IE search engines

This happens in Win10 with I.E. 11.1.171340 and Win7 with I.E.
11.0.9600.1897 (both latest updates).
When I click "Add" under search engines it gets error 404 (page not
found; http://www.iegallery.com/gb/searchproviders).

Any suggestions? Or could it be that MS are currently meddling, and I
should wait a day or two?

Ed

On 07/05/2018 22:37, Ed Cryer wrote:
This happens in Win10 with I.E. 11.1.171340 and Win7 with I.E.
11.0.9600.1897 (both latest updates).
When I click "Add" under search engines it gets error 404 (page not
found; http://www.iegallery.com/gb/searchproviders).

Any suggestions? Or could it be that MS are currently meddling, and I
should wait a day or two?

Ed




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Ed Cryer wrote:

This happens in Win10 with I.E. 11.1.171340 and Win7 with I.E.
11.0.9600.1897 (both latest updates).
When I click "Add" under search engines it gets error 404 (page not
found; http://www.iegallery.com/gb/searchproviders).

Any suggestions? Or could it be that MS are currently meddling, and I
should wait a day or two?

Microsoft gutted the IE Gallery quite a while ago. The links in IE are
old and outdated. In other web browsers, you go to the search site,
right-click on their searchbox, and elect to add to that search, or you
can save bookmarks with the search string (as noted below) and use a
keyword in the address bar to use the bookmarked search. Doesn't work
in IE (don't about Edge).

However, IE uses registry entries to store keyword searches. They're
under the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl

Each subkey has the name of the keyword you want to use and its default
item's value is the URL for the search string but uses %s in place of
the search term(s). For example, I have the following subkeys defined:

Key name: s
Default value: https://ixquick.com/do/search?q=%s

Key name: g
Default value: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s

Key name: gi
Default value: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=%s

Key name: wiki
Default value: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s

and lots more (29 total keywords). I can use "g keyword search" (sans
quotes) in any explorer address/search box. I can use it in the Windows
Explorer address bar, in IE's address bar, in the Address toolbar in the
Windows taskbar, and anywhere else the standard address/search object is
available.

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"VanguardLH" wrote in message ...

Microsoft gutted the IE Gallery quite a while ago.
The links in IE are old and outdated.


The link in IE11(on Win10 1709, 1803, and Insider Build RS5) Manage Add-ons
for 'Find more search providers...' is still valid and functional and
navigates to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/iegallery

I rarely reference this, but in this case - see Good Guy's post g

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On Tue, 8 May 2018 04:26:04 -0400, ...winston wrote:

The link in IE11(on Win10 1709, 1803, and Insider Build RS5) Manage Add-ons
for 'Find more search providers...' is still valid and functional and
navigates to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/iegallery


Not here. I have IE11 on Win10 1709.

Here, the link "Add" under search engines first goes to
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=122812
which then redirects to
http://www.iegallery.com/en/searchproviders
which gives a 404 error.

IE exact version is 11.371.16299.0 and with the April 2018 cumulative
security update for Internet Explorer (KB4092946).


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VanguardLH wrote:
Ed Cryer wrote:

This happens in Win10 with I.E. 11.1.171340 and Win7 with I.E.
11.0.9600.1897 (both latest updates).
When I click "Add" under search engines it gets error 404 (page not
found; http://www.iegallery.com/gb/searchproviders).

Any suggestions? Or could it be that MS are currently meddling, and I
should wait a day or two?

Microsoft gutted the IE Gallery quite a while ago. The links in IE are
old and outdated. In other web browsers, you go to the search site,
right-click on their searchbox, and elect to add to that search, or you
can save bookmarks with the search string (as noted below) and use a
keyword in the address bar to use the bookmarked search. Doesn't work
in IE (don't about Edge).

However, IE uses registry entries to store keyword searches. They're
under the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl

Each subkey has the name of the keyword you want to use and its default
item's value is the URL for the search string but uses %s in place of
the search term(s). For example, I have the following subkeys defined:

Key name: s
Default value: https://ixquick.com/do/search?q=%s

Key name: g
Default value: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s

Key name: gi
Default value: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=%s

Key name: wiki
Default value: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s

and lots more (29 total keywords). I can use "g keyword search" (sans
quotes) in any explorer address/search box. I can use it in the Windows
Explorer address bar, in IE's address bar, in the Address toolbar in the
Windows taskbar, and anywhere else the standard address/search object is
available.


Thanks. But Good Guy's suggestion worked beautifully. I just changed the
URL to the one he gave me, and bingo!
US site is still there; GB one isn't.

Ed

On Mon, 7 May 2018 19:20:15 -0500, VanguardLH wrote:

Ed Cryer wrote:

This happens in Win10 with I.E. 11.1.171340 and Win7 with I.E.
11.0.9600.1897 (both latest updates).
When I click "Add" under search engines it gets error 404 (page not
found; http://www.iegallery.com/gb/searchproviders).

Any suggestions? Or could it be that MS are currently meddling, and I
should wait a day or two?

Microsoft gutted the IE Gallery quite a while ago.

It is another example of how just about everything Microsoft does is
half-assed.

The links in IE are
old and outdated. In other web browsers, you go to the search site,
right-click on their searchbox, and elect to add to that search, or you
can save bookmarks with the search string (as noted below) and use a
keyword in the address bar to use the bookmarked search. Doesn't work
in IE (don't about Edge).

A few extensions don't work in Edge despite still being installable.
In IE, they're mostly all outdated. Like I said, Microsoft does a poor
job of impkementing things, maintaining them or outright introducing
them. They are shockingly incompetent for a corporation and it's a
shocker, to me, that the Xbox is well designed and updated. Everything
else under them is a laugh including their old music store.

However, IE uses registry entries to store keyword searches. They're
under the following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl

Each subkey has the name of the keyword you want to use and its default
item's value is the URL for the search string but uses %s in place of
the search term(s). For example, I have the following subkeys defined:

Key name: s
Default value: https://ixquick.com/do/search?q=%s

Key name: g
Default value: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s

Key name: gi
Default value: https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=%s

Key name: wiki
Default value: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=%s

and lots more (29 total keywords). I can use "g keyword search" (sans
quotes) in any explorer address/search box. I can use it in the Windows
Explorer address bar, in IE's address bar, in the Address toolbar in the
Windows taskbar, and anywhere else the standard address/search object is
available.

Not cumbersome one bit.

"Ed Cryer" wrote in message
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This happens in Win10 with I.E. 11.1.171340 and Win7 with I.E.
11.0.9600.1897 (both latest updates).
When I click "Add" under search engines it gets error 404 (page not
found; http://www.iegallery.com/gb/searchproviders).

Any suggestions? Or could it be that MS are currently meddling, and I
should wait a day or two?

Ed


For more search providers see this page:
http://www.enhanceie.com/ie/searchbuilder.asp

Live wrote:

"Ed Cryer" wrote in message
news
This happens in Win10 with I.E. 11.1.171340 and Win7 with I.E.
11.0.9600.1897 (both latest updates).
When I click "Add" under search engines it gets error 404 (page not
found; http://www.iegallery.com/gb/searchproviders).

Any suggestions? Or could it be that MS are currently meddling, and I
should wait a day or two?

Ed


For more search providers see this page:
http://www.enhanceie.com/ie/searchbuilder.asp

That looks useful for the future.

Ed