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  #1  
Old September 8th 17, 02:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R.Wieser
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

Hello all,

#1: I would like to know if there is a way to stop file-explorer of trying
to go online when something is entered in the adressbar it does not
recognise.

#2: I would also like to remove the 'websearch' option thats made available
when you, from the file-explorer, select "find".

If've _blocked_ both using very crude methods (registry editing involved),
but would very much like to know how to do it the "clean" way.

And a funny thing: #1 goes to google, #2 goes to bing. :-) :-(

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


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  #2  
Old September 9th 17, 04:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
JJ[_11_]
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

On Fri, 8 Sep 2017 15:01:32 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:
Hello all,

#1: I would like to know if there is a way to stop file-explorer of trying
to go online when something is entered in the adressbar it does not
recognise.


AFAIK, the Windows shell is hardcoded to treat typed text as an URL if it's
not a valid application file searchable from the PATH environment variable
or a file in the current working directory. The shell use below registry
path to get the default URL prefix (i.e. protocol).

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\URL\DefaultPrefix

When I check it with Process Monitor, it doesn't try to read any setting
after trying to find application-specific path (i.e. "App Paths" registry)
and before trying to access the above URL registry. Neither Explorer policy
setting or plain Explorer setting. That is, at least for the Windows 7's
shell.

#2: I would also like to remove the 'websearch' option thats made available
when you, from the file-explorer, select "find".


They're stored in below registry.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions

If've _blocked_ both using very crude methods (registry editing involved),
but would very much like to know how to do it the "clean" way.


Start by searching the above registry key. If MSDN doesn't have it, chances
are that you can only find unofficial ways to remove them.

And a funny thing: #1 goes to google, #2 goes to bing. :-) :-(


IMO, it depends on the Find handler as specified in the above registry. MSDN
*should* have an official documentations for that.
  #3  
Old September 9th 17, 08:18 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R.Wieser
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

Hey JJ,

The shell use below registry path to get the default URL prefix (i.e.
protocol).


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\URL\DefaultPrefix


Thanks. By appending the "no place like home" IP I've re-routed the search
to a place it cannot do any harm, and I can possibly even catch it to return
an appropriate "web page" for the attempt.

Not quite _disabled_ , but the possible the next-best thing. :-)

They're stored in below registry.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions


Before posting here I found that GUID too. But when I googled it all I got
was 5 pages with 'how to fix a problem with ...' results. :-(

I've just tried to block access to the GUID (either prefixing it, or the
registry key its mentioned in, with an exclamation mark, but I still got the
"websearch" option, and it still tried to seach bing*

*I found an "SearchAssistant" entry and inserted a 127.0.0.1/ by which I
can, just as with #1, tell if a certain change is effective or not. It
also effectivily blocks the request, but doesn't remove the option (hence
the "crude" I mentioned earlier)...

Thanks for the response.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origionalo message:
"JJ" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 8 Sep 2017 15:01:32 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:
Hello all,

#1: I would like to know if there is a way to stop file-explorer of
trying
to go online when something is entered in the adressbar it does not
recognise.


AFAIK, the Windows shell is hardcoded to treat typed text as an URL if
it's
not a valid application file searchable from the PATH environment variable
or a file in the current working directory. The shell use below registry
path to get the default URL prefix (i.e. protocol).


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\URL\DefaultPrefix

When I check it with Process Monitor, it doesn't try to read any setting
after trying to find application-specific path (i.e. "App Paths" registry)
and before trying to access the above URL registry. Neither Explorer
policy
setting or plain Explorer setting. That is, at least for the Windows 7's
shell.

#2: I would also like to remove the 'websearch' option thats made
available
when you, from the file-explorer, select "find".


They're stored in below registry.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions

If've _blocked_ both using very crude methods (registry editing
involved),
but would very much like to know how to do it the "clean" way.


Start by searching the above registry key. If MSDN doesn't have it,
chances
are that you can only find unofficial ways to remove them.

And a funny thing: #1 goes to google, #2 goes to bing. :-) :-(


IMO, it depends on the Find handler as specified in the above registry.
MSDN
*should* have an official documentations for that.



  #4  
Old September 10th 17, 10:13 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R.Wieser
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

Grmbl ...

