Obnoxious IE behavior

Robert Sullivan scp_sulli at sals.edu
Wed Oct 24 15:20:12 EDT 2001


>         But in version 5.5 (I haven't used IE 6), it is possible to turn 
>off this "feature":
>Tools --> Internet Options --> Advanced --> Settings: Search from the 
>Address Bar --> select "Do not search from Address bar".  Let the browsers 
>browse!  ;)

I believe this will work at least back through 5.0.

We configure all our PCs this way by setting AutoSearch to 1 (DWORD) in this
Registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

Bob Sullivan                               scp_sulli at sals.edu
Schenectady County Public Library (NY)     http://www.scpl.org


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