[HELP - IE7] Changing default search engine for each new user.

[Killgore]

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, 2007 by Killgore

[gosh]

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

[Killgore]

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