Search Companion and IE search no longer work

[Guest]

sorry bout the repeats i didnt notice the 'more' link and Ive been posting
this issue on too many forums to remember.

 

[Guest]

HKeyClassRoot/CLSID reflects the keys from these two locations:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/classes/CLSID
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software/classes/CLSID

Regards,

So it was probably a registry permission in classes that was at the root of > this.

Not all is smooth and silky, this is the only know issue left:
In the MS manifest 'Several dialog boxes are blank' it clearly states
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/classes/CLSID as a legitimate key but when i
tried to create it , registry says it already exists but the strings in the
new classes all point to HKeyClassRoot/CLSID anyway. Dont think its an issue
but just asking if CLSID should be there after Classes because in component
services, the com services tree wont open, well the application hangs to be
specific, i know its because of what i did above, it worked before but with problems

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Hi Ramesh they are both there I missed it the first time round.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software/classes/CLSID
but HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/software/classes/CLSID
are there.
At first I thought HKCR insinuated itself inside of HKLM/so/cl/...
The directories look similar and I was apprehensive because of clsid x2 in
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes \CLSID \CLSID

Im just wondering why in HKLM/SOFT/CLASS no subkeys existed and how they
seemed to mosey on back when I tried to create a new key. all I did was new

key and the directory just came back. That couldnt be the only problem...

and that it solved itself...?
may have just been the permisssions. Anyone know what it might be?
It would be nice to know what happened.

 

[Guest]

this is helpful, but a plain english version would be better for those of us
not employed at ms.

 

[Guest]

this was clear, but did not fix the situation with the address bar search.

 

[Guest]

Check in Internet Options>Advanced under search options for the 'do not
search from adress bar' checkbox is cleared.

 

[abc-sol]

I went to start, run and entered %systemroot%\inf
This brought me to C:\WINDOWS\inf
I located the "Srchasst" file which in the TYPE column listed it as Setup
Information
right clicked and clicked install
The system asked me to install the XP installation disk
I did and the system appeared load a program. When done I re-opened Windows
Explorer and I still have a blank search screen.
??Suggestions??