Chambers dictionary search engine in search bar stopped working.

Chambers dictionary search engine stopped working in Firefox search bar. Results go to 404 error page: http://www.chambersharrap.co.uk/chambers/chref/chref.py/main?query=recap&title=21st&sourceid=Mozilla-search

Hi p4wel,
delete it from search bar and install it again from : http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?name=chambers
thank you

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Make sure that you do not run Firefox in compatibility mode.
You can open the Properties of the Firefox desktop shortcut via the right-click context menu and check the "Compatibility" tab.
Make sure that all items are deselected in the "Compatibility" tab of the Properties window.
You can check if you have the XML files of the default search engines including Google in the browser\searchplugins folder in the Firefox program folder.
If not then you need to reinstall Firefox.
You can find the full version of the current Firefox 36.0.4 release in all languages and for all operating systems here:
*https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
Try to delete the search.json file and possible search-metadata.json and search.sqlite files in the Firefox profile folder to reset the search engines to the default.
You can use this button to go to the currently used Firefox profile folder:
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
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I have a couple search engines installed in firefox's search bar. I find it extremely annoying that each time I change the search engine it remains like that even after restarting firefox. Is there any add-on that would switch back to the one that is on the top of the list (which happens to be my default search engine for navigation bar as well) every time I restart the browser?
Let me give you an example: I use duckduckgo as a default search engine for the nav bar and in the search bar. Let's say I need to find a definition for which I use wikipedia search engine. I switch to wikipedia one then. I turn off the browser and the next time I start firefox the search engine that appears in the search bar is wikipedia and I would prefer it to be duckduckgo.
I hope it isn't to vague.
cheers,
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Easiest is to set the preferred default engine to the preferred search engine via the user.js file in the Firefox profile folder by copying the related user_pref() line to this file.
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*Help > Troubleshooting Information > Profile Directory: Show Folder (Linux: Open Directory; Mac: Show in Finder)
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* Make sure that you select "All files" and not "Text files" when you save the file via "Save file as" in the text editor as user.js Otherwise Windows may add a hidden .txt file extension and you end up with a not working user.js.txt file
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/user.js_file

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*[[Troubleshoot Firefox issues using Safe Mode]]
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* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Standard_diagnostic_-_Firefox#Clean_reinstall
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*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_Manager#Creating_a_new_profile
* this will be an additional profile, it is still worth backing up any existing or currently working profile on a regular basis
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When I try to add search engines on the search bar via the Manage Search Engines... option it takes me to:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search-tools/
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From the search bar drop down "Manage Search Engines" dialogue, there is a link called "Get more search engines." That sends you to addons.mozilla.org, which I find to be almost useless for finding a search engine add-on. Why not send the user to the Mycroft Project, http://mycroft.mozdev.org/? That is vastly more helpful. I tried to find "Google News" at the add-ons site and failed completely. I also tried "Rotten Tomatoes" and got a poor one there. However, at Mycroft, searches for the above two immediately returned good results. I did not know about Mycroft until I complained, on the Firefox forum, about my inability to find Google News.

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