preventing search in Windows Explorer address bar

External Since: Jun 11, 2006 Posts: 4147

Glad you solved it and thanks for the info.

JS

"Ideas Live" <brian.RemoveThis@ideaslive.com> wrote in message
news:%23Tz2rHJ%23IHA.1512@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Found the solution... Sad to say it's an Explorer replacement:
>
> http://www.gpsoft.com.au/Intro.html
>
> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:eOPDsL$9IHA.4552@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> No sure what you mean by too long,
>> did you press the Enter key by any chance?
>>
>> JS
>>
>> "Ideas Live" <brian.RemoveThis@ideaslive.com> wrote in message
>> news:ekAHR%23%239IHA.5404@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Actually, this kind of works. But if I take too long with my typing, it
>>> reverts to a previous entry such as My Documents. Why does Windows
>>> assume I don't know what I'm doing? I've been configuring computers
>>> since MS DOS 4.
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>> "JS" <@> wrote in message
>>> news:eBUkPk%239IHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> Open Internet Explorer and from the Menu Bar select 'Tools' and from
>>>> the displayed list select 'Internet Options'. Next click on the
>>>> 'Advanced' tab.
>>>> Scroll down the list of setting until you reach 'Search from the
>>>> Address bar'.
>>>> Now beneath the 'When searching' list, click on the
>>>> 'Do not search from the Address bar' option.
>>>> Click on the 'Apply' button located in the bottom right.
>>>> Then click the 'OK' button to exit.
>>>> Close Internet Explorer.
>>>>
>>>> Now the next time you use either Internet or Windows Explorer
>>>> and enter C:\Temp it should work.
>>>> Also if you enter some miss spelled text or a single letter
>>>> you will get a 'The page cannot be displayed' message.
>>>>
>>>> JS
>>>>
>>>> "Ideas Live" <brian.RemoveThis@ideaslive.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:uG599K%239IHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> If I have a Windows Explorer window open and just want to go to a
>>>>> specific
>>>>> directory, I'm used to just typing in the address bar, for example
>>>>> "c:\temp". But when I do this, Windows is trying to guess what I'm
>>>>> searching for. This always messes up what I'm typing. I type
>>>>> "c:\temp",
>>>>> then after a couple of seconds, the address bar shows "c:\" or "My
>>>>> Documents". I don't want Windows to do this for me. I just want to
>>>>> specify
>>>>> a directory myself.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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External Since: Aug 06, 2008 Posts: 11

Found the answer on another forum. I never would have found this myself:

http://support.kerio.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kba...cleid=3

http://forums.kerio.com/index.php?t=msg&goto=53029&S=79e79a0449bd96a57...6c3f634

-- Brian

"JS" <@> wrote in message news:eHYrY0J%23IHA.5284@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Glad you solved it and thanks for the info.
>
> JS
>
> "Ideas Live" <brian.RemoveThis@ideaslive.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Tz2rHJ%23IHA.1512@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Found the solution... Sad to say it's an Explorer replacement:
>>
>> http://www.gpsoft.com.au/Intro.html
>>
>> "JS" <@> wrote in message news:eOPDsL$9IHA.4552@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> No sure what you mean by too long,
>>> did you press the Enter key by any chance?
>>>
>>> JS
>>>
>>> "Ideas Live" <brian.RemoveThis@ideaslive.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ekAHR%23%239IHA.5404@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Actually, this kind of works. But if I take too long with my typing,
>>>> it reverts to a previous entry such as My Documents. Why does Windows
>>>> assume I don't know what I'm doing? I've been configuring computers
>>>> since MS DOS 4.
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>> "JS" <@> wrote in message
>>>> news:eBUkPk%239IHA.3544@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Open Internet Explorer and from the Menu Bar select 'Tools' and from
>>>>> the displayed list select 'Internet Options'. Next click on the
>>>>> 'Advanced' tab.
>>>>> Scroll down the list of setting until you reach 'Search from the
>>>>> Address bar'.
>>>>> Now beneath the 'When searching' list, click on the
>>>>> 'Do not search from the Address bar' option.
>>>>> Click on the 'Apply' button located in the bottom right.
>>>>> Then click the 'OK' button to exit.
>>>>> Close Internet Explorer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now the next time you use either Internet or Windows Explorer
>>>>> and enter C:\Temp it should work.
>>>>> Also if you enter some miss spelled text or a single letter
>>>>> you will get a 'The page cannot be displayed' message.
>>>>>
>>>>> JS
>>>>>
>>>>> "Ideas Live" <brian.RemoveThis@ideaslive.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:uG599K%239IHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> If I have a Windows Explorer window open and just want to go to a
>>>>>> specific
>>>>>> directory, I'm used to just typing in the address bar, for example
>>>>>> "c:\temp". But when I do this, Windows is trying to guess what I'm
>>>>>> searching for. This always messes up what I'm typing. I type
>>>>>> "c:\temp",
>>>>>> then after a couple of seconds, the address bar shows "c:\" or "My
>>>>>> Documents". I don't want Windows to do this for me. I just want to
>>>>>> specify
>>>>>> a directory myself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Brian
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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