How do i change the search engine?

i just wanna know how to change the search engine

Do you mean the search engine that is used in the location bar?
You can modify the pref keyword.URL on the about:config page to use Google's "I'm Feeling Lucky" or Google's "Browse By Name".
* Google "I'm Feeling Lucky": http://www.google.com/search?btnI=I%27m+Feeling+Lucky&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=
* Google "Browse by Name": http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/keyword.URL
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Location_Bar_search
If you mean the search bar on the default about:home Home page then that can't be changed other than setting another page as the home page like http://www.google.com
For the search bar on the Navigation Toolbar see:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Search_Bar
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Search+bar

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2. Press enter again to accept I will be careful...
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4. right click on it and click reset.
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