Handy shortcut no longer working

[Guest]

Hi

a while ago I was told about a handy way to type in internet addresses that
ended it .com. For instance, instead of typing www.yahoo.com, I simply typed
in yahoo and held down the CTRL key while I hit enter, and this filled in the
rest of the address for me. It was really convenient - However, this has
stopped working on my computer, and now if I type yahoo (for example) and
hold CTRL and enter, it just takes me to MSN search results as if I had just
pressed enter. I hope this makes sense. Can anybody tell me why this has
stopped working?

Many thanks for anybody that takes the time to help

 

[Wesley Vogel]

There have to be some settings set right before Ctrl + Enter will add www.
and .com

From Frank Saunders, MS-MVP, IE/OE
<quote>
Using Regedit, browse to the following registry key and make sure the noted
setting is correct:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Explorer\AutoComplete
"Append Completion"="yes"

also see the following values:

"Use AutoComplete"="yes"
"AutoSuggest"="no"
<quote>

Also see...
Pressing the CTRL + ENTER keys do not add prefix http://www. and .com at the
end
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/ie/autosuggest.htm

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Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[Guest]

Cheers Wesley

Turning autocomplete on for web addresses did the trick. My brother had
unticked this and that was why wasn't working.

many thanks

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Hit your Brother for me. ;-) Keep having fun.

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