Cannot search from search bar

J

Jodi Claus

A while back I used to be able to type in something in the
search bar on the top of Internet Explorer, and it would
search the internet for whatever I typed and bring up the
results in MSN. But now, it automatically takes anything
I type and add's "http" and ".com" at the beginning and
end of it as if to go to a website made out of my entry.
How can I make it stop doing that and go back to searching
from the toolbar?
..
 
A

anon

I found this on the Internet Explorer Help - Help Menu,
click on Contents and Index. Click on the Index tab, then
type in "Address bar" Click on "searching web from" -
you'll get the below result. It worked for me, hope it
helps!

To search from the Address bar

In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet
Options.
Click the Advanced tab.
Under Search from the Address bar, select one of the
following:
To view a list of likely matches in the Search bar, and
display the most likely Web page in the main window,
select Display the results, and go to the most likely
site.
To view a list of likely matches in the main window so
that you can choose which Web page to display, select Just
display the results in the main window.
To view only the most likely Web page, select Just go to
the most likely site.
To turn off searching from the Address bar, select Do not
search from the Address bar.
Notes

When you search from the Address bar, Internet Explorer
can automatically display the Web page that most likely
matches what you are searching for and list other likely
sites as well. Just type common names or words in the
Address bar, and then click Go.
No matter which option you choose, you can still search
for Web sites by clicking the Search button on the
toolbar.
 
A

anon

I found this on the Internet Explorer Help - Help Menu,
click on Contents and Index. Click on the Index tab, then
type in "Address bar" Click on "searching web from" -
you'll get the below result. It worked for me, hope it
helps!

To search from the Address bar

In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet
Options.
Click the Advanced tab.
Under Search from the Address bar, select one of the
following:
To view a list of likely matches in the Search bar, and
display the most likely Web page in the main window,
select Display the results, and go to the most likely
site.
To view a list of likely matches in the main window so
that you can choose which Web page to display, select Just
display the results in the main window.
To view only the most likely Web page, select Just go to
the most likely site.
To turn off searching from the Address bar, select Do not
search from the Address bar.
Notes

When you search from the Address bar, Internet Explorer
can automatically display the Web page that most likely
matches what you are searching for and list other likely
sites as well. Just type common names or words in the
Address bar, and then click Go.
No matter which option you choose, you can still search
for Web sites by clicking the Search button on the
toolbar.
 
G

Guest

I tried changing my options to each of those, and no
matter which one I changed it too, I still could not
search from the address bar. So if I wante to do a search
on apples, I would type in "apples" in the address bar,
and Internet Explorer would automatically turn that into
http:///? apples, and then I would get the "The page
cannot be displayed. So I have tried changing the
options, but it always does that.
 
H

H Leboeuf

The http:/// is indicative of this parasite. Get the removal tool.

CoolWebSearch - CWS http://www.spywareinfo.com/articles/cws/
More: Complete list by variant with up-to-date information.
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/cwschronicles.html
Direct Download: Removal tool.
http://216.180.252.218/~spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/cwshredder.zip
--

Remove all the other parasites.
Dealing with Unwanted Spyware, Parasites, Toolbars and Search Engines
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm


Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm
 

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