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When a site is not found from a main bar entry (not searchbar) how to change search engine

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tomk
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If you type 'not found item' into the main url address bar (not into the search bar), then firefox defaults to google.com and shows you the entry there. How can I change the search engine used by default there? - It is not related to the 'top' search engine you set for the search bar...so I am hoping there is somewhere else it is set rather than hard-coded? Thanks

If you type 'not found item' into the main url address bar (not into the search bar), then firefox defaults to google.com and shows you the entry there. How can I change the search engine used by default there? - It is not related to the 'top' search engine you set for the search bar...so I am hoping there is somewhere else it is set rather than hard-coded? Thanks

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TonyE
TonyE
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See Location bar search for details of how to change this.

cor-el
cor-el
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See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search