I was too fast: the changes I mentioned work for a _single_ word (which is
supposedly being regarded as a(n HTTP) server name), but not for two or more
(those still go to bing).

I've now been searching both the registry and the web for a few hours, and
have not come anywhere near to discovering how to change (and by it possibly
disable) the search provider/engine for the _file_ explorer (most of the
results are related to several kinds of webbrowsers). Neither has it
turned up anything in regard to which program/dll actually contains the
"search provider" (so I can possibly "attack" it from that angle).

Does anyone have an idea ?

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
"R.Wieser" wrote in message
news
Hey JJ,

The shell use below registry path to get the default URL prefix (i.e.
protocol).


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\URL\DefaultPrefix


Thanks. By appending the "no place like home" IP I've re-routed the
search to a place it cannot do any harm, and I can possibly even catch it
to return an appropriate "web page" for the attempt.

Not quite _disabled_ , but the possible the next-best thing. :-)

They're stored in below registry.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions


Before posting here I found that GUID too. But when I googled it all I
got was 5 pages with 'how to fix a problem with ...' results. :-(

I've just tried to block access to the GUID (either prefixing it, or the
registry key its mentioned in, with an exclamation mark, but I still got
the "websearch" option, and it still tried to seach bing*

*I found an "SearchAssistant" entry and inserted a 127.0.0.1/ by which I
can, just as with #1, tell if a certain change is effective or not. It
also effectivily blocks the request, but doesn't remove the option (hence
the "crude" I mentioned earlier)...

Thanks for the response.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origionalo message:
"JJ" wrote in message
news
On Fri, 8 Sep 2017 15:01:32 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:
Hello all,

#1: I would like to know if there is a way to stop file-explorer of
trying
to go online when something is entered in the adressbar it does not
recognise.


AFAIK, the Windows shell is hardcoded to treat typed text as an URL if
it's
not a valid application file searchable from the PATH environment
variable
or a file in the current working directory. The shell use below registry
path to get the default URL prefix (i.e. protocol).


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\URL\DefaultPrefix

When I check it with Process Monitor, it doesn't try to read any setting
after trying to find application-specific path (i.e. "App Paths"
registry)
and before trying to access the above URL registry. Neither Explorer
policy
setting or plain Explorer setting. That is, at least for the Windows 7's
shell.

#2: I would also like to remove the 'websearch' option thats made
available
when you, from the file-explorer, select "find".


They're stored in below registry.


HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Curr entVersion\Explorer\FindExtensions

If've _blocked_ both using very crude methods (registry editing
involved),
but would very much like to know how to do it the "clean" way.


Start by searching the above registry key. If MSDN doesn't have it,
chances
are that you can only find unofficial ways to remove them.

And a funny thing: #1 goes to google, #2 goes to bing. :-) :-(


IMO, it depends on the Find handler as specified in the above registry.
MSDN
*should* have an official documentations for that.





  #5  
Old September 10th 17, 08:51 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
JJ[_11_]
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 11:13:39 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:
Grmbl ...

I was too fast: the changes I mentioned work for a _single_ word (which is
supposedly being regarded as a(n HTTP) server name), but not for two or more
(those still go to bing).

I've now been searching both the registry and the web for a few hours, and
have not come anywhere near to discovering how to change (and by it possibly
disable) the search provider/engine for the _file_ explorer (most of the
results are related to several kinds of webbrowsers). Neither has it
turned up anything in regard to which program/dll actually contains the
"search provider" (so I can possibly "attack" it from that angle).

Does anyone have an idea ?


You could just change the Search setting in the Advanced tab of the Internet
Options. Set it to not submit anything to any search site (IE8+), or do not
perform a search (IE7). Meaning that anything typed will be treated as a
host name - not as local file/folder name. Cause Windows Explorer is
basically MSIE and vice versa, after all.
  #6  
Old September 11th 17, 08:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R.Wieser
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

Hello JJ,

You could just change the Search setting in the Advanced tab of the
Internet Options.

...
Cause Windows Explorer is basically MSIE and vice versa, after all.


I really did want to apply the change in the registry (something I could
automate with a script), but you're right. When all else fails I should at
least *try* to go that way. :-)

Alas, changing "Search from the Address bar" to "Do not search" just seems
to change the targetted server to "auto.search.msn.com" -- which I also
cannot find/block in the registry ...

