IE-9 Search Providers

It appears that the multiply search engines and accelerators have been
removed from IE9 or they are hidden. How can I change my default search to
Google without adding a toolbar?
Thanks

I guess after reading some "News", the search engines are all viewable via
the dropdown menu of the browser!
Sorry


"JCO" wrote in message news:isbaak$ji3$...

It appears that the multiply search engines and accelerators have been
removed from IE9 or they are hidden. How can I change my default search to
Google without adding a toolbar?
Thanks

JCO wrote:
> It appears that the multiply search engines and accelerators have been
> removed from IE9 or they are hidden. How can I change my default search
> to Google without adding a toolbar?
> Thanks

You could try a search on "search provider registry key".

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ernet-Explorer

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...70(VS.85).aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2...e-default.aspx

Paul

Perhaps Tools, Manage Addons?

On 6/3/2011 13:48, JCO wrote:
> It appears that the multiply search engines and accelerators have been
> removed from IE9 or they are hidden. How can I change my default search
> to Google without adding a toolbar?
> Thanks

On 6/03/2011, JCO posted:
> It appears that the multiply search engines and accelerators have been
> removed from IE9 or they are hidden. How can I change my default search to
> Google without adding a toolbar?
> Thanks

On the "General" tab of IE9's Tools - Internet Options is a section
labeled "Change search defaults" with a button called "Settings".

In my case, there are two search engines visible after I click that
button, Google and Bing, with Google marked as Default.

Way down at the bottom of that page is a line "Find more search
providers". Go there to find Google if it's not already present above.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
> On 6/03/2011, JCO posted:
>> It appears that the multiply search engines and accelerators have
>> been removed from IE9 or they are hidden. How can I change my
>> default search to Google without adding a toolbar? Thanks
>
> On the "General" tab of IE9's Tools - Internet Options is a section
> labeled "Change search defaults" with a button called "Settings".
>
> In my case, there are two search engines visible after I click that
> button, Google and Bing, with Google marked as Default.
>
> Way down at the bottom of that page is a line "Find more search
> providers". Go there to find Google if it's not already present
> above.

A simpler method is to click the down arrow next to the search box.
"Find more providers" is on the drop down menu. By whatever method, the
list of providers is skimpy and awkward.
--
Crash

"Something there is that doesn't love a wall, that wants it down."
~ Robert Frost ~

"Dave "Crash" Dummy" <> wrote in message
news:isd2i0$bek$...
> Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>> On 6/03/2011, JCO posted:
>>> It appears that the multiply search engines and accelerators have been
>>> removed from IE9 or they are hidden. How can I change my default search
>>> to Google without adding a toolbar? Thanks
>>
>> On the "General" tab of IE9's Tools - Internet Options is a section
>> labeled "Change search defaults" with a button called "Settings".
>>
>> In my case, there are two search engines visible after I click that
>> button, Google and Bing, with Google marked as Default.
>>
>> Way down at the bottom of that page is a line "Find more search
>> providers". Go there to find Google if it's not already present above.
>
> A simpler method is to click the down arrow next to the search box.
> "Find more providers" is on the drop down menu. By whatever method, the
> list of providers is skimpy and awkward.

On IE9, it's an 'Add' button at the lower right of the drop-down list,
accessed by using the down-arrow at the right end of the Address box. There
is no search box because searching is done from the Address box. The
easiest way to add Google is to go to
http://www.iegallery.com/en/addons/detail.aspx?id=813
and Click to Install. I think it can be set to default at that time.

