%20 Problem

[Hal Levy]

I know I read this somewhere..
I know I printed it out...

I can't find it- and searching google for "%20" is useless..

sometimes when typing a url without http:// the browser auto-adds it like
follows:

http:// www.microsoft.com

I know there was a way to fix it and it involved the registry.. I just
can't find the answer again..


Thanks,

Hal

 

[Alan Edwards]

Check that you don't have a space after http:// in the keys below in
this potted response:

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