Re: Address bar doesn't work

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From: J (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/13/04


Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 06:52:58 -0700

None of these worked for me.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Mo :-)
>
>> Hi
>> When I type in any URL in the address bar and hit enter
>> or click Go nothing happens. I think I accidently turned
>> off something, can anyone help?
>
>Try the following and see if it helps:
>
>Unable to search from IE 6.0 Address Bar
>
>>From Internet Explorer click on tools>internet
options>advanced. Scroll down
>to "search from the address bar" and check appropriate
boxes. Another way is
>to put the Google tool bar on I.E. Go to www.google.com
and click on
>"services and tools" then click "google toolbar".
>
>Also, check the Registry to see if this file is there.
Sometime during
>removal of hijackers or spyware files in the Registry can
get corrupted or
>removed as well. If not, try adding this line to this
part of the registry.
>
>(watch for the wrap, it should be all on one line)
>>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
>"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""
>
>or .......
>
>Restore default Search functions:
>
>In order to restore you default Search functions,
download and run the
>program below. You will have to redo any customized
features you may have
>added afterward.
>http://www.kellys-korner-
xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG
>
>or....................
>
>Courtesy of Tony Klein, MS MVP:
>
>This will restore the Windows defaults for a whole lot of
Search related
>registry entries.
>
>CAUTION: BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST!
>
>Close IE, copy the bold to Notepad, save as Search.reg
(save as 'all files',
>and doubleclick. Answer 'yes' when prompted to add the
contents of
>Search.reg to the Registry:
>
>REGEDIT4
>
>[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Search]
>"SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/
{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.
>htm"
>"CustomizeSearch"="http://ie.search.msn.com/
{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchcust.
>htm"
>"Default_Search_URL"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir
.dll?prd=ie&ar=ies
>earch"
>
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\SearchUrl]
>""="http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s"
>
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\main]
>"Search Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?
prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
>"Search Bar"="http://search.msn.com/spbasic.htm"
>
>[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
>"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""
>
>[-
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\URL]
>
>
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\URL]
>
>
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\URL\DefaultPre
>fix]
>@="http://"
>
>
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\URL\Prefixes]
>"ftp"="ftp://"
>"gopher"="gopher://"
>"home"="http://"
>"mosaic"="http://"
>"www"="http://
>
>or.............................
>
>Restrore Search:
>http://www.kellys-korner-
xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG
>This will restore your default Search functionality. You
will, however,
>have to restore any custom setups you may have had
before.
>
>Download the fix - Reset Search:
>http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/IEFIX.reg
>
>This will restore your default Search functionality.
However, if you had
>any custom adjustments you have made will have to re-
select them.
>
>
>If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post
back to this thread
>with the details and any error messages.
>
>
>Hope this helps
>
>Jan :)
>Smiles are meant to be shared,
>that's why they're so contagious.
>
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>
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>
>
>.
>



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