Internet Explorer 6 1

[Snooz]

I used to be able to enter text into the address bar and hit Ctl/Enter and IE5.0 used to add the

http://www

for me and go directly to the website. With 6.0 when I do the same thing I.E 6 will do a search and I have to click on the search results to go to the page.

Is there a way to eliminate the search and have IE 6 go directly to the webpage just like 5.0 used to?

 

[smah]

It still works the same here. When IE searches, it's usually because it can't find the site. Remember that CTRL+Enter also adds .com to the end of the address, so if it's not a .com, it won't work.

 

[Freestone]

Check your Internet Explorer AutoComplete settings (Tools, Internet Options..., Content tab, AutoComplete... button) and be sure that Web addresses is checked

 

[Snooz]

Smah,

When I enter abc in my address bar and hit Ctrl,Entr, I get this,

http://search.msn.com/results.asp?q=abc.com,

and go directly to the msn search results. I used to be able to go directly to the abc.com website before. I think I was able to do this with IE6 too, but somewhere along some setting must have changed and I now go to the msn search.

 

[linney]

What options have you got checked in "Search from the Address Bar". Have a look under Tools/ Internet Options/ Advanced.

I have the option "Just go to the most likely site" checked.

 

[Freestone]

When Web addresses in unchecked in AutoComplete, I get the same results, except a different site:

http://auto.search.msn.com/results.asp?cfg=SMCINITIAL&RS=CHECKED&v=1&srch=5&FORM=AS5&q=abc,

whether "Just go to the most likely site" is selected or not (Apparently, Microsoft thinks MSN is always the most likely site )

However, when Web addresses is checked, the

http://www.

is prefixed and the .com is appended, as Snooz is asking about, and the site is loaded.

I've tried this on three machines running IE6.

 

[Snooz]

I have web addresses checked in the Content box. When I check to see whats selected on the Search from Address Bar nothing was selected. What is interesting if I select Got to most Likely Site it works the first time I try entering something on the address bar, but will revert to the same MSN search when I enter something else in the Address bar. When I check if Go to most likely Site is still checked, none of the choices are selected.

Obviously something is resetting my settings after it performs the operation one time. I guess I may have to just learn to live with this until I clean install xp again.

 

[PoppaPieps]

I would love to simply disable the auto search feature. Usually i get this because i mistyped 1 letter, and it would be much more convenient for my browser to just not find anything and leave whatever i typed in the address bar so that i can correct it. When i search i use google, not msn!