1. Go to the searchplugins directory, where you installed Firefox. In Windows XP, this will normally be:
C:\program files\Mozilla Firefox\searchplugins
2. Open google.xml in your favourite text editor.
3. Change the Image tag to the following and save:
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How-to write your own Search Plugin for Firefox
Thanks, Fahd. Could you post how to restore the Google search icon to "G"? (for firefox)
ReplyDeleteThe original G favicon can be set by changing the Image tag's value to:
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