Lost IE Ctrl-return shortcut

[equado]

I've been in the habit of typing in the main part of a
URL and uaing Ctrl-Return to automatically fill in
the 'www.' and '.com' bits - but it has stopped working -
what's happened?

 

[Mike Burgess]

equado,
Some program (usually spyware\parasite) may have overridden the URL prefix
setting?
Open Regedit to the following locations and verify the below default
entries:
Start | Run (type) "regedit" (no quotes)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\DefaultPre
fix]
@="http://"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes]
"ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""

Note: edit as needed, *always* Export before editing.
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[Maureen Goldman]

I've been in the habit of typing in the main part of a
URL and uaing Ctrl-Return to automatically fill in
the 'www.' and '.com' bits - but it has stopped working -
what's happened?

See if you still have a checkmark, in tools \internet options
\advanced "use inline autocomplete". If not, check it and apply\okay
your way out. Close IE, then try again Ctrl-Enter again.