after i put AOLs AIM programme on my pc i found it infested my web browser, so i immediately un-installed it and reset my home page. but now when i type a word in the the adress bar it will bring up an aol search page, instead of taking me to the site like it used to. i.e i used to be able to just type "ebay" and it would take me to ebay.com, and the same worked for most sites, i think it may have used googles 'im feeling lucky' search. does anyone know how i can get it back to normal? cheers

aols aim infested my firefox :-(
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fortuitous
, May 05 2008 01:24 AM
#1
Posted 05 May 2008 - 01:24 AM

after i put AOLs AIM programme on my pc i found it infested my web browser, so i immediately un-installed it and reset my home page. but now when i type a word in the the adress bar it will bring up an aol search page, instead of taking me to the site like it used to. i.e i used to be able to just type "ebay" and it would take me to ebay.com, and the same worked for most sites, i think it may have used googles 'im feeling lucky' search. does anyone know how i can get it back to normal? cheers
#2
Posted 08 May 2008 - 02:30 AM

Hey fortuitous 

- Open a new tab (ctrl+t)
- Type about:config into the location bar, and press enter.
- In the Filter box, at the top, type in: keyword.url
- Right click on the entry that comes up, click Modify and in the box that comes up, copy and paste in:
http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&q=
- Bookmark the page (ctrl+d)
- Go to Bookmarks > Organize Bookmarks
- Right click on the bookmark you created, click on Properties
- In the Keyword box, type in the keyword you want to access the page through.
- Click OK
- Close Bookmarks Manager
To get to the site, in the location bar, type the keyword, and press enter.

Edited by Matt T, 08 May 2008 - 02:36 AM.
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