Ineffective Keyword Search (keyword.URL) changes in 23+

Refering to https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/963439, closing this thread is not sufficient for us users. Please let us vote about this change, or most people (like me) will downgrade or use addons that will disable this "security" feature.
Please make a better solution, or chrome or another browser will do.

The search engine that is used on the location bar and on the about:home page is the search engine that is selected in the search Bar on the Navigation Toolbar.
You can install the Keyword Search extension to specify with search engine to use for the location bar and which search engine to use for the about:home page via the Options/Preferences windows of this extension, accessible via the about:addons page.
* Keyword Search: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/keyword-search/
Another possibility is to disable keyword search (keyword.enable = false) and use a (one letter) keyword search for searching via the location bar. 
You can add a keyword to an installed search engine via Manage Search Engines (click the search engines icon on the search bar) and you can add a keyword to a bookmark in the Bookmarks Manager (Show All Bookmarks).
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_keyword_searches
That will allow to switch easily between search engines when you search via the location bar and there also is no problem with a one word search.

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When I try to change the keyword.url settings in about:config to do a "I'm Felling Lucky" Google search, it just resets to chrome://browser-region/locale/region.properties whenever I restart Firefox.

I just installed Firefox 4 today. When I try to change the keyword.url settings in about:config to do a "I'm Felling Lucky" Google search, it just resets to chrome://browser-region/locale/region.properties whenever I restart Firefox.

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
See:
* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]
See also:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved

I changed the "keyword url" setting in about:config to allow it to be used as a google search box, but when I exit and restart firefox it reverts to its previous setting.

chrome://browser-region/locale/region.properties
This is the URL that is in "keyword:URL" in about:config in my Firefox 4. I attempted to change it to http://www.google.ie/search?q= so as to use the address bar as a search bar. It works fine while Firefox remains open, but when I exit and come back later to open Firefox and use the address bar for search items I find that it has reverted to the default setting.
Can you please help me resolve this issue?
Thanks

See:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Preferences_not_saved
You can start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
* https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]
If it does work in Safe-mode then disable all extensions and then try to find which is causing it by enabling one at a time until the problem reappears.
* Use "Disable all add-ons" on the [[Safe mode]] start window to disable all extensions.
* Close and restart Firefox after each change via "File > Exit" (Mac: "Firefox > Quit"; Linux: "File > Quit")
In Firefox 4 you can use one of these to start in [[Safe mode]]:
* Help > Restart with Add-ons Disabled
* Hold down the Shift key while double clicking the Firefox desktop shortcut (Windows)

How do I search a spreadsheet for a list of URL's | then search those URL's for keywords | save the output? (Oh yeah..., and schedule it)

Fist, I should mention I am not a programmer but am eagerly learning powershell!
I am looking for an automated solution to accomplish what I am currently doing manually. I need a script that would combine the following:
Reach out to a list of websites (probably a loop of some sort since the list will come out of a spreadsheet which could contain 1 or 100 different sites)
Search each page for a specific word or words (not contained in the spreadsheet though that may make it more scalable)
Save the URL of the site(s) that contained the keywords to one text file (versus the multiple .html files I am creating today)
Have the output contain which words it found on which site.
If not overly complicated, I would like to schedule this to recur once a week.
A working script would be ideal, but even the resources that show me how to incorporate each element would suffice.
I have had success pulling down the full content of the listed pages and saving them to a directory, which requires manual intervention.
So far this works, but it's not scalable:
     Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
     $web = New-Object Net.WebClient
     $web.DownloadString("http://sosomesite/54321.com") | Out-File "C:\savestuffhere\54321.html"
     $web.DownloadString("http://sosomesite/54321.com") | Out-File "C:\savestuffhere\65432.html"
     Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\savestuffhere\" -Include *.html -Recurse | Select-String -Pattern "Keyword 1"
In otherwords, I have to manually replace the "http://sosomesite/54321.com" and "C:\savestuffhere\54321.html" when the URL changes to .\65432.com and the output name to match. That works fine when it's a couple sites, but again,
is not scalable.
Then, to see if any of the saved file's contain the keyword(s), I have to search the directory for the keyword which I am using:
Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\savestuffhere\54321.html" -Include *.html -Recurse | Select-String -Pattern "Keyword 1"

