When I delete or re-order my search engines, they keep getting re-added or reordered.

In the firefox toolbar, I have re-ordered my engines. Periodically, it will re-add the ones I delete or re-order the engines. It's irritating. It does not necessarily happen when I turn off my computer or close firefox. It happens randomly. At least I haven't noticed a pattern. Please help.

Are you using cleanup software like CCleaner to cleanup files in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder] ?
This can be a problem with search.sqlite or search.json in the [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Profile_folder_-_Firefox Firefox Profile Folder]<br />
You can try to move those two files to a different location or rename them by adding .old to see if that helps.

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