#WATERFOX SEARCH ENGINE UPDATE#

xpi file ' which will be found in my userprofile, sub-folder 'features' after every Firefox update, might be involved. In case it was still present after the first startup, I could re-enable it immediately. In such cases, after the second Firefox startup Ecosia was back (always) and I could make it my default search engine again. Also the search bar is missing in the upper right hand corner of the home page. Sometimes Ecosia had even disappeared from the list of available search engines. Try restoring the default Search Engines by selecting 'Manage Search Engines' in the dropdown next to the Search on the Address Bar and then clicking 'Restore Defaults', This will attempt to restore the default Search Engines e.g. I want firefox to use google as a search engine, and it keeps going back to ask.com. The Waterfox search engine is now live at or from the browser since 38.1, just select it as your search engine to test it out 39 will have it as the default search for new users. I am not even sure that the behaviour has been consistent across all Firefox updates.įrequently I noticed that, when a new Firefox version had been started up for the first time after the update, my personal default search engine had been reset from Ecosia back to Google.

#WATERFOX SEARCH ENGINE UPDATE#

I cannot be more precise, because I do not know which Firefox update was the first one, when I noticed the phenomenon. There is something, which I think I have noticed during the past few Firefox updates.