How to change search page layout

1.  open catalogsearch.xml file located in app\design\frontend\default\themeXXX\layoutdirectory.
2. Look for the following code under Quick Search Form label:
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   1	<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/2columns-left.phtml</template></action>

   Change it to:
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   1	<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column.phtml</template></action>

3. Save this file and upload to the server replacing the original file.

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