Yahoo doesn't allow firefox to be displayed, so i cant change add-ons to eliminate yahoo.

i have downloaded and installed firefox 10 times and uninstalled it 9 times. firefox browser is dominated by yahoo and yahoo does'nt even allow the mozilla firefox logo to be displayed. so i cant click on the logo to change add-ons. i already have a yahoo browser. i don't need another one, but that is what i get whenever i install firefox. mozilla firefox used to be 1 of the browsers that i relied on to access websites that are dedicated to site and cant be accessed by bing, google, google chrome, yahoo, msn, or internet explorer. i have all of these browsers installed and at the ready on my tab bar. firefox is the only one that is hijacked by yahoo. fix it, and explain how i fix it please. thanks in advance, robert...

thanks to everyone that tried to help with this yahoo hijacking problem. I took all of the recommendations to the task, however, none of it was successful. after nearly giving up on firefox after the 14th download I accidently discovered the cure. with the firefox logo on my taskbar I clicked on it to launch "yahoo" once again but raced into the topleft corner to click on the firefox tab b-4 it disappeared within micro seconds. it cant be done. but accidently I dragged yahoo down to reveal the firefox logo tab and was able to rightclick access to add-ons! success to disable yahoo toolbar, but that still doesn't eliminate yahoo dominance. in order to do that simply find firefox with bing on a website, download it, install it, and success. now I click on firefox logo on my taskbar and yahoo is longgone. it is 28.0 in all its glory with the horny fox humping the globe center screen. thx once again to all who tried to help. I hope this experience can help the next computer illiterate as I stumble towards literacy...

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