Search Bar not working
The search bars in firefox are not working in either window (upper left, or center just below). I type in my search criteria and I get nothing. I cannot even select a browser. What can I do to fix this? I've already tried to restart firefox. Any suggestions?
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Did this problem just come on suddenly, not being able to use the address bar? Maybe it's this:
Due to a change in how Firefox 39 associates keywords with bookmarks and/or history, the address bar is newly sensitive to corruption in the database that stores your history and bookmarks (the places.sqlite file).
This will be fixed in Firefox 40, due out next week, so if this is the problem, you have a couple different options:
(1) Immediate workaround is to remove/rename the places.sqlite file, but then you lose all your history, so that's really not very attractive for people who rely on history for revisiting sites. If you decide to try that, please see this thread for the detailed steps: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1073204
(2) You could install Firefox 40 during its last week of beta testing. If you decide to try that, please see this thread for the detailed steps: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1076158
You can check if you have the XML files of the default search engines including Google in the browser\searchplugins folder in the Firefox program folder.
If not then you need to reinstall Firefox.
You can find the full version of the current current Firefox release (39.0.3) in all languages and all operating systems here: