Recent answers to My default search engine has been set to something other than Google. How do I switch it back?https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/7359082012-04-19T19:07:24-07:00Thanks...Problem has solved.
2012-04-19T19:07:24-07:00rajesh.magarhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/735908#answer-327063<p>Thanks...Problem has solved.
</p>Thanks, I was having a hard time getting ebay to be my home page... So i looked up "How do u make eb2011-02-21T06:47:40-08:00creamerlover123https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/735908#answer-139516<p>Thanks, I was having a hard time getting ebay to be my home page... So i looked up "How do u make ebay ur home page?" and Blondon had exactly what I needed... Thanks Blondon!
</p>It won't stay rest it keeps reverting back to fast browser searcha nd I have no idea where that is c2011-01-26T05:14:12-08:00annicathttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/735908#answer-132767<p>It won't stay rest it keeps reverting back to fast browser searcha nd I have no idea where that is coming from!
</p>I looked all over. I had the same problem. No option to substitute Google back as my search engine2010-12-31T06:17:11-08:00blondonhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/735908#answer-126785<p>I looked all over. I had the same problem. No option to substitute Google back as my search engine. One of my options was <a href="http://Amazon.com" rel="nofollow">Amazon.com</a>. One was ebay. All very famous search engines. The answer for me turned out to be excruciatingly simple but near impossible to find. I found the following site. <a href="http://www.google.com/homepage/search/#utm_source=en-goog-sem-na-us-dse" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/homepage/search/#utm_source=en-goog-sem-na-us-dse</a> When I checked that I wanted to make Google an option, I looked up and Google was an option. That wasted about 2 hours of my time.
</p>I looked all over. I had the same problem. No option to substitute Google back as my search engine2010-12-31T06:11:46-08:00blondonhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/735908#answer-126784<p>I looked all over. I had the same problem. No option to substitute Google back as my search engine. One of my options was <a href="http://Amazon.com" rel="nofollow">Amazon.com</a>. One was ebay. All very famous search engines. The answer for me turned out to be excrutiatingly simple but near impossible to find. I found the following site. <a href="http://www.google.com/homepage/search/#utm_source=en-goog-sem-na-us-dse" rel="nofollow">http://www.google.com/homepage/search/#utm_source=en-goog-sem-na-us-dse</a> When I checked that I wanted to make Google an option, I looked up and Google was an option. That wasted about 2 hours of my time.
</p>just google it.
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2010-08-26T15:35:47-07:00prhonehttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/735908#answer-31910<p>just google it.
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</p>Hi
follow the instructions given at Reset default search engine in firefox
2010-08-03T21:36:02-07:00AnonymousUserhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/735908#answer-2112<p>Hi
</p><p>follow the instructions given at <a href="http://12words.blogspot.com/2010/06/reset-default-search-engine-in.html" rel="nofollow">Reset default search engine in firefox</a>
</p>You have My Web Search installed; look under Tools > Add-ons > Plugins. It could have piggy-b2010-07-24T09:12:48-07:00TXGuyhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/735908#answer-2113<p>You have My Web Search installed; look under Tools &gt; Add-ons &gt; Plugins. It could have piggy-backed in on something you installed. Always look for and opt-out during installation of other programs and add-ons that you install from sites other than the Mozilla add-ons site. My Web Search is considered malware/adware/spyware by many. You should remove it.