And from the above a new question (just curiosity): where is that setting
good for ? It does not seem affect the web and filebrowser at all.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- origional message:
"JJ" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 11:13:39 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:
Grmbl ...

I was too fast: the changes I mentioned work for a _single_ word (which
is
supposedly being regarded as a(n HTTP) server name), but not for two or
more
(those still go to bing).

I've now been searching both the registry and the web for a few hours,
and
have not come anywhere near to discovering how to change (and by it
possibly
disable) the search provider/engine for the _file_ explorer (most of the
results are related to several kinds of webbrowsers). Neither has it
turned up anything in regard to which program/dll actually contains the
"search provider" (so I can possibly "attack" it from that angle).

Does anyone have an idea ?


You could just change the Search setting in the Advanced tab of the
Internet
Options. Set it to not submit anything to any search site (IE8+), or do
not
perform a search (IE7). Meaning that anything typed will be treated as a
host name - not as local file/folder name. Cause Windows Explorer is
basically MSIE and vice versa, after all.



  #7  
Old September 11th 17, 06:23 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Shadow
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 09:56:17 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

Hello JJ,

You could just change the Search setting in the Advanced tab of the
Internet Options.

..
Cause Windows Explorer is basically MSIE and vice versa, after all.


I really did want to apply the change in the registry (something I could
automate with a script), but you're right. When all else fails I should at
least *try* to go that way. :-)

Alas, changing "Search from the Address bar" to "Do not search" just seems
to change the targetted server to "auto.search.msn.com" -- which I also
cannot find/block in the registry ...


But you can block with your hosts file.
Try it.
[]'s

And from the above a new question (just curiosity): where is that setting
good for ? It does not seem affect the web and filebrowser at all.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- origional message:
"JJ" wrote in message
. ..
On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 11:13:39 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:
Grmbl ...

I was too fast: the changes I mentioned work for a _single_ word (which
is
supposedly being regarded as a(n HTTP) server name), but not for two or
more
(those still go to bing).

I've now been searching both the registry and the web for a few hours,
and
have not come anywhere near to discovering how to change (and by it
possibly
disable) the search provider/engine for the _file_ explorer (most of the
results are related to several kinds of webbrowsers). Neither has it
turned up anything in regard to which program/dll actually contains the
"search provider" (so I can possibly "attack" it from that angle).

Does anyone have an idea ?


You could just change the Search setting in the Advanced tab of the
Internet
Options. Set it to not submit anything to any search site (IE8+), or do
not
perform a search (IE7). Meaning that anything typed will be treated as a
host name - not as local file/folder name. Cause Windows Explorer is
basically MSIE and vice versa, after all.


--
Don't be evil - Google 2004
We have a new policy - Google 2012
  #8  
Old September 11th 17, 10:45 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

In message , R.Wieser
writes:
Hello all,

#1: I would like to know if there is a way to stop file-explorer of trying
to go online when something is entered in the adressbar it does not
recognise.


I don't _have_ an addressbar in my explorer. (I do have the word Address
- with the first d underlined - at the right end of the button bar [if
that's the right name for the line below "File Edit ..."], but it
doesn't seem to do anything. Including if I type Alt-D.) How I got to
this state I can't remember - I have had it thus - which is how I like
it - for years.

#2: I would also like to remove the 'websearch' option thats made available
when you, from the file-explorer, select "find".


I don't have "find" in my explorer - direct or in any of the menus.
(Again, I can't remember how I got thus.)

If've _blocked_ both using very crude methods (registry editing involved),
but would very much like to know how to do it the "clean" way.

[]
I don't know any "official" way (since I don't have addressbar or find,
that's probably not surprising); I use Everything for finding, which I
believe is faster than built-in finds anyway.

(Is "stop ... of trying" [#1 above] yet another variant of US/UK English
of which I haven't been aware?)
--
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  #9  
Old September 11th 17, 11:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
JJ[_11_]
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 09:56:17 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:

Alas, changing "Search from the Address bar" to "Do not search" just seems
to change the targetted server to "auto.search.msn.com" -- which I also
cannot find/block in the registry ...


I'm clueless on this too. It seems like the search URL is hard coded in one
of the MSIE or shell DLL.

