unable to get amazon.com option for search bar
I recently lost my firefox configuration and now see the Amazon.DE search engine rather than Amazon.com. I have no idea why...
I followed assorted support guides but haven't been able to add the Amazon.com search engine: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/add-or-remove-search-engine-firefox#w_add-search-engines
1) I clicked the link "find more search engines": https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search-engines/. This took me to a generic list of extensions and didn't find an official amazon search option for the search bar. Those suggested had few downloads and weren't vetted by mozilla
2) I visited Amazon.com and then clicked the magnifying glass with the green plus sign in the search bar. Then tried to add amazon.com as a search engine but got this error:
Firefox could not download the search plugin from: https://d2lo25i6d3q8zm.cloudfront.net/browser-plugins/AmazonSearchSuggestionsOSD.Firefox.xml
Can someone explain how to get this working again; I just want the normal amazon.com search in the search bar
Izabrano rješenje
What is the browser.search.region pref set to on the about:config page?
- about:config => browser.search.region => US
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox
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Odabrano rješenje
What is the browser.search.region pref set to on the about:config page?
- about:config => browser.search.region => US
- https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox
Thank you, that was the issue: region was set to "DE". I wish I knew how that happened... I'll need to look at how to back that config up in case this happens again.