</p><p><u><strong>Step 1.</strong></u> You can check if you have any of these from <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Fun+Web+Products%22&amp;ie=utf-8&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;aq=t&amp;rls=org.mozilla:es-ES:official&amp;client=firefox-a" rel="nofollow">"Fun Web Products"</a> installed:
Control Panel &gt; Add or Remove Programs: <a href="http://Ask.com" rel="nofollow">Ask.com</a> Bar,My Search Bar,MyWay Speed Bar,My Web Search Bar,Fun Web Products Easy Installer
See:
<a href="http://www.safer-networking.com/removemywebsearch.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.safer-networking.com/removemywebsearch.php</a>
<a href="http://www.pchell.com/support/mywebsearch.shtml" rel="nofollow">PC Hell: My Web Search Removal Instructions</a>
<a href="http://helpint.mywebsearch.com/intlinfo/help/toolhelp.jhtml#q3" rel="nofollow">http://helpint.mywebsearch.com/intlinfo/help/toolhelp.jhtml#q3</a>
<a href="http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+plugins#Manually_uninstalling_a_plugin" rel="nofollow">http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Troubleshooting+plugins#Manually_uninstalling_a_plugin</a>
</p><p><u><strong>Step 2.</strong></u> You <u><strong>may</strong></u> need to change a preference to reset your default URL/location bar search provider:
-Enter <strong>about:config</strong> in the address/URL bar and press the Enter key
-If you see a warning, accept it (Promise that you will be careful)
-Filter = keyword.url
-Below the Filter, right-click on keyword.URL and choose "Reset"
-Restart Firefox (File &gt; Restart Firefox)
See: <a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.url" rel="nofollow">http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.url</a>
</p><p><u><strong>Step 3.</strong></u> You <u><strong>may</strong></u> need to reset your homepage. Firefox can open multiple home pages. Home pages are separated by the "|" symbol.
See: <a href="http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page" rel="nofollow">http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/How+to+set+the+home+page</a>
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<p><u><em><strong>Other Issues</strong></em></u>: ~~red:You have installed plug-ins with known security issues. You should update them immediately.~~
</p><p><u><strong>You </strong></u>~~red:<u><strong>MAY</strong></u>~~<u><strong> need to Update Adobe Reader for Firefox (aka Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox)</strong></u>: your ver. N/A; current ver. 9.3.3 (important security update release 06-29-2010; see: <a href="http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html</a>)
~~red:Check your version here~~: <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/</a>
See: <a href="http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Adobe+Reader+plugin+with+Firefox#Installing_and_updating_Adobe_Reader" rel="nofollow">http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Adobe+Reader+plugin+with+Firefox#Installing_and_updating_Adobe_Reader</a>
~~blue:<em><u>You may be able to update from the Adobe Reader installed on your system</u></em>~~ instead of going to the Adobe site and downloading. Open the Adobe Reader installed on your system (<em>in Windows, Start &gt; Program Files, find and click Adobe Reader to open</em>), click Help, click Check for Updates. Allow the download/update to occur. If you use this method, no need to proceed with the instructions below, <u><strong>but</strong></u> do look at the two bulleted items at the bottom "<strong><u>NOTE for IE:</u></strong>" and "Also see:". Restart Firefox and check your new version here: <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/</a>
~~blue:<em><u>If you go to the Adobe site to download the current Adobe Reader:</u></em>~~
-<strong><u>use Firefox to download</u></strong> and <u><strong>SAVE to your hard drive</strong></u> (save to Desktop for easy access)
~~red:-See the images at the bottom left of this post to see the steps to take on the Adobe site~~
-exit Firefox (File &gt; Exit)
-In Windows: check to see that Firefox is completely closed (<em>Ctrl+Alt+Del, choose Task Manager, click Processes tab, if "firefox.exe" is on the list, right-click "firefox.exe" and choose End process, close the Task Manager window</em>)
-In Windows: double-click on the Adobe Reader installer you just downloaded to install/update Adobe Reader
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<ul><li><u><strong>NOTE: On Vista and Windows 7</strong></u> you may need to run the plugin installer as Administrator by starting the installer via the right-click context menu if you do not get an UAC prompt to ask for permission to continue (i.e nothing seems to happen). See this: <a href="http://vistasupport.mvps.org/run_as_administrator.htm" rel="nofollow">http://vistasupport.mvps.org/run_as_administrator.htm</a>
</li><li><strong><u>NOTE for IE:</u></strong> Firefox and most other browsers use a Plugin. IE uses an ActiveX version. To install/update the IE ActiveX version, same instructions as above, except use IE to download the ActiveX installer. See: <a href="/en-US/kb/ActiveX" rel="nofollow">ActiveX</a>
</li><li>Also see: <a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Adobe_Reader" rel="nofollow">http://kb.mozillazine.org/Adobe_Reader</a> ~~red:<em><strong>AND</strong></em>~~ <a href="/en-US/kb/How%20do%20I%20edit%20options%20to%20add%20Adobe%20to%20the%20list%20of%20allowed%20sites" rel="nofollow">How do I edit options to add Adobe to the list of allowed sites</a>
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