Updated FireFox search bar plugin

Hello all,
I've updated my FireFox search bar plugin so it searches the new forum.
Anybody interested can install it from my FireFox search bar page.
Ed
Ed Dickens - Certified LabVIEW Architect - DISTek Integration, Inc. - NI Certified Alliance Partner
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I'm not sure to tell you the truth. My guess would be something to do with the restricted user rights.
The simple sollution is to manually install the search. Under your FireFox directory, there should be a directory named \searchplugins. Unzip both of the files in the attached zip file into the \searchplugins directory, and then restart FireFox. One of the files is the icon that will show up in the search box, the other is the source for the plugin.
Let me know how it goes.
Ed
Ed Dickens - Certified LabVIEW Architect - DISTek Integration, Inc. - NI Certified Alliance Partner
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