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imoore1
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Hi, I recently had to reinstall Thunderbird (version 91.2.1) and have since lost the option to install Qwant (a) as a search engine and (b) as the default one. I have found instructions on the forum (to save an xml link), but when I try to add this, nothing happens. It's a great search engine that doesn't track you. Maps aside, I find it more or less as good as Google and much better (probably because it's more Euro-centric and I'm in the UK) than Duck Duck Go. I'd be grateful for any help in resurrecting it. Thanks, Isabel

Hi, I recently had to reinstall Thunderbird (version 91.2.1) and have since lost the option to install Qwant (a) as a search engine and (b) as the default one. I have found instructions on the forum (to save an xml link), but when I try to add this, nothing happens. It's a great search engine that doesn't track you. Maps aside, I find it more or less as good as Google and much better (probably because it's more Euro-centric and I'm in the UK) than Duck Duck Go. I'd be grateful for any help in resurrecting it. Thanks, Isabel

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sfhowes
sfhowes

I don't know how to do it in 91, as the method of using the opensearch.xml doesn't work, but in the latest beta, 95b1, it can be done by simply entering the URL for the qwant, or any other search, home page, in Preferences/General/Default Search Engine, Add from file.

This will probably be added to a future version of the 91 release,

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imoore1
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Thanks, SF Howes. Unfortunately, that's what I've been trying, to no avail. I click on "Add from file", select the Qwant xml file and...nothing. The same search engines are still listed in the drop-down menu. I've tried restarting Thunderbird afterwards, but still nothing. Any other suggestions? I'd be very grateful. Thanks, Isabel

sfhowes
sfhowes

You could try installing Qwant in Firefox using one of the add-ons, then copy the search.json.mozlz4 file from the Firefox profile to the TB profile, after backing up the TB search.json.mozlz4. Untested by me.

Adding search engines with xml files is in fact broken in 91, but the fix should appear in the next 91.x release:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1718411#c10

Fixed in the current Betterbird.

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