The search bar will not load, home page frozen after down load of new version

Frustrated! I am a teacher and now that I have finally downloaded the new version of Firefox, the search link is frozen on the home page and there is a blank bar that does nothing below it.'''bold text'''

Hi johnFD, <br>
you should see these articles at first. These are pretty informative regarding your problem.<br>
* [[Search bar - Easily choose your favorite search engine]]
* [[Search the web from the Address Bar]]
<br>
Also, have a look at these topics: <br>
* [[How do i change the default search engine in the search bar?]]
* [[Forum Response - Reset location bar search provider]]
Finally, there is a Firefox Extension which can reset your preferences to their default values called [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/searchreset/ Search Reset] <br>
Could you try anything of these and then report back?

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