Internet address shortcuts

[Guest]

I have a new Gateway PC running Windows XP and IE 6. In resolving another
problem, I deleted all my temporary internet files and history. Since then I
notice that I cannot simply type an internet address in the address bar as
"www.whatever" but must type out http:// each time. I also notice that when
I fill in user name and address for a specific application, the computer no
longer remembers that the next time when I start to type out the address. I
suspect that when I deleted temporary files I must have reset something, but
I don't know what. This is not a major problem, but it is annoying.

 

[mac]

I have a new Gateway PC running Windows XP and IE 6. In resolving another
problem, I deleted all my temporary internet files and history. Since
then I
notice that I cannot simply type an internet address in the address bar as
"www.whatever" but must type out http:// each time. I also notice that
when
I fill in user name and address for a specific application, the computer
no
longer remembers that the next time when I start to type out the address.
I
suspect that when I deleted temporary files I must have reset something,
but
I don't know what. This is not a major problem, but it is annoying.

You simply cleared your history.
As for typing addresses - just type whatever then hold down Ctrl and hit
Enter you will get http://www.whatever.com/ you can edit it to what you want
by dbl click it, to change it to http://www.whatever.co.uk etc
HTH?

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the tip on using control/enter. That's neat. But I'm not sure
it's the answer. On my laptop (also a Gateway) all I have to do is type
www.anything.org and away we go. On the PC (that I messed with) if I type
www.anything.org it just sits there and looks at me. Nothing happens until I
add http:// in front of the address. It's just wierd that all of a sudden it
doesn't do what every other MS IE equipped computer does -- that you have to
be quite literal with it or it won't go.

 

[Alan Edwards]

Alter it manually in Regedit or follow the procedure below:

Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg
which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of
errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4
Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end
of a line.
The last line must be blank.
Doubleclick fix.reg

-----copy below this line fix.reg------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL]

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

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

---- end file above here

....Alan

 

[Gary Smith]

The last line of your .reg file appears to be truncated. I believe it
should be

"www"="http://"

Alter it manually in Regedit or follow the procedure below:

Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg
which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of
errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4
Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end
of a line.
The last line must be blank.
Doubleclick fix.reg

-----copy below this line fix.reg------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL]

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

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

---- end file above here

 

[Alan Edwards]

So it is!
Thanks for the heads up.

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html

The last line of your .reg file appears to be truncated. I believe it
should be

"www"="http://"

Alter it manually in Regedit or follow the procedure below:

Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg
which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of
errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4
Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end
of a line.
The last line must be blank.
Doubleclick fix.reg

-----copy below this line fix.reg------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL]

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

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

---- end file above here

...Alan

On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:55:37 -0800, "Russ"

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

I have a new Gateway PC running Windows XP and IE 6. In resolving
another problem, I deleted all my temporary internet files and
history. Since then I notice that I cannot simply type an internet
address in the address bar as "www.whatever" but must type out
http:// each time. I also notice that when I fill in user name and
address for a specific application, the computer no longer remembers
that the next time when I start to type out the address. I suspect
that when I deleted temporary files I must have reset something, but
I don't know what. This is not a major problem, but it is annoying.

Click Start, Run and type CONTROL INETCPL.CPL
Select Content tab, and click AutoComplete button
In the Use AutoComplete for section, put a checkmark near Web addresses
Click OK, OK to close the dialog.

OR

Using Regedit, browse to the following registry key and make sure the noted
setting is correct:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete]
"Append Completion"="yes"

also see the following values:

"Use AutoComplete"="yes"
"AutoSuggest"="no"

Click Start | Run and type
control inetcpl.cpl
Select Content tab, and click AutoComplete button
In the Use AutoComplete for section, put a checkmark near Web addresses
Click OK, OK to close the dialog.

Equivalent registry value for this setting

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete

Value named: AutoSuggest of type REG_SZ
Possible value-data: yes | no

You may have to Restart the computer.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

 

[Guest]

Alan,
This same problem exists on my PC but the registry appeared to be correct. I
ran the fix.reg you described (without the truncation) just to make sure but
it didn't improve the problem. In my case, there is a 45 second delay from
the time I type a url in the address window and press enter until IE appears
to do anything with the address. If I include "http://" or click on a link
from a webpage, it is processed immediately. Have any more ideas?

Thanks.
Brian

Alter it manually in Regedit or follow the procedure below:

Make up a file from the lines below. Copy into a file called fix.reg
which should be created in Notepad. Do not retype, copy in case of
errors. The 1st line in the file is the line REGEDIT4
Make sure your mail or news reader does not add any spaces to the end
of a line.
The last line must be blank.
Doubleclick fix.reg

-----copy below this line fix.reg------------
REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL]

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

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

---- end file above here

....Alan
--
Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows -Internet Explorer
http://dts-l.org/index.html

Thanks for the tip on using control/enter. That's neat. But I'm not sure
it's the answer. On my laptop (also a Gateway) all I have to do is type
www.anything.org and away we go. On the PC (that I messed with) if I type
www.anything.org it just sits there and looks at me. Nothing happens until I
add http:// in front of the address. It's just wierd that all of a sudden it
doesn't do what every other MS IE equipped computer does -- that you have to
be quite literal with it or it won't go.