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BBC & Amazon keep appearing in my search bar + when I search the net it searches BBC or Amazon instead?

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Jondog
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When I press the homepage icon to do a search, a name from the search engine list e.g. BBC appears in the search bar. When I type something in the search bar over this name to search the net it searches the pre-filled site instead e.g. BBC, Amazon, E Bay or others off my search engine list depending which is selected at the time. I deleted Firefox and reloaded but the problem is still there. It first happened when my version was upgraded, help appreciated.

When I press the homepage icon to do a search, a name from the search engine list e.g. BBC appears in the search bar. When I type something in the search bar over this name to search the net it searches the pre-filled site instead e.g. BBC, Amazon, E Bay or others off my search engine list depending which is selected at the time. I deleted Firefox and reloaded but the problem is still there. It first happened when my version was upgraded, help appreciated.

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Try installing https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset to reset the search preferences

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user633449
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Try installing https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/searchreset to reset the search preferences

Jondog
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Absolutely brilliant - a week of messing and fixed in an instant . . thanks!!!

Jondog
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but a few hours later it's appeared again :(