Internet Explorer 7 Tweaks

[maxXPsoft]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/ie7/default.mspx

Yes I like it but will take some getting used to since I have used IE off and on from 3.0. Love/Hate thing

What I have so far, feel free to add

REGEDIT4

;Set ConTEXT as HTML editor in Firefox

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxHTML\shell\edit\command]@="C:\\Program Files\\ConTEXT\\ConTEXT.exe \"%1\""

;Set ConTEXT as HTML editor in Firefox

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FirefoxHTML\shell\edit\command]

@="C:\\Program Files\\ConTEXT\\ConTEXT.exe \"%1\""

;Set ConTEXT as HTML Default Editor

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared\HTML\Default Editor\shell\edit\command]

@="C:\\Program Files\\ConTEXT\\ConTEXT.exe \"%1\""

;Set ConTEXT as HTML editor in Internet Explorer

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor]

"Description"="ConTEXT Programmers Editor"

;Set ConTEXT as HTML editor in Internet Explorer

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command]

@="C:\\Program Files\\ConTEXT\\ConTEXT.exe \"%1\""

;Turn On Popup Blocker

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows]

"PopupMgr"="yes"

;Add Google as a Search Engine

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{A5816146-54D7-4DEF-B045-53B0E67878FD}]

"DisplayName"="Google"

;Add Google as a Search Engine

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{A5816146-54D7-4DEF-B045-53B0E67878FD}]

"URL"="http://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}&rls=com.microsoft:{language}&ie={inputEncoding}&oe={outputEncoding}&startIndex={startIndex?}&startPage={startPage}"

;Add Google as a Search Engine

; Export your own Key here as it may be different

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]

"SavedLegacySettings"=hex:3c,00,00,00,c1,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,

00,00,a0,7b,ae,ef,9e,48,c6,01,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,c0,a8,01,66,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,6f,00,6f,0

0,74,00,25,00,5c,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,50,00,00,00,44,00,3b,00,2e,00,56,00,42,00,53,00,3b,00,2e,00,56

,00,42,00,45,00,3b,00,2e,00,4a,00,53,00,3b,00,2e,00,4a,00,53,00,45,00,3b,00,2e,00,57,00,53,00,46,00,

3b,00,2e,00,57,00,53,00,48,00,00,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,57,00,62,00,65,0

0,6d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,

;Make Google DEfault Search Engine

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes]

"DefaultScope"="{A5816146-54D7-4DEF-B045-53B0E67878FD}"

;Phishing Filter Automatic

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter]

"Enabled"=dword:00000002

; Export your own Key here as it may be different

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]

"SavedLegacySettings"=hex:3c,00,00,00,c4,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,

00,00,a0,7b,ae,ef,9e,48,c6,01,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,c0,a8,01,66,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,6f,00,6f,0

0,74,00,25,00,5c,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,50,00,00,00,44,00,3b,00,2e,00,56,00,42,00,53,00,3b,00,2e,00,56

,00,42,00,45,00,3b,00,2e,00,4a,00,53,00,3b,00,2e,00,4a,00,53,00,45,00,3b,00,2e,00,57,00,53,00,46,00,

3b,00,2e,00,57,00,53,00,48,00,00,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,57,00,62,00,65,0

0,6d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,

;Add MSFN Forums as a Secondary Home Page

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]

"Secondary Start Pages"=hex(7):68,74,74,70,3a,2f,2f,77,77,77,2e,6d,73,66,6e,2e,6f,72,67,2f,62,6f,61,72,64,2f,69,6e,64,

65,78,2e,70,68,70,3f,00,00,

[JRosenfeld]

You can add other search engines, for example

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

; add search MS Knowledgebase by KB number (just type the number in the search box)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\MSKBnumber]
"DisplayName"="MS KB number"
"URL"="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid={SearchTerms}"

;add search MS knowledgebase by string (type the string in the search box)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\MSKBString]
"DisplayName"="MS KB String"
"URL"="http://support.microsoft.com/search/default.aspx?query={SearchTerms}"

;search using Dogpile
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\Dogpile]
"DisplayName"="Dogpile"
"URL"="http://www.dogpile.com/info.dogpl/search/web/{SearchTerms}"

[ClauSoft]

Thanx JRosenfeld. very usefull.

[XP_2600]

Thanks man, its cool.

[rajesh.kumar]

is there any tweak to make the Classic Menu visible in IE7 Beta2.

[Aegis]

Press ALT?

[rajesh.kumar]

no. i wanted to do it during unattended installation. so i may be needing a registry tweak. by default, classic menu is not visible in ie7B2.

Edited June 28, 2006 by rajesh.kumar

[calvin_gsc]

Guys, does anyone know how to add "Copy Image Location" in the IE7 right click context menu