.ytff.search.popup_src (if it exists) and again once choose 'Edit' then paste in the string of search engine Google of your choice, so adventurous maybe see if 'reset' would delete and see if went into the session next (at least not for those keeping the extension).

  Avoid problems: Several software installations contain additional baggage called crapware. The Yahoo toolbar is packed with Java photo

  More information on ask.com, Yahoo toolbars that involve extensions, changes not only the home page.

  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/Problematic_extensions
  • Uninstalling toolbars - MozillaZine Knowledge Base
    http://KB.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars

  More information about the configuration variables available in
  topic: config entries and for users who do not know the process, there is Subject: config (how to change).

• How can I change the default search engine in Firefox 31.0

  The icon to the left of the search box seems to have disappeared. What now?

  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.

  • 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.

  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)

• An add-on to force firefox switch to the default search engine in the search bar

  Hello

  I have a few search engines in the search bar of firefox. I find it extremely annoying that whenever I have change the search engine, that it stays like this, even after restarting firefox. Is there an add-on that would go to the one who is at the top of the list (which is my default for search engine being both navigation bar) whenever I restart the browser?

  Let me give you an example: I use duckduckgo as a search engine by default in the search bar and navigation bar. Let's say I need to find a definition for which I use the wikipedia search engine. Then I go to wikipedia one. I disable the browser the next time I start firefox search engine that appears in the search bar is wikipedia and I would have preferred it to be duckduckgo.

  I hope that's not waves.

  see you soon,
  Omen

  Easier is to put the default engine for search engine preferred via the user.js file in the Firefox profile folder by copying the line user_pref() related to this file.

  The user.js file is read whenever Firefox is started and initializes the preferences to the specified value in this file, so the preferences set via user.js can be changed temporarily for the current session.

  You can search the topic: config page for browser.search. to locate the pref (s) you need.

  • user_pref ("browser.search.defaultenginename", 'Google');

  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)
  • Create the folder chrome (lowercase) in the .default < xxxxxxxx > profile folder if the folder does not exist
  • Use a text editor such as Notepad to create a file user.js (new) in this folder (the names are case-sensitive)
  • Make sure that you select "All files" and not "text files" when you save the file via "save file as" in the text editor as user.js
    Otherwise, Windows can add a hidden .txt file extension and you end up with one does not not user.js.txt file
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/user.js_file

• How can I choose the default search engine in the address window?

  You explain how to change the 'address bar' default search engine at the top right. I want to know how to change the search engine in the address at the top window to the left. Currently, if I type in an address not recognized, my ISP search engine will appear. I'd rather have the search engine of Google or Bing when I make a mistake of addressing.

  You can have an ISP that automatically redirects you to a search page if a DNS search fails.
  
  Who takes control of Firefox to search with the normal keyword like a Google, I'm lucky search.
  
  In this case, you will need to contact your ISP and ask for a DNS to opt-out of this feature.
  
  You can also check if there is a link on the search results page to go to your ISP and opt-out.

  • https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/DNS_hijacking

• 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.

• for the search engine, is it possible to change the default search engine

  for the search engine, is at - it means to change the search engine by default instead of change everytime I open firefox. (ie: currently mine is yahoo and I want to use google)?

  Type of topic: config in the address bar (address) and press the Enter"" key. When you see a warning, click on I'll be careful, I promise! button.

  • Preferences that have changed are displayed as "BOLD" (user-defined).
  • Preferences can be reset to the default value or change via the context menu.
  • http://KB.mozillazine.org/about:config

  -> In the filter bar, type the keyword . URL

  • Right-click on the preference keyword. URL and click reset
  • OR click Edit -> replace text with http://www.google.com/search?q=
  • Click OK

  -> In the filter bar, type browser.search.defaultenginename

  • browser.search.defaultenginename preference right-click and choose reset from the menu
  • OR click change -> type Google
  • Click OK

  -> In the filter bar, type browser.search.selectedEngine

  • preference browser.search.selectedEngine right-click and choose reset from the menu
  • OR click change -> type Google
  • Click OK

  -> Close the topic: config tab and restart Firefox.

  Check and tell if its working.

• How can I change the default search engine?

  I don't want to use Google or Bing. How can I make show DuckDuckGo (or a similar search engine privacy protection-oriented) as the default option when I search something?

  You must go to settings > search and you should have a form to select your favorite search engine.
  If you're on Firefox OS 1.3 or lower, you cannot change your search engine, Google is the only one.