Can't Change Default Search Engine

[Cav]

I've had to do a destructive recovery (hard drive
reformat).
Before the reformat, I had used Google as my search engine
in IE6 address bar. Since the reformat, I can not get IE6
to accept Google as my preferred search engine.
I go to Start, Search, and do the highlight Google, then
click OK, all to no avail.
How do I get IE6 to accept Google as my search preference?
I've also downloaded and installed the IE6 Service Pack 1

 

[Jon Kennedy]

See this site: http://www.google.com/options/defaults.html#default

 

[siljaline]

I've had to do a destructive recovery (hard drive
reformat).
Before the reformat, I had used Google as my search engine
in IE6 address bar. Since the reformat, I can not get IE6
to accept Google as my preferred search engine.
I go to Start, Search, and do the highlight Google, then
click OK, all to no avail.
How do I get IE6 to accept Google as my search preference?
I've also downloaded and installed the IE6 Service Pack 1

<snip>
Reset the default Search entries:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/IEFIX.reg
[or] http://www.google.com/default.reg
</snip>
Right click on the Registry file, select "merge" - follow the prompts, accept the Registry
changes.

HTH

--

siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_

 

[Cav]

It worked-thanks Jon
Cav

-----Original Message-----
See this site: http://www.google.com/options/defaults.html#default

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Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC, USA
(e-mail address removed)

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