Changing Search Pages Used by Internet Explorer 4.0

• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, you should first make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat). Both are hidden files in the Windows folder.

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This article describes how to change the search pages used by Internet Explorer.

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NOTE: For information about how to edit the registry, view the Changing Keys And Values online Help topic in Registry Editor (Regedit.exe). Note that you should make a backup copy of the registry files (System.dat and User.dat) before you edit the registry.

To change the search page that is accessed when you click Start, point to Find, and then click On The Internet, or when you click Search The Web on the Go menu in Internet Explorer, modify the Search Page value under the following registry key:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

   http://home.microsoft.com/search/lobby/search.asp

IMPORTANT: When you configure Internet Explorer so that a custom search page is accessed when you click Search on the Internet Explorer toolbar, the custom search page may display all content (both search and results pages) in the Search bar instead of the main Internet Explorer frame.

To work with the Search bar, search providers need to modify their search and results pages to use "_main" as the target for any links that should be opened in the main Internet Explorer frame, and "_self" for any links that should be opened in the Search bar frame.

NOTE: The default Search Bar page is:

   http://home.microsoft.com/search/lobby/search.asp