And from the above a new question (just curiosity): where is that setting
good for ? It does not seem affect the web and filebrowser at all.


It seems to affect the URL Search Hook handler specified in below key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks
  #10  
Old September 12th 17, 08:36 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R.Wieser
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

Hello Shadow,

But you can block with your hosts file.
Try it.


Yes, I also thought of that and it seems to work (better yet, I rerouted it
to a small program which returns a dummy (blank) page. Looks quite a bit
better than the standard HTTP failure page).

The reason that I'm saying "seems to work" is that I saw the string
"msn.com" pop up in a dll related to DNS requests ...

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
"Shadow" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 09:56:17 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

Hello JJ,

You could just change the Search setting in the Advanced tab of the
Internet Options.

..
Cause Windows Explorer is basically MSIE and vice versa, after all.


I really did want to apply the change in the registry (something I could
automate with a script), but you're right. When all else fails I should
at
least *try* to go that way. :-)

Alas, changing "Search from the Address bar" to "Do not search" just seems
to change the targetted server to "auto.search.msn.com" -- which I also
cannot find/block in the registry ...


But you can block with your hosts file.
Try it.
[]'s

And from the above a new question (just curiosity): where is that setting
good for ? It does not seem affect the web and filebrowser at all.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- origional message:
"JJ" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 10 Sep 2017 11:13:39 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:
Grmbl ...

I was too fast: the changes I mentioned work for a _single_ word (which
is
supposedly being regarded as a(n HTTP) server name), but not for two or
more
(those still go to bing).

I've now been searching both the registry and the web for a few hours,
and
have not come anywhere near to discovering how to change (and by it
possibly
disable) the search provider/engine for the _file_ explorer (most of
the
results are related to several kinds of webbrowsers). Neither has it
turned up anything in regard to which program/dll actually contains the
"search provider" (so I can possibly "attack" it from that angle).

Does anyone have an idea ?

You could just change the Search setting in the Advanced tab of the
Internet
Options. Set it to not submit anything to any search site (IE8+), or do
not
perform a search (IE7). Meaning that anything typed will be treated as a
host name - not as local file/folder name. Cause Windows Explorer is
basically MSIE and vice versa, after all.


--
Don't be evil - Google 2004
We have a new policy - Google 2012



  #11  
Old September 12th 17, 08:53 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R.Wieser
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

Hello JJ,

I'm clueless on this too. It seems like the search URL is hard coded in
one
of the MSIE or shell DLL.


Yup. Some further searching into the Windows files revealed that its
located in shdoclc.dll -- which you can't touch (in use by the system). :-)
:-(

It seems to affect the URL Search Hook handler specified in below key.
[snip registry key]


Yeah, I also stumbled over that one. No idea what its used for though, as
disabling the GUID in it did not seem to have any effect either. It needs
some more googeling.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
"JJ" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 11 Sep 2017 09:56:17 +0200, R.Wieser wrote:

Alas, changing "Search from the Address bar" to "Do not search" just
seems
to change the targetted server to "auto.search.msn.com" -- which I also
cannot find/block in the registry ...


I'm clueless on this too. It seems like the search URL is hard coded in
one
of the MSIE or shell DLL.

And from the above a new question (just curiosity): where is that setting
good for ? It does not seem affect the web and filebrowser at all.


It seems to affect the URL Search Hook handler specified in below key.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks




  #12  
Old September 18th 17, 12:32 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
No_Name
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

On Fri, 8 Sep 2017 15:01:32 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

Hello all,

#1: I would like to know if there is a way to stop file-explorer of trying
to go online when something is entered in the adressbar it does not
recognise.

#2: I would also like to remove the 'websearch' option thats made available
when you, from the file-explorer, select "find".

If've _blocked_ both using very crude methods (registry editing involved),
but would very much like to know how to do it the "clean" way.

And a funny thing: #1 goes to google, #2 goes to bing. :-) :-(

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


I sure can relate to this problem. I have a computer I use to do graphic
editing, and is also my machine to store a huge amount of music, videos,
photos, and other personal stuff. That computer has never and will never
be connected to the internet. I dont trust my valuable files to the
internet, and should not have to. Having several computers, I dont have
any need to connect that machine anyhow.

That computer runs XP SP3 Pro.

