I just downloaded firefox. It starts but won't execute any searches.

That about says it. I can't find any online advice about what my problem might be.

Hello,
The Reset Firefox feature can fix many issues by restoring Firefox to its factory default state while saving your essential information.
Note: ''This will cause you to lose any Extensions, Open websites, and some Preferences.''
To Reset Firefox do the following:
#Go to Firefox > Help > Troubleshooting Information.
#Click the "Reset Firefox" button.
#Firefox will close and reset. After Firefox is done, it will show a window with the information that is imported. Click Finish.
#Firefox will open with all factory defaults applied.
Further information can be found in the [[Reset Firefox – easily fix most problems]] article.
Did this fix your problems? Please report back to us!
Thank you.

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== Issue
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I have another kind of problem with Firefox
== Description
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I have just downloaded firefox but when I try to access the internet it comes up with the message "firefox could not download the search plugin from: http://toolbar.inbox.com?search_plugin_firefosx.aspx.tbid=801398language=en" Can you help please
== User Agent
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Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; YPC 3.2.0; FunWebProducts; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.648; .NET CLR 3.5.21022; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

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