Different Address Bar Problem

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Hal Levy

So, I have a different Address Bar problem- or I think I do..

The Address bar on the Taskbar- In the past, I type "notepad" and it opens
notepad, I type "winword" and it opened Word, I type "calc" and it opened
the calculator.

Now, when I type a program that's on my machine, it's opening the browser
and doing a search, instead of opening the program.

Any Ideas?

Hal
 
Google or ICQ search toolbar? Hijacks the IE Search Hook. Heres a code
snippet from a tool I am working on

buf = .ReadRegistry(HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks",
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}")
If buf = "Not Found" Then
.DeleteSubkey HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks"
.WriteRegistry HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main", "Enable Browser Extensions",
valstring, "no"
.WriteRegistry HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
"Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks",
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}", valstring, ""
buf = .ReadRegistry(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
"CLSID\{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}", "")
End If


You will have to work out yourself whats happening, but this shows you the
registry keys that are involved. Warning edit the Registry at your own risk!
 
I checked all those keys already...

I do have a Google toolbar- have since it was out.. this only changed in
the last week...
 
I checked all those keys already...

I do have a Google toolbar- have since it was out.. this only changed in
the last week...
Click to expand...


Ok- so I went to check things out- Google, it seems, updated the toolbar or
something changed otherwise.. but there's a feature now called "Enable
browse by name in your browser's address bar".

I turned this off and functionality returned to normal.

Hal
 
Thanks IBM. I did not know that they allowed you to turn it off. So I
suppose it is wrong to accuse them of hijacking!
Love those searchurls! Only just found out about the run commands in the
address bar too! they are great little easter egg.
 
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