IE address bar only accepts fully qualified urls, with "http://"

[Jason Kochmaruk]

For some reason, I can no longer enter short urls into my IE address bar
without including the "http://" prefix. For example, I used to be able to
type "cnn.com" into my address bar and then hit enter, which took me
directly to "http://www.cnn.com". Now, if I type "cnn.com" into my address
bar and then hit enter, it tries to go to "C:\WINNT\Desktop\cnn.com". IE no
longer prepends the "http://" in front of my url, forcing me to do it
manually. Instead it is prepending "C:\WINNT\Desktop\" to my url. Any
ideas how to fix this???

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[H Leboeuf]

Registry fix.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoCo
mplete]
"Append Completion"="no"
"Use AutoComplete"="yes"
"AutoSuggest"="no"

Changing "Append Completion" from "no" to "yes" will restore the function.
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Check to see if some parasite changed these settings.

Remove all the parasites on your computer.
Delete all the spywares and bad BHOs from your system.
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List of bad BHOs.
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Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/index.htm

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Changing "Append Completion" from "no" to "yes" will restore the function.

Henri,

Wrong fix? Isn't that your Ctrl-Enter repair?

This problem needs Sandi's (misnamed IMO) "Extension" fix.

< http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers_8.htm#extension >

BTW check your links. It has moved since I last found it.


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Registry fix.
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoCo
mplete]
"Append Completion"="no"
"Use AutoComplete"="yes"
"AutoSuggest"="no"

Changing "Append Completion" from "no" to "yes" will restore the function.
--

Check to see if some parasite changed these settings.

Remove all the parasites on your computer.
Delete all the spywares and bad BHOs from your system.
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/spyware.htm
List of bad BHOs.
http://www.doxdesk.com/parasite/

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