Default Start Page

[TAngel]

I went to a website and it changed my defaut Start Page when I launch Explorer. I have gone into Options and changed it back. If I close Explorer and launch it again it doesnt hold my changes.

How do I get rid of this start page?

 

[ANFPS26]

Read these threads:

thread608-233763 "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing....."

 

[ANFPS26]

thread608-186865 "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing....."

 

[TAngel]

Thank you for the links. I read them and non of them address windows XP - will the same procedures work?

 

[reghakr]

TAngel,

Try my FAQ:

IE6 Homepage Rewrite
faq608-1148

Here's a new addition:
To restore the "default" search settings:
Open Notepad and copy and paste the following between the lines and save the file as searchfix.reg. Double-click on the file to merge the contents into the registry.
=====================BEGINCUT====================

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="

http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.htm"

"CustomizeSearch"="

http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchcust.htm"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
"Provider"="yaho"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\main]
"Search Page"="

http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch"

====================ENDCUT======================

If you see a SearchBar entry under [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main], delete it.

reghakr