browser.search.defaultenginename pref does not work

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Al_0987
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browser.search.defaultenginename pref does not work

Post by Al_0987 »

Here is what I added to my user.js file:

user_pref("browser.search.defaultenginename", "Webster");

Now I expect the engine in the search bar to be Webster every time I start Firefox. It's not. The search bar's engine is the one I left it on last time.

How can I get it to change to Webster on startup?
Unarmed
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Post by Unarmed »

Use <strong>browser.search.selectedEngine</strong> instead.
Guest
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Post by Guest »

Tried that as well. It doesn't work.
Al_0987
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Post by Al_0987 »

PS That's me above
Al_0987
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Post by Al_0987 »

Do these settings work for anyone else?
I would be grateful if someone tried it and confirmed.
lluisanunez
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Post by lluisanunez »

Yeah it works for me. What OS are you using?
using Firefox since it was a bird
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080313 SeaMonkey/1.1.9 (Ubuntu-1.1.9+nobinonly-0ubuntu1)
Al_0987
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Post by Al_0987 »

Windows 2000, Firefox 1.0.4.
When I enter it in safe mode this works! But it doesn't work in normal mode, even if I disble all the extensions and restart.

Any suggestions?
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