I cannot change the search engine to google from yahoo

I have read and tried several suggestions on how to change my search engine to google and it will not change to google. I have deleted anything yahoo from my computer, I did the troubleshoot suggestions, I used malawarebytes, and microsoft essentials. Additionally, I deleted the spigot/youtube downloader and toolbar, that includes the add-ons, ms config, the registry, and in my programs. Does anyone know, outside what has already been mentioned what I can do to change the yahoo search engine to google. I would like to add, I still have the same issue in safe mode.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/919083?s=change+search+engine+to+google&r=11&as=s
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/920396?s=change+search+engine+to+google&r=3&as=s
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/915358?s=change+search+engine+to+google&r=4&as=s

Very Easy no need to install any thing.
1. In address bar Type in about:config (press enter)
2. Press enter again to accept I will be careful...
3. Type '''browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID''' in search bar
4. right click on it and click reset.
5. Type '''browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone''' in search bar
6. Right click on it and click rest.
close Firefox and restart it. Good to go

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