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Bing has taken over. How do I get Firefox back as my search engine ?

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jworgan
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On morning several weeks ago, I fired up ole Bettsy and tried to do a search. The heading said Mozilla Firefox, but, the search block in the middle of the screen says BING. Google is gone.

And there is no tool bar along the top. Microsoft strikes again.

I've tried to go back to a previous date, but, no soap.

On morning several weeks ago, I fired up ole Bettsy and tried to do a search. The heading said Mozilla Firefox, but, the search block in the middle of the screen says BING. Google is gone. And there is no tool bar along the top. Microsoft strikes again. I've tried to go back to a previous date, but, no soap.

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cor-el
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In Firefox 3.6 and later on Windows you can hide the "Menu Bar" via "View > Toolbars" or via the right-click context menu on a toolbar.

Press F10 or press and hold the Alt key down to bring up the "Menu Bar" temporarily.

Go to "View > Toolbars" or right-click the "Menu Bar" or press Alt+V T to select which toolbars to show or hide (click on an entry to toggle the state).

See also Restore the Menu bar in Firefox and http://kb.mozillazine.org/Toolbar_customization

Check the pref keyword.URL on the about:config page: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword%2eURL

See also Removing the Search Helper Extension and Bing Bar

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