Why won't control+enter work?

[Guest]

It used to be that I could type in a name, like google, into the address bar
and when I hit control+enter, IE would wrap the name in http://www. and .com.
However, one day this week that stopped working. Now, it acts like I had
only hit enter. Does anyone know what happened and how I can correct it?
Thanks.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

It used to be that I could type in a name, like google, into the address
bar
and when I hit control+enter, IE would wrap the name in http://www. and
.com.
However, one day this week that stopped working. Now, it acts like I had
only hit enter. Does anyone know what happened and how I can correct it?
Thanks.

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"

Click Start | Run and type
control inetcpl.cpl
Select Content tab, and click AutoComplete button
In the Use AutoComplete for section, put a checkmark near Web addresses
Click OK, OK to close the dialog.

Equivalent registry value for this setting

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete

Value named: AutoSuggest of type REG_SZ
Possible value-data: yes | no

You may have to Restart the computer.

See also: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/RepairDefaultPrefix.reg