.com short cut

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I know windows has short cut so that you dont have to type .com at the end.
Instead one can do something else but i can remember what that is. I looked
in the help section but cant find it or maybe i missed it there. If someone
has it, plez pass it on to me.. thanks in advance
 
You're talking about Internet Explorer? Quite a while back, with an early version of IE5, you could just type in "Microsoft" and it would take you to microsoft.com. If there wasn't any such thing, then it would try microsoft.org, and a couple of others. However, that facility is long gone. What you now get, if you don't put .com (or .org, etc.) is a search page.
 
Assuming you are referring to Internet Explorer, when you left click the
address entry field, the current URL is highlighted. Simply type the new
site without .com or the http:// characters and hold the Ctrl key as you
press Enter. For example, type "ebay" (without the quotes), then
Ctrl+Enter.
 
The Ctrl+Enter shortcut still works, at least on my installation of IE
version 7 and XP Home.

"Gary S. Terhune" <none> wrote in message
You're talking about Internet Explorer? Quite a while back, with an
early version of IE5, you could just type in "Microsoft" and it would
take you to microsoft.com. If there wasn't any such thing, then it would
try microsoft.org, and a couple of others. However, that facility is
long gone. What you now get, if you don't put .com (or .org, etc.) is a
search page.
 
Huh! Didn't know about that! Thanks! (Works on IE6 SP1, too.) And all these
years, I was crying over one of my favorite details being done away with.
Now to train myself to use that Ctrl key. Works if you hold down Ctrl and
click the Go button, too.
 
Glad that I could help a MVP and others. Been lurking here for a long
time, mostly learning from you guys.
 
Then I should point out that I also just learned from another that IE in
WinXP SP2 is versioned "IE6 SP2". Go figure. I always thought IE6 SP1 was
the end of the line.
 
Now you have gone techie on me.....

Gary S. Terhune said:
Then I should point out that I also just learned from another that IE
in WinXP SP2 is versioned "IE6 SP2". Go figure. I always thought IE6
SP1 was the end of the line.
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You're talking about Internet Explorer? Quite a while back, with
an early version of IE5, you could just type in "Microsoft" and
it would take you to microsoft.com. If there wasn't any such
thing, then it would try microsoft.org, and a couple of others.
However, that facility is long gone. What you now get, if you
don't put .com (or .org, etc.) is a search page.
Click to expand...


However one can type just Microsoft, and press Ctrl-Enter instead of just
Enter. That adds www. at the beginning and .com at the end.
 
Ken said:
However one can type just Microsoft, and press Ctrl-Enter instead of
just Enter. That adds www. at the beginning and .com at the end.
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Select the text in the Address bar ALT+D

Display a list of addresses you've typed F4

When in the Address bar, move the cursor left to the next logical
break in the address (period or slash)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW
When in the Address bar, move the cursor right to the next logical
break in the address (period or slash)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
Add "www." to the beginning and ".com" to the end of the text typed in
the Address bar
CTRL+ENTER
Move forward through the list of AutoComplete matches
UP ARROW
Move back through the list of AutoComplete matches DOWN ARROW
 
Yeah, Lu Powell pointed that out. Can't believe I've gone all these years
without knowing that one. Now I just have to retrain myself. I still
occasionally try to use just microsoft, absent-mindedly hitting Enter before
finishing it, so maybe it won't be that hard.
 
Yeah, Lu Powell pointed that out.
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Yes, I saw that message just after I posted my own. Sorry for the
duplication.

Can't believe I've gone all these years without knowing that one. Now I
just have to retrain myself. I still occasionally try to use just
microsoft, absent-mindedly hitting Enter before finishing it, so maybe it
won't be that hard.
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LOL! I don't use IE directly, but run it with the Maxthon shell on top of
it. One of Maxthon's enhancement's to plain IE is in this very area. Besides
Ctrl-Enter, there is also Shift-Enter, which adds www. and .net, and
Ctrl-Shift-Enter, which adds www. and .org. I don't have any trouble
remembering Ctrl-Enter, but I constantly mix up the other two.
 
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