''Yahoo Toolbar messes up Location Bar Search'' '''Remove the Yahoo Toolbar''' # "Ctrl+Shift+A" (Add-ons Manager) # Select Puzzle piece on left-side for Extensions List # Find "Yahoo Toolbar" and click on "Uninstall" button, and restart Firefox. ''(if you really need to keep the Yahoo toolbar, you can hide the toolbar instead with customize, and still change all the search defaults as below)'' '''Then to fix the default search engine''' used at the Location Bar, change the value of '''keyword.URL''' in '''about:config''' to one of the values shown in [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search#Location_Bar_search_.28external_-_search_engine.29 Location Bar search] at MozillaZine. * Google Search (Google search results page)<br>'''http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=''' # type in '''about:config''' into the location bar (in a new tab) # if the warning message nonsense comes up uncheck the warn box '''before''' dismissing the dialog message with the "I'll be careful'' nonsense. # '''filter on keyword''' # right-click on '''keyword.URL''' and choose "modify" then paste in the Google search engine string of your choice. # # '''filter on keyword''' # right-click on '''browser.search.defaulturl''' and again choose "modify" then paste in the Google search engine string of your choice. # right-click on '''yahoo.ytff.search.popup_src''' ''(if it exists)'' and again choose "modify" then paste in the Google search engine string of your choice, if adventurous might see if "reset" would remove and see if gone in next session (well not for those keeping the extension). '''Avoiding the problems:''' Many software installations contain additional baggage know as crapware. The Yahoo Toolbar is packaged with Java [http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/266/javainstall.png/ picture] More information on ask.com, Yahoo Toolbars * Uninstalling toolbars - MozillaZine Knowledge Base<br>http://kb.mozillazine.org/Uninstalling_toolbars '''More information on configuration variables''' available in [http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries about:config entries] and for users not familiar with the process there is [http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config about:config] (How to change). ---- You can make Firefox 4.0.1 and '''Firefox 5.0''' look like Firefox 3.6.17, see numbered items 1-10 in the following topic *[http://dmcritchie.mvps.org/firefox/firefox-problems.htm#fx4interface Fix Firefox 4.0 toolbar user interface, problems (Make Firefox 4.0 look like 3.6)]