Hi!

I’ve tried to achieve aforementioned goal by adding this code to registry:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[b][HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes]
"DefaultScope"="{418D31C8-C7EB-46F5-898F-3518D60AA862}"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{418D31C8-C7EB-46F5-898F-3518D60AA862}]
"DisplayName"="Google"
"URL"="http://www.google.pl/search?q={searchTerms}&rls=com.microsoft:{language}&ie={inputEncoding}&oe={outputEncoding}&startIndex={startIndex?}&startPage={startPage}"[/b]

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\International]
"AcceptLanguage"="pl"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"RunOnceComplete"=dword:00000001
"RunOnceHasShown"=dword:00000001
"UseClearType"="yes"

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter]
"Enabled"=dword:00000002

Unfortunately IE7 overwrites my choice with Live Search when it's run for the first time. Why? Is there something I overlooked? What should I do?

Edited July 17, 200719 yr by Killgore

you should just use HKCU, not users. If a program overwrites the settings, you could use ieak to use custom settings. ieak is at microsoft.com. of course you could edit registry permissions so nothing could change the keys.

-gosh

you should just use HKCU, not users.

That changes nothing. Settings are copied from .DEFAULT to HKCU, but IE7 overwrites them on the first launch.

But, I've found the reason - there has to be "Version" value in SearchScopes key. Now it looks like this:

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes]
"DefaultScope"="{418D31C8-C7EB-46F5-898F-3518D60AA862}"
"Version"=dword:00000001

and works