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Search Google Powered Search Now Uses Bing

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rluther
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For some reason when I select a word on a web page, right click and select the "Search Google Powered Search" for ___, it now uses the Bing search engine instead of Google and takes me to the Bing site. I have checked my add on's and the keyword.url and I find no reason for this to occur. Yesterday it worked fine and today it does not. As I am typing, I realize I just installed Quickbooks Pro today. I'll check what got installed, but that is the only change. Oh, I consistently run Firefox in the private browing mode.

For some reason when I select a word on a web page, right click and select the "Search Google Powered Search" for ___, it now uses the Bing search engine instead of Google and takes me to the Bing site. I have checked my add on's and the keyword.url and I find no reason for this to occur. Yesterday it worked fine and today it does not. As I am typing, I realize I just installed Quickbooks Pro today. I'll check what got installed, but that is the only change. Oh, I consistently run Firefox in the private browing mode.

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the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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That contextual menu entry us tied to the selected search engine in the Search bar. Change the search engine that is showing in the Search bar.

rluther
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It has gotten worse. The search bar states that it is a "Google Powered Search", but now it diverts to Bing. That happened after I disabled private browsing. Moreover, Bing is not even listed as a search engine when I go to Manage search engines.

rluther
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FYI to anyone with these problems. I gave up. I exported my bookmarks and uninstalled Firefox. I reinstalled and everything works again. What a PIA. Wish I were competent enough to understand how to fix this.