It's missing the eBay search engine and "Restore Default Search Engines" is greyed out and unclickable.
FireFox 1.4.0.2 on macOS 10.15.7
eBay search engine is missing
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eBay search engine is missing
Another day, another FireFox problem... What happened?
- therube
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Re: eBay search engine is missing
I don't see it either.
(I guess eBay wasn't willing to pay Mozilla enough .)
Hmm...
But in my case, Restore Default Search Engines was not grayed out, & clicking that then did add eBay in there.
(I don't know that I every made any changes there? Maybe I did?)
Maybe restart into Safe Mode & see if that makes any difference (with it being there, & also with Restore working)?
You might want to test opening a new, clean Profile & see if eBay does turn up in there?
(I guess eBay wasn't willing to pay Mozilla enough .)
Hmm...
But in my case, Restore Default Search Engines was not grayed out, & clicking that then did add eBay in there.
(I don't know that I every made any changes there? Maybe I did?)
Maybe restart into Safe Mode & see if that makes any difference (with it being there, & also with Restore working)?
You might want to test opening a new, clean Profile & see if eBay does turn up in there?
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
- jscher2000
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Re: eBay search engine is missing
Is it possible it varies among locales? This URL will list all the search extensions included in the code, but most of them are not configured for my locale (en-US):
resource:///chrome/browser/search-extensions/
I don't know whether eBay is included everywhere or in selected locales.
resource:///chrome/browser/search-extensions/
I don't know whether eBay is included everywhere or in selected locales.
- dickvl
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Re: eBay search engine is missing
See also:
resource:///defaults/settings/main/search-config.json
resource:///defaults/settings/main/search-config.json
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Re: eBay search engine is missing
select one of the other search engines like "amazon" and click remove. this will activate the "restore default search engines" button and both amazon and the missing ebay should be restored.
How can ace be one and eleven? Huh?
What kind of god would allow that?
What kind of god would allow that?
- dickvl
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Re: eBay search engine is missing
Otherwise you can try to remove or rename search.json.mozlz4 in the Firefox profile folder with Firefox closed to rebuild the search engines registry.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pr ... -user-data
Firefox will create a fresh search.json.mozlz4 and hopefully restore eBay.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/pr ... -user-data
Firefox will create a fresh search.json.mozlz4 and hopefully restore eBay.
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Re: eBay search engine is missing
i opened the "URL" and it wrecked my firefox installation.jscher2000 wrote:This URL will list all the search extensions included in the code, but most of them are not configured for my locale (en-US):
resource:///chrome/browser/search-extensions/
afterward, when i would try to "clear history," firefox would lock up.
find answers at "Mozilla Support":
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox
- therube
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Re: eBay search engine is missing
Odd, I'd think.it wrecked my firefox installation
In what way did it wreck it?
Fire 750, bring back 250.
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.19) Gecko/20110420 SeaMonkey/2.0.14 Pinball CopyURL+ FetchTextURL FlashGot NoScript
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Re: eBay search engine is missing
like i said, when i would run firefox's "clear history," or, rather, when i would try to run firefox's "clear history," firefox would "lock up," would "freeze."therube wrote:In what way did it wreck it?
i used task manager's "end task" to close firefox, but the problem repeated every time that i would run firefox's "clear history."
i uninstalled firefox, removing all firefox files and regkeys, and then reinstalled it, and set it back up to the way that i always have it, with all of the same browser-extensions and tweaks, and now i am no longer seeing the problem with firefox's locking up when i run "clear history."
find answers at "Mozilla Support":
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/firefox
- jscher2000
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Re: eBay search engine is missing
Sounds like a coincidence.redwolfe_98 wrote:i opened the "URL" and it wrecked my firefox installation.jscher2000 wrote:This URL will list all the search extensions included in the code, but most of them are not configured for my locale (en-US):
resource:///chrome/browser/search-extensions/
afterward, when i would try to "clear history," firefox would lock up.