TweakUI search prefixes

[John Smith]

Hi there,

I have TweakUI installed and very much enjoy using the search prefixes that
allow me to type, for example, "google movie reviews" and the have the
browser automatically pass the search string 'movie reviews' to google.

I have several different search prefixes that I use daily.

Now the problem, friend of mine managed to install some weird ad/malware
searchbar on my computer. I got it all uninstalled and then ran spybot and
adaware to clean things up. The computer now checks clear but my search
prefixes no longer work. They just return a page not found error as though
I typed in "google movie reviews" as an URL -- it never does the string
passing function.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling tweakUI and recreating the search
prefixes from scratch to no avail.

The entries appear correct in the registry, e.g.:

[HKEY_USERS\S....\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\Google


Does anyone know how to restore this functionality?

Thanks!


(Running Windows XP SP1 with the latest version of TweakUI)

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

John,

Answered your post in XP Configuration groups.

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Window XP Shell/User
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k


Hi there,

I have TweakUI installed and very much enjoy using the search prefixes that
allow me to type, for example, "google movie reviews" and the have the
browser automatically pass the search string 'movie reviews' to google.

I have several different search prefixes that I use daily.

Now the problem, friend of mine managed to install some weird ad/malware
searchbar on my computer. I got it all uninstalled and then ran spybot and
adaware to clean things up. The computer now checks clear but my search
prefixes no longer work. They just return a page not found error as though
I typed in "google movie reviews" as an URL -- it never does the string
passing function.

I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling tweakUI and recreating the search
prefixes from scratch to no avail.

The entries appear correct in the registry, e.g.:

[HKEY_USERS\S....\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\Google


Does anyone know how to restore this functionality?

Thanks!


(Running Windows XP SP1 with the latest version of TweakUI)