You appear to be first to mention the Yahoo menu item of those I've seen here, and there are some different versions of the '''Yahoo Toolbar''' maybe you have a different extension but this is how it goes for the Toolbar. You might check for another extension that has "Yahoo" in the name and in the Control Panel. ''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 box '''before''' dismissing the dialog message # '''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). ''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 box '''before''' dismissing the dialog message # '''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).

   Select Puzzle piece on left-side for Extensions List
   Find "Yahoo Toolbar" and click on "Uninstall" button, and restart Firefox."

"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." ---this does not work.