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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoWindows 10 store has Google search which gives easy access to their other sites and has settings to start at other than search.
google.com search on someday's looks a little bit different;
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I don't know then. When I click the camera in image search and then click "Upload an image", I get this:
I'm using Firefox but it's not so much the version of Firefox I'm using that determines how the screen looks. It's mostly just what (and how) Google decides to present it to me.
"I need one type of icon basically for folders and another type of design to look at individual files."
I'm not sure I understand. If I click the "Browse" button to search for an image to upload, it looks like this on my computer:
I'm running Linux though, yours would look different (but perform the same function). Is that where you're seeing icons of folders and files? In a "File Upload" dialog box I mean.
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When you say "that image search screen", do you mean the file upload dialog? The second image I posted?
If so, and yours looks different than it used to, maybe you just accidentally changed it to a different "View" setting?
If that's what happened, try clicking the icon I have circled in red and watch the view change until it's the way it used to be.
That image is from Windows 10. I may have missed what version of Windows you're running but whatever version, it should probably be similar.
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Is the listing similar to this?
If it's anything like that, doesn't it allow you to select one at a time to see what they do?
If it's something altogether different than what I pictured above, can you take a screenshot (maybe using the snipping tool) and upload it so we have a clearer idea what you're seeing? - 8 years ago
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What was said earlier on was this:
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yes...; this s the screen I am getting now. I don't want it. I need to get my old or oriinal screen back.
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I'm explaining this, it's the McLuhan graphic. If this isn't your question then I have no comment and why did you say this?
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" ... the other screen showing the camera should work ok."
That's the link I gave in this post, which is: https://images.google.com/imghp?hl=en&gws_rd=ssl
In this post you said:
" ... My original screen gave me a simple input screen for a search. However I
could click on the image button above and i would get a input screen
that allowed me to upload an image to use in the search."Is the image button you're referring to the one pointed to in this image?
If so, that's just the regular Google search page: https://www.google.com/
When you run into the exactly what you had before, could you please post an image just to satisfy my curiosity? - 8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
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No, that just takes me to the image search screen.
" ... when i then click on the images button i get a new google screen that is
different from before and it --> DOES NOT HAVE THE UPLOAD CAPABILITY <-- . ... "After clicking the camera icon, are you then clicking the "Upload an image" tab?
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How big can a screenshot be?
This image is 7.0 MB (sitting on my desktop):
Gardenweb readily accepted and resized it. I have no idea why a screenshot would be too big.
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If you restore the missing menu bar and click "Bookmarks", maybe you'll find the bookmarks are still there?
From this page: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customize-firefox-controls-buttons-and-toolbars.
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" ... I restored my old bookmark files ... "
Bingo! :-))
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" ... one more thing to work out. I need to get my menu bar at the top of the firefox screen restored. ... "
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- Press "Alt" to temporarily show the Menu Bar
- Click "View", then "Toolbars", then "Menu Bar" to make it permanent
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%APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\
Yeah, that's a very good way.
Another is go to "Help" --> "Troubleshooting Information" and click "Open Directory"
Something like this:
BTW, if you go into "Customize", you should be able to drag "Zoom Controls" to you toolbar if it's not already there.That or you can press and hold "Ctrl" and use scroll on your mouse to enlarge so it's easier to see.
Another way:
Ctrl + will enlarge
Ctrl - makes smaller
Ctrl 0 makes it normal size
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Anyway thanks for the information. Sounds like you're squared away?
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BTW2, nothings to say you can't right-click that Firefox profile, zip it up, and tuck it away someplace just in case things go wrong again someday. I do. :-)
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