Hi Sure-man,
Sorry for the delay reply.
To automatically Reach out to all urls, you can list all urls in a txt file "d:\urls.txt" like this:
http://sosomesite/54321.com
http://sosomesite/65432.com
Then please try the script below to save the URL of the site(s) that contained the keywords to one text file "d:\outputurls.txt":
$urls = get-content d:\urls.txt
foreach($url in $urls){
$results = $web.DownloadString("$url")
$matches = $results | Select-String -Pattern "keyword1","keyword2"
#Extract the text of the messages, which are contained in segments that look like keyword1 or keyword2.
if ($matches.Matches){
$Object = New-Object PSObject
$Object | add-member Noteproperty keyword $matches.Matches.value
$Object | add-member Noteproperty URL $url
$output+=$Object}
$output|Out-File d:\outputurls.txt
If you want to schduled this script in Task Scheduler once a week, please save the script above as .ps1 file, and follow this article:
Weekend Scripter: Use the Windows Task Scheduler to Run a Windows PowerShell Script
If I have any misunderstanding, please let me know.
I hope this helps.

I've edited the Keyword URL so it shouldn't be Google doing autocomplete in the Location Bar but it still is. How do I stop Google dominating my searches?

At first when I made the change it did go to the alternative search engine that I had under Keyword URL & it is still set as that (I've checked) yet when I type in website such as wikipedia & hit return its found & brought to me by Google. Note this is a location bar not search box issue.

See also http://kb.mozillazine.org/keyword.enabled

Keyword.url gets changed to slirsredirect

Some process is changing keyword.url in about:config to the following URL....
http://slirsredirect.search.aol.com/slirs_http/sredir?sredir=2685&invocationType=tb50ffwinampab&query=
I've tried uninstalling WinAmp, but the issue is not resolved.
I can browse the internet fine - problem is I want to customize keyword.URL with a different URL. Every time i quit firefox and restart it, the slirsredirect URL reappears in keyword.url .
please assist.
thanks,
Harry

To revert to Google as your preferred search engine, please do the following. 
* In the location bar, type '''about:config''' and hit Enter. 
* In the filter at the top, type: '''keyword.URL''' 
* Double click it and remove whatever's in there and replace it with http://www.google.com/search?q= 
The URL to add in "keyword.URL" becomes a link in this post, so right click it and choose "Copy Link Location" to copy it to the Windows clipboard. Then hit CTRL+V to paste it. Saves you having to type the whole thing.
'''To reset your home page, do the following'''. 
* Go to the site you want to set as your homepage. 
* Click the orange Firefox button and go to '''Options '''| '''Options '''| '''General''' 
* Make sure it says "''Show My Homepage''" in the first dropdown menu. 
* Click the button called "'''Use Current Pages'''" to set the homepage to the one you have on the screen. 
After you complete the above steps, install this add-on to prevent another search engine from modifying your preferences: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/browserprotect/

I changed my keyword url from aol back to google but aol still comes up how do i fix this?

went into about:config changed keyword url from aol to goggle closed down firefox restarted and searches still com up in aol

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Keyword.url field bloked for changes in a firefox about:config tab (firefox with yandex)

keyword.url field bloked for changes in a firefox about:config tab (firefox with yandex)

Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the extensions or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox (Tools) > Add-ons > Appearance/Themes).
*Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Safe+Mode
*https://support.mozilla.com/kb/Troubleshooting+extensions+and+themes

Search Engine keyword.url, URL

How would I figure out what the search engine's URL is if I wanted to add it to the keyword.url? I know the main search engine's URL's for keyword.url, but what if I wanted to use another search engine in the awesome bar that isn't popular?

