Can't remove "search powered by yahoo search engine" (see dropdown window, attachment)
Have tried removing questionable addons, unwanted programs in windows add/remove, edited the registry and returned Mozilla/ firefox 56.0,1 to default. See previous discussion with "Happy112" Oct 15
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pouly55 said
Disabled "search for firefox (legacy)" and "search powered by yahoo search engine" disappeared! Re enabled "search for firefox" and "search powered by yahoo search engine" reappeared! Now have it disabled! so far, so good, will see if it reappears in the next 24 hrs, especially when the computer is rebooted. Thanks, Paul
Yay ! Keeping my fingers crossed ! See you tomorrow : same time, same place ........
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Hi again !
So your problem isn't solved at all - bummer !
Would you please remove the 'Chosen Solution' mark from my post here :
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1179972
We'll have to look for a real solution ......
Your system details show an extension called 'Search for Fire Fox 1.6' -
I can't find anything about that extension .......
Unless you installed this extension yourself : would you disable it and see if that will make a difference ?
Disabled "search for firefox (legacy)" and "search powered by yahoo search engine" disappeared! Re enabled "search for firefox" and "search powered by yahoo search engine" reappeared! Now have it disabled! so far, so good, will see if it reappears in the next 24 hrs, especially when the computer is rebooted. Thanks, Paul
Chosen Solution
pouly55 said
Disabled "search for firefox (legacy)" and "search powered by yahoo search engine" disappeared! Re enabled "search for firefox" and "search powered by yahoo search engine" reappeared! Now have it disabled! so far, so good, will see if it reappears in the next 24 hrs, especially when the computer is rebooted. Thanks, Paul
Yay ! Keeping my fingers crossed ! See you tomorrow : same time, same place ........
Doesn't that extension have a Remove button?
Extensions that do not have a "Remove" button are installed globally by other software and are not under control of the Firefox extension manager. Globally installed extensions are usually found via a registry scan or are installed in a location that Firefox scans for installed extensions.
- https://developer.mozilla.org/Installing_extensions
- https://developer.mozilla.org/Adding_Extensions_using_the_Windows_Registry
Extensions installed globally need to be removed via the settings window of the program that has added this extension or you need to uninstall this program via "Control Panel -> Programs". In Firefox you can only disable such an extension.
Note that the System Details list shows that you have a user.js file in the profile folder to initialize prefs each time Firefox starts. The user.js file will only be present if you or other software has created this file and normally won't be present.
You can check its content with a text editor (right-click: "Open with"; do not double-click). The user.js file is read each time Firefox is started and initializes preferences to the value specified in this file, so preferences set via user.js can only be changed temporarily for the current session.
You can delete the user.js file if you didn't create this file yourself.
cor-el said
Doesn't that extension have a Remove button?
When I don't know if the extension in question is an extension that the OP installed themself; when I dont know anything about that extension yet : I always suggest to disable it first - if it turns out to be the culprit, it can always be removed later.