IEsearchEngine

[hal]

Hi:
I want to change the search engine when you want to search in
internet Explorer ( 6.0 ) from google to something else.
Can it be done, how????.

Thank you ahead of time.

hal

 

[jt3]

There was prescription on how to do this in one of the Google help
files--but I can't find it, so below is what I used--tho it was for W98se:

REGEDIT4


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Use Search Asst"="no"
"Search Page"="http://www.google.com"
"Search Bar"="http://www.google.com/ie"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL]
""="http://www.google.com/keyword/%s"
"provider"="gogl"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://www.google.com/ie"

Should you want to restore the default MSN link:

REGEDIT4


[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"Use Search Asst"="yes"
"Search Page"="http://home.microsoft.com/access/allinone.asp"
"Search Bar"="http://home.microsoft.com/search/lobby/search.asp"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchURL]
""="http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s"
"provider"=""

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.
htm"


In order to use either of these .reg files in W98se, you needed only merge
them with your registry by double-clicking on the text file with a .reg
suffix. However, since I haven't checked to see if the keys are the same in
XP, I'd suggest you do so before trying it.

hth,
Joe

 

[jt3]

I should add that this is not the same thing as the Google Toolbar, if
that's what you're talking about.

Joe