Firefox deletes add on search engines at each close

Windows 7
Firefox 6.2
Search add on do not hold and are deleted from search manager listing each time I log off.
How do I keep the search engine add ons from defaulting to nil?

search engine problems (recommend backing up profile first, and renaming not deleting files), don't you just hate it when people tell you to delete files without revealing consequences (if you rename the search.json file take pictures of your search engine drop-down first as many snapshots as it takes.
* Corrupt localstore.rdf - MozillaZine Knowledge Base only downside is recustomizing toolbars View>toolbars>cutomize (take a picture of your toolbars first). May fix, but does not remove search engines. http://kb.mozillazine.org/Search_engines_disappear_from_search_bar http://kb.mozillazine.org/Corrupt_localstore.rdf
* '''Unable to search or add new engines''' - MozillaZine Knowledge Base deleting search.jason & search.sqlite -- have to reorder and delete some search engines to get old config back deleting just search.json no apparent differences deleting just search.sqlite or search.sqlite and search.json all search engines available but in alphabetical order Your actual search engines in your "searchplugins" profile folder -- [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=1944323] '''http://kb.mozillazine.org/Unable_to_search_or_add_new_engines'''
* to reorder your engines move items up or down through "Sort Manager" click on the drop-down on the favicon on the search bar at the very bottom of the drop down.
Profile folder (information) http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox
 Please mark "Solved" one answer that will best help others with a similar problem -- hope this was it.

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