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My Firefox homepage does not include Google search. Why is this?

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ColinTindal
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My Firefox homepage does not include Google search. I'd like to include a photo, but Firefox help doesn't seem to allow that. There is a blank box where the Google search would normally be. If you type in a search it takes you to a search engine called http://uk.search-results.com. Colin

My Firefox homepage does not include Google search. I'd like to include a photo, but Firefox help doesn't seem to allow that. There is a blank box where the Google search would normally be. If you type in a search it takes you to a search engine called http://uk.search-results.com. Colin

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hello ColinTindal, please enter about:config into the locationbar, search for the preference browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone, right-click & reset it and restart the browser.

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ColinTindal
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Here's a photo of what the Firefox homepage looks like.

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hello ColinTindal, please enter about:config into the locationbar, search for the preference browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone, right-click & reset it and restart the browser.

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Thankyou, Madperson. That did it. Colin