Hi, I know that untill some patch-level of IE6SP2 it was possible to add
custom search SearchUrl 'hooks' via the registry ( explained here too
http://noscope.com/journal/2004/06/search )
example reg:
---
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\google]
@="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"
" "="+"
"#"="%23"
"&"="%26"
"?"="%3F"
"+"="%2B"
"="="%3D"
---
but this is no longer the case - why (and when) has this been removed? - is
there a way of getting it back? (also, if anyone should happen to know, in
which versions is it possible to do/get back?)

it should be noted that I've tested on multiple machines, and checked for
any sort of malicious takeover of the searchcomponents (both with up to date
software and manually) - and no additional toolbars installed

Thanks in advance

Hi Christian,

Some toolbars and BHO's replace the MS URLSearchHook component with their
own. You can try the registry fix here

http://www.iecustomizer.com/SearchHookFixDownload.htm

Regards.

"Christian Sonne" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
message news:E990BDD9-114C-4CB9-9887-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi, I know that untill some patch-level of IE6SP2 it was possible to add
> custom search SearchUrl 'hooks' via the registry ( explained here too
> http://noscope.com/journal/2004/06/search )
> example reg:
> ---
> [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\google]
> @="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"
> " "="+"
> "#"="%23"
> "&"="%26"
> "?"="%3F"
> "+"="%2B"
> "="="%3D"
> ---
> but this is no longer the case - why (and when) has this been removed? -
> is
> there a way of getting it back? (also, if anyone should happen to know, in
> which versions is it possible to do/get back?)
>
> it should be noted that I've tested on multiple machines, and checked for
> any sort of malicious takeover of the searchcomponents (both with up to
> date
> software and manually) - and no additional toolbars installed
>
> Thanks in advance

As I wrote before, I *have* checked that the component has not been hijacked,
and also that no toolbars have been installed- most notably, I did check the
content of [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\URLSearchHooks] was correct (by hand)

I've been in contact with the author of the article I linked to, and he is
also unable to make it work at the current patch-level - exactly when it
broke is unclear...

"Rob Parsons" wrote:

> Hi Christian,
>
> Some toolbars and BHO's replace the MS URLSearchHook component with their
> own. You can try the registry fix here
>
> http://www.iecustomizer.com/SearchHookFixDownload.htm
>
> Regards.
>

> > it should be noted that I've tested on multiple machines, and checked for
> > any sort of malicious takeover of the searchcomponents (both with up to
> > date
> > software and manually) - and no additional toolbars installed