IEsearchEngine

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hal

Hi:
I want to change the search engine when you want to search in
internet Explorer ( 6.0 ) from google to something else.
Can it be done, how????.

Thank you ahead of time.

hal
 
There was prescription on how to do this in one of the Google help
files--but I can't find it, so below is what I used--tho it was for W98se:

REGEDIT4


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Use Search Asst"="no"
"Search Page"="http://www.google.com"
"Search Bar"="http://www.google.com/ie"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL]
""="http://www.google.com/keyword/%s"
"provider"="gogl"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://www.google.com/ie"

Should you want to restore the default MSN link:

REGEDIT4


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Use Search Asst"="yes"
"Search Page"="http://home.microsoft.com/access/allinone.asp"
"Search Bar"="http://home.microsoft.com/search/lobby/search.asp"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL]
""="http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s"
"provider"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.
htm"


In order to use either of these .reg files in W98se, you needed only merge
them with your registry by double-clicking on the text file with a .reg
suffix. However, since I haven't checked to see if the keys are the same in
XP, I'd suggest you do so before trying it.

hth,
Joe
 
I should add that this is not the same thing as the Google Toolbar, if
that's what you're talking about.

Joe
 
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