IE url wrap feature...

[Dmitry]

I just have a question.... how come some IE browsers
wrap a word typed in url bar in "www" and ".com", and
others do not, when pressing CTRL+ENTER. I have been on
different computers, using IE version 5.0 thru 6.0, and
get different results. on some computers you can, on
others you cannot. and like right now, I am in an internet
cafe, and there're a dozen of computers here, and all are
identical... but on some I can type just a word, and
after pressing CTRL+ENTER it automatically wraps
in "www...com" and on others I have to type the whole URL.
So far anyone I 've asked had no clue why it
happens.... even administrator here doesn't know. and I
am just interested as to why it happens, and is there
anything can be done to change it... so it does happen -
just makes it easier.

thanks,
dmitry!!

 

[Mike Burgess]

Dmitry,
In many cases you'll find the "DefaultPrefix" (registry entry) is corrupt.

Open Regedit to the following locations and verify the below default
entries:
Start | Run (type) "regedit" (no quotes)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\DefaultPre
fix]
@="http://"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes]
"ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""

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