I get extremely tired of it opening my browser and giving me an error
message. I was thinking about renaming a copy of something like
"Calc.exe" (The calculator), to the name of the browser, and just
removing the un-needed browser. At least that way, I'd just get the
calculator whenever a webpage is supposed to appear. I am not sure if
this will work, or not.


  #13  
Old September 18th 17, 02:07 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Good Guy[_2_]
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer?

On 18/09/2017 00:32, wrote:
I sure can relate to this problem. I have a computer I use to do
graphic editing, and is also my machine to store a huge amount of
music, videos, photos, and other personal stuff. That computer has
never and will never be connected to the internet. I dont trust my
valuable files to the internet, and should not have to. Having several
computers, I dont have any need to connect that machine anyhow. That
computer runs XP SP3 Pro. I get extremely tired of it opening my
browser and giving me an error message. I was thinking about renaming
a copy of something like "Calc.exe" (The calculator), to the name of
the browser, and just removing the un-needed browser. At least that
way, I'd just get the calculator whenever a webpage is supposed to
appear. I am not sure if this will work, or not.



What is your default browser? Try to rename the browser's exe file to
..old. For example, if Firefox is your default browser, then rename
"firefox.exe" to "firefox.old" This is all fine as long as you don't go
online at all. Also rename Internet Explorer's exe file. I believe it
is at: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" or
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

Just for interest sake, I have never seen file explorer trying to go
online so can you tell us how can we replicate this bizarre phenomenon?
Although File Explorer and Internet Explorer are inter-twined, search
results never goes online from within the File explorer.



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  #14  
Old September 18th 17, 08:17 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R.Wieser
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

Mike,

I was thinking about renaming a copy of something like
"Calc.exe" (The calculator), to the name of the browser, and just
removing the un-needed browser. At least that way, I'd just get the
calculator whenever a webpage is supposed to appear.


That will work for any case which works tries to start the web-browser
program -- which, in IE's case, is just a small GUI program interfacing with
all the OS-embedded web components -- but not in the case of what I
described, from within file-explorer.

Try it: put one or a few words (they are handled differently!) into the
addres bar of the file explorer, and notice it turning itself into a
webbrowser (even the toolbar changes). If you had the folder tree open it
turns into a "search assistant" window (just as in the web browser)

I am not sure if this will work, or not.


Alas. It will work partially, not wholly.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


-- Origional message:
wrote in message
...
On Fri, 8 Sep 2017 15:01:32 +0200, "R.Wieser"
wrote:

Hello all,

#1: I would like to know if there is a way to stop file-explorer of trying
to go online when something is entered in the adressbar it does not
recognise.

#2: I would also like to remove the 'websearch' option thats made
available
when you, from the file-explorer, select "find".

If've _blocked_ both using very crude methods (registry editing involved),
but would very much like to know how to do it the "clean" way.

And a funny thing: #1 goes to google, #2 goes to bing. :-) :-(

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


I sure can relate to this problem. I have a computer I use to do graphic
editing, and is also my machine to store a huge amount of music, videos,
photos, and other personal stuff. That computer has never and will never
be connected to the internet. I dont trust my valuable files to the
internet, and should not have to. Having several computers, I dont have
any need to connect that machine anyhow.

That computer runs XP SP3 Pro.

I get extremely tired of it opening my browser and giving me an error
message. I was thinking about renaming a copy of something like
"Calc.exe" (The calculator), to the name of the browser, and just
removing the un-needed browser. At least that way, I'd just get the
calculator whenever a webpage is supposed to appear. I am not sure if
this will work, or not.




  #15  
Old September 18th 17, 08:27 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
R.Wieser
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Default How to disable internet search from the adresbar of file explorer ?

Good guy,

Just for interest sake, I have never seen file explorer trying to go
online so can you tell us how can we replicate this bizarre phenomenon?


Open your file browser and enter a single word into the addres bar (where
you normally enter a filename/path) and see it try to connect to it as if
its a HTTP server. Use two or more words and it will go to bing.

Also notice the toolbar being changed to accomodate web access and the
folder tree replaced by the web-search assistant.

Although File Explorer and Internet Explorer are inter-twined, search
results never goes online from within the File explorer.


I must be high on something than. :-p

By the way, this is on W98se and XP. I have no idea how (and if) it works
on other, later versions of the OS.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser


 




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