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my search facility doesn't resond

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wulf1
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entering a search term into the search engine box and clicking on the magnifying glass does nothing. Using the tools web search , or ctrl K, has the same nil effect.

entering a search term into the search engine box and clicking on the magnifying glass does nothing. Using the tools web search , or ctrl K, has the same nil effect.

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cor-el
cor-el
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Start Firefox in Use Troubleshoot Mode in Firefox to check if one of your add-ons is causing your problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).

See Troubleshoot extensions, themes and hardware acceleration issues to solve common Firefox problems and Troubleshoot issues with plugins like Flash or Java to fix common Firefox problems

See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_search_or_add_new_engines

wulf1
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Co-rel, Thanks for the swift reply. using the first link you gave and deleting search.sqlite and formhistory.sqlite works! So thank you for that. Wulf1