Re: browser search missing

From: Wesley Vogel (123WVogel955_at_comcast.net)
Date: 01/20/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 21:10:14 -0700

Robert,

This one??

Reset IE Search engine to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#ResetSearch

http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG 

-- 
Hope this helps.  Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:6vmHd.3394$8Z1.2717@newssvr14.news.prodigy.com,
Mr. Newt <lektrikpuke@_yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
> Wes,
> 
> Thanks again for the response.  Did that and didn't work.  Have tried
> many different things including sfc and reinstalling IE.  None
> worked.  I finally did a web search (using google) and found this page
> http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm
> The reg fix worked.
> 
> Robert
> 
> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:ul8Ywfc$EHA.3924@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> Robert,
>> 
>> Try this...
>> 
>> To reset Internet Explorer settings
>> If you installed another Web browser after installing Internet
>> Explorer and Internet Tools, some of your Internet Explorer settings
>> may have changed. You can reset your Internet Explorer settings to
>> their original defaults, including your home page and search pages,
>> and choice of default browser, without changing your other browser's
>> settings.
>>   1.. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
>>   2.. Click the Programs tab.
>>   3.. Click the Reset Web Settings button.
>> 
>> Web Settings button
>> [[Click this to reset the default Internet Explorer settings for
>> your home and search pages, and prompt to make Internet Explorer
>> your default browser.
>> Note: This only resets these settings if you have installed another
>> Web browser after installing Internet Explorer and Internet Tools,
>> and that browser has changed the default settings.]]
>> 
>> --
>> Hope this helps.  Let us know.
>> 
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>> 
>> In news:4gFGd.12372$5R.10279@newssvr21.news.prodigy.com,
>> Mr. Newt <lektrikpuke@_yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Wes,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for the quick response.  Unfortunately, I tried all that
>>> (meaning "just display results in main window" & "display most
>>> likely") before coming here, and it is of no use.  The program I
>>> installed had a browser buddy (I don't remember what it called
>>> itself).  It wanted to help me with all kinds of stuff, which I
>>> turned off, then decided to completely uninstall.  After that, no
>>> search, nada.
>>> 
>>> Any other ideas?  I guess I could uninstall IE and then reinstall,
>>> but I'm trying to avoid that.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Robert
>>> 
>>> "Wesley Vogel" <123WVogel955@comcast.net> wrote in message
>>> news:OqavgLD$EHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>>>> To search from the Address bar
>>>> 
>>>> In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
>>>> Click the Advanced tab.
>>>> Under Search from the Address bar, select one of the following:
>>>> To view a list of likely matches in the Search bar, and display the
>>>> most likely Web page in the main window, select Display the
>>>> results, and go to the most likely site.
>>>> To view a list of likely matches in the main window so that you can
>>>> choose which Web page to display, select Just display the results
>>>> in the main window.
>>>> To view only the most likely Web page, select Just go to the most
>>>> likely site.
>>>> To turn off searching from the Address bar, select Do not search
>>>> from the Address bar.
>>>> Notes
>>>> 
>>>> When you search from the Address bar, Internet Explorer can
>>>> automatically display the Web page that most likely matches what
>>>> you are searching for and
>>>> list other likely sites as well. Just type common names or words in
>>>> the Address bar, and then click Go.
>>>> No matter which option you choose, you can still search for Web
>>>> sites by clicking the Search button on the toolbar.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Hope this helps.  Let us know.
>>>> 
>>>> Wes
>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>> 
>>>> In news:HkEGd.11134$wZ2.1302@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com,
>>>> Mr. Newt <lektrikpuke@_yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
>>>>> Hi y'all,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I think a program I installed corrupted something in my webrowser
>>>>> (IE6xxx). I am lazy and will just type something in the address
>>>>> bar for my first search.  If the results are not useful, I'll go
>>>>> to google or something like that.  Now, I type something in the
>>>>> address bar and it gives me an error message (because it's trying
>>>>> to find a webpage instead of searching).  I've tried resetting
>>>>> everything in Tools, Advanced, but that did nothing.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Robert
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