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Does anyone know the correct value for the keyword.url Google default in about:config?

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AnonymousUser
AnonymousUser

My Address Bar search has changed from the Google default to Yahoo and the Reset option provided under Help doesn't work. If I had the exact value to enter, I believe I could circumvent the issue.

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Every time Firefox opened

== A month or two ago

My Address Bar search has changed from the Google default to Yahoo and the Reset option provided under Help doesn't work. If I had the exact value to enter, I believe I could circumvent the issue. == This happened == Every time Firefox opened == A month or two ago

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See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_Search

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Chris Ilias
Chris Ilias
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According to your troubleshooting info, that preference is already set to the default. Have you read the What to do when searches take you to the wrong search website article?

cor-el
cor-el
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See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_Search

AnonymousUser
AnonymousUser Question owner

Thanks Chris and Cor-el. Cor-el, the article you provided had an answer that solved the problem!