You can right-click the search bar on the page and use add a keyword for this search to create a bookmark for that particular search engine to see its URL.
Then you can use that URL without the %s parameter for the keyword.URL pref (reorder the GET parameter is the query parameter is not the last).
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Keyword.URL
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_keyword_searches
*http://kb.mozillazine.org/List_of_keyword_searches

Yahoo is the default autosearch from address bar, despite altering about:config and keyword.URL

== Issue
==
I have another kind of problem with Firefox
== Description
==
The name says it all. Keyword.URL is set to default, "http://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q="
It brings me to a Yahoo results page when I type a Non-URL into the addressbar.
"http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=searchterm&fr=greentree_ff1&ei=utf-8&type=374563"
How can I set it back to Google's "I'm feeling lucky" default?
== This happened
==
Every time Firefox opened
== Recently, no new addons however.
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== Operating system
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See if changing 4 options in AVG corrects the problem with Yahoo search:
http://www.avg.com/special-toolbar-how-to-disable-search-tlbrf.tpl-mcr1
'''''Other Issues''''': ~~red:You have installed plug-ins with known security issues. You should update them immediately.~~
'''Install/Update Adobe Reader for Firefox (aka Adobe PDF Plug-In For Firefox)''': your ver. 9.3.2; current ver. 9.3.3 (important security update release 06-29-2010; see: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb10-15.html)
~~red:Check your version here~~: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/plugincheck/
See: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Adobe+Reader+plugin+with+Firefox#Installing_and_updating_Adobe_Reader
~~red:''You may be able to update from the Adobe Reader installed on your system''~~ instead of going to the Adobe site and downloading. Start > Program Files, find and click Adobe Reader to open, click Help, click Check for Updates.
''If you go to the Adobe site to download the current Adobe Reader:''
-'''use Firefox to download''' and '''SAVE to your hard drive''' (save to Desktop for easy access)
~~red:-See the images at the bottom left of this post to see the steps to take on the Adobe site~~
-exit Firefox (File > Exit)
-check to see that Firefox is completely closed (''Ctrl+Alt+Del, choose Task Manager, click Processes tab, if "firefox.exe" is on the list, right-click "firefox.exe" and choose End process, close the Task Manager window'')
-double-click on the Adobe Reader installer you just downloaded to install/update Adobe Reader
*'''NOTE: On Vista and Windows 7''' you may need to run the plugin installer as Administrator by starting the installer via the right-click context menu if you do not get an UAC prompt to ask for permission to continue (i.e nothing seems to happen). See this: http://vistasupport.mvps.org/run_as_administrator.htm
*'''NOTE for IE:''' Firefox and most other browsers use a Plugin. IE uses an ActiveX version. To install/update the IE ActiveX version, same instructions as above, except use IE to download the ActiveX installer. See: [[ActiveX]]
*Also see: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Adobe_Reader ~~red:'''''AND'''''~~ [[How do I edit options to add Adobe to the list of allowed sites]]

Keyword.url set to google, being hijacked by Yahoo anyway

I have checked repeatedly that my keyword search is set to the Google string, but it STILL diverts me to a Yahoo search if I type into the address bar. I hate Yahoo and its entire slow, ugly, buggy garbage of an empire, how can I make it go away?
Also, GetBetterLinks is trash adware, please stop putting crap I have to delete on my computer, mmk?

I set the keyword.URL preference to the Google Search-by-Name URL, changed to the default theme, and then restarted in Safe Mode with add-ons disabled. When I then checked keyword.URL, it had changed back to the "chrome:" setting.
I set keyword.URL again and then disabled all plug-ins, exited Firefox normally, and restarted in Normal Mode. Again, keyword.URL had reverted to the "chrome:" setting.
I then reset keyword.URL, left all the plug-ins disabled, and restarted in Safe Mode. Once again, keyword.URL had reverted to the "chrome:" setting.
Sorry to be so clueless, cor-el, but I'm afraid I don't know what a locale is. I tried to read your link to mozillaZine, but it kept timing out after 30 seconds. Is that because of too much volume? So are you saying that my current locale is supposed to reset the keyword.URL preference from the "chrome:" setting to some valid value, but that isn't happening? What else could cause this besides a bad extension, theme, or plug-in?

