Searching from address bar

[Ritchie Lawrence]

Hi All,

I read in a UK mag titled 'PC Magazine' (Feb02), that its possible to
launch a particular search engine from the address bar by using an abbreviation.

The article is also online at:-
http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%253D1486%2526a%253D14597,00.asp

It states you need to add a new key to:-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\

having the name of your chosen abbreviation. Then add a string value named "@",
and set its value to the URL you want to use, using %s as a placeholder for your
search string. Here's what I added to my registry:-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\kb]
"@"="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;%s"

The idea being entering 'kb Q123456' (without the quotes) into the address bar,
would be a quick way to open KB Article Q123456.

Anyway, it didn't work. I notice that when I enter the search string, the first
thing to appear on the status bar is:-

Opening page http://kb Q123456/...

Obviously, the reg key I added is having no effect. Has anyone managed to get this
feature working or know where I've gone wrong? BTW, I also tried it using a
REG_EXPAND_SZ value as opposed to a plain REG_SZ.

I'm using IE5.5(SP2) on W2K(SP2).

--
Ritch

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE/OE]

To get KB articles enter
mskb q123456

To get the quick search feature install the Web Accessories:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/previous/webaccess/ie5wa.asp
(They work on IE6 except that the Image List needs to be Refreshed.)

--
Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE/OE
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"Ritchie Lawrence" <rlaw...@commanddoline.co.uk> wrote in message
news:#mCB1xKACHA.1168@tkmsftngp02

[Ritchie Lawrence]

Cheers Frank,
I installed the quick search. It does, by way of a GUI, exactly what I
was trying to do by way of hacking the registry. Anyway, I now see where
I was going wrong; the AT symbol should not have been surrounded with
quotes. Eg...

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl\kb]
@="http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;%s"

--
Ritch

"Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE/OE" <franks...@mvps.org> wrote in message news:#KrrVPLACHA.2104@tkmsftngp02...

> To get KB articles enter
> mskb q123456
>
> To get the quick search feature install the Web Accessories:
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/previous/webaccess/ie5wa.asp
> (They work on IE6 except that the Image List needs to be Refreshed.)

> > I read in a UK mag titled 'PC Magazine' (Feb02), that its possible to