I cannot set google as my default browser/homepage & firefox won't respond to searches

I want google as my home page and the search bar does not work in any event on firefox

See a Windows support forum about '''''not''''' having a default browser. AFAIK, you need to have one browser as the default browser.
http://lounge.windowssecrets.com/index.php

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