KCB wrote:
>
> "Dave "Crash" Dummy" <> wrote in message
> news:isd2i0$bek$...
>> Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>> On 6/03/2011, JCO posted:
>>>> It appears that the multiply search engines and accelerators
>>>> have been removed from IE9 or they are hidden. How can I
>>>> change my default search to Google without adding a toolbar?
>>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> On the "General" tab of IE9's Tools - Internet Options is a
>>> section labeled "Change search defaults" with a button called
>>> "Settings".
>>>
>>> In my case, there are two search engines visible after I click
>>> that button, Google and Bing, with Google marked as Default.
>>>
>>> Way down at the bottom of that page is a line "Find more search
>>> providers". Go there to find Google if it's not already present
>>> above.
>>
>> A simpler method is to click the down arrow next to the search box.
>> "Find more providers" is on the drop down menu. By whatever
>> method, the list of providers is skimpy and awkward.
>
> On IE9, it's an 'Add' button at the lower right of the drop-down
> list, accessed by using the down-arrow at the right end of the
> Address box. There is no search box because searching is done from
> the Address box. The easiest way to add Google is to go to
> http://www.iegallery.com/en/addons/detail.aspx?id=813 and Click to
> Install. I think it can be set to default at that time.

Ah. I'm still using IE 8, and I don't use the IE search operation. I
built a scripted HTA page with a number of search providers and
options, including images, maps, dictionaries, thesaurus, and
translation, which I call from the taskbar.
--
Crash

"When you want to fool the world, tell the truth."
~ Otto von Bismarck ~

On 6/04/2011, KCB posted:
> "Dave "Crash" Dummy" <> wrote in message
> news:isd2i0$bek$...
>> Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>> On 6/03/2011, JCO posted:
>>>> It appears that the multiply search engines and accelerators have been
>>>> removed from IE9 or they are hidden. How can I change my default search
>>>> to Google without adding a toolbar? Thanks
>>>
>>> On the "General" tab of IE9's Tools - Internet Options is a section
>>> labeled "Change search defaults" with a button called "Settings".
>>>
>>> In my case, there are two search engines visible after I click that
>>> button, Google and Bing, with Google marked as Default.
>>>
>>> Way down at the bottom of that page is a line "Find more search
>>> providers". Go there to find Google if it's not already present above.
>>
>> A simpler method is to click the down arrow next to the search box.
>> "Find more providers" is on the drop down menu. By whatever method, the
>> list of providers is skimpy and awkward.

> On IE9, it's an 'Add' button at the lower right of the drop-down list,
> accessed by using the down-arrow at the right end of the Address box. There
> is no search box because searching is done from the Address box. The easiest
> way to add Google is to go to
> http://www.iegallery.com/en/addons/detail.aspx?id=813
> and Click to Install. I think it can be set to default at that time.

Your suggestion works on my IE9, but Crash's doesn't give me access to
search engines, AFAICT.

My experiments with IE tend to be cursory, though, since I don't
generally use it.

--
Gene E. Bloch (Stumbling Bloch)

"Gene E. Bloch" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On 6/04/2011, KCB posted:
>> "Dave "Crash" Dummy" <> wrote in message
>> news:isd2i0$bek$...
>>> Gene E. Bloch wrote:
>>>> On 6/03/2011, JCO posted:
>>>>> It appears that the multiply search engines and accelerators have been
>>>>> removed from IE9 or they are hidden. How can I change my default
>>>>> search to Google without adding a toolbar? Thanks
>>>>
>>>> On the "General" tab of IE9's Tools - Internet Options is a section
>>>> labeled "Change search defaults" with a button called "Settings".
>>>>
>>>> In my case, there are two search engines visible after I click that
>>>> button, Google and Bing, with Google marked as Default.
>>>>
>>>> Way down at the bottom of that page is a line "Find more search
>>>> providers". Go there to find Google if it's not already present above.
>>>
>>> A simpler method is to click the down arrow next to the search box.
>>> "Find more providers" is on the drop down menu. By whatever method, the
>>> list of providers is skimpy and awkward.
>
>> On IE9, it's an 'Add' button at the lower right of the drop-down list,
>> accessed by using the down-arrow at the right end of the Address box.
>> There is no search box because searching is done from the Address box.
>> The easiest way to add Google is to go to
>> http://www.iegallery.com/en/addons/detail.aspx?id=813
>> and Click to Install. I think it can be set to default at that time.
>
> Your suggestion works on my IE9, but Crash's doesn't give me access to
> search engines, AFAICT.
>
> My experiments with IE tend to be cursory, though, since I don't generally
> use it.

Crash was referring to IE8, but uses his own custom search setup. He
probably thought IE9 had a similar search box, as IE7 did.