Keyword.URL settings not saving

The keyword.URL setting in about config resets itself upon firefox 4.10b restart. It goes to a file in a chrome url.

chrome://browser-region/locale/region.properties is the default for complex prefs that are installation depended. You shouldn't see such values on the about:config page, but see the locale setting of the pref instead. The pref keyword.URL is an empty string in current Firefox 4 releases.
Are you using the default theme (Tools > Add-ons > Themes)? 
Which Firefox locale do you have installed?
Start Firefox in [[Safe Mode]] to check if one of the add-ons is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Tools > Add-ons > Themes).
* Don't make any changes on the Safe mode start window.
See:
* [[Troubleshooting extensions and themes]]

Keyword.url + Browse By Name is broken in FF23

My Mac's Firefox is notifying me that it wants to be updated to v23. But the keyword url string breaks in FF23 on Windows and as I use both mac and Pc, I need it to work on both every time.
Keyword.url and Google's Browse By Name is how I use the internet, it's not a feature, it's a requirement.
What can be done to resolve this?
Thanks!

Its... close but not completely solved yet.
keyword search only works for one word which is only half of what I do.
I need multi-word browse by name.

The Keyword.URL function keeps resetting to a different value.

I just downloaded Firefox 4, and normally what I would in Firefox 3.6, I would type a keyword in the URL bar. And it comes up saying that I'm searching using:
jar:file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Mozilla Firefox/omni.jar!/chrome/en-US/locale/browser-region/region.properties
I don't know where that came from, so I opened about:config, went to keyword.URL and switched to Google.
Okay, it works now. I exit it, and I later on opened it back up. I put in a word again. The same thing came up from when I started:
jar:file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Mozilla Firefox/omni.jar!/chrome/en-US/locale/browser-region/region.properties
I try fixing it again. It works now.
It seems the problem is the keyword.URL value keeps resetting, but I don't know how it got "jar:file:///C:/Program Files (x86)/Mozilla Firefox/omni.jar!/chrome/en-US/locale/browser-region/region.properties" to appear on it.
So, is this just a bug on Firefox 4, or am I just the only one experiencing it? And if so, how can I solve this problem?
I know I have like two other search engines available for use on my browser, but I mostly use the URL bar to search. Any solutions?

How can we get someone from Mozilla to correctly answer these questions instead of people like us? No offence, but there are different answers to this question all over the net and none of them are right. It is frustrating enough at time to drop Firefox altogether.

Is there a way to get Aperture to write changes made in Aperture itself (i.e. keywords, name changes, adjustments, etc) to ITPC automatically?

I have started creating a library in Aperture but can not see how to automatically link changes to keywords, name changes, adjustments, etc to the original image. Is this possible? Tess

The general workflow with Aperture is:
- import files
- make adjustments; add metadata
- make new image-format files that include the adjustments and metadata changes (this is what "Export" does).
You can, as Léonie instructs, write (most) of the metadata changes back to your Originals (these files are otherwise never changed by Aperture). Just be sure that your workflow benefits from it.
More specifically, in Aperture the Original (the file you import) is _always_ linked to the Version (for the time being, think of this as the images you see in Aperture, and keep in mind you can have as many Versions of any Original as you need), and any files you create by exporting blend the Original and the Version and produce an image-format file.
Because the Version and the Original are _always_ linked, there is usually (but not always ) no need to write the metadata held by the Version back over the metadata contained in the Original.
If you are new to Aperture, this very brief guide I wrote may help you avoid some common peregrinations.

Ineffective Keyword Search (keyword.URL) changes in 23+

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