Is there a way to turn off search engines altogether in Edge?

On 01/27/2018 01:44 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

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(FWIW in my Firefox 26, I have a separate search bar, and my URL bar
does _not_ search [I forget whether it came like that, or whether I saw
a hint somewhere about what to change in about:config or elsewhere to
stop it searching].

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I have address bar searches disabled in Firefox (I forgot how). Entering
"grc.cok" (a nonexistent URL I use for testing) gives a browser error
page and DOES NOT change the address bar. This does require finding a
DNS server that doesn't do it (GRC's tool helps here).

I don't know much about MSIE (or Edge) since I've used them very little
since Firefox .8 became available (2004?).

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"In fact, when you get right down to it, almost every explanation Man
came up with for *anything* until about 1926 was stupid." [Dave Barry]

On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:10:37 -0600, Sam E wrote:

Does it work to use the hosts file to redirect all search engines to
some nonexistent local IP?

I use the MVP Hosts file so of course the hosts file 'can' kill a browser
search, but I don't see how the HOSTS could be set to be browser specific.

On 01/28/2018 12:06 PM, Harold Newton wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:10:37 -0600, Sam E wrote:

Does it work to use the hosts file to redirect all search engines to
some nonexistent local IP?

I use the MVP Hosts file so of course the hosts file 'can' kill a browser
search, but I don't see how the HOSTS could be set to be browser specific.

You COULD run the specific browser in a virtual machine, and effectively
have a browser-specific hosts file.

In message , Sam E
writes:
On 01/28/2018 12:06 PM, Harold Newton wrote:
On Sun, 28 Jan 2018 11:10:37 -0600, Sam E wrote:

Does it work to use the hosts file to redirect all search engines to
some nonexistent local IP?
I use the MVP Hosts file so of course the hosts file 'can' kill a
browser
search, but I don't see how the HOSTS could be set to be browser specific.

You COULD run the specific browser in a virtual machine, and
effectively have a browser-specific hosts file.

Talk about sledgehammer to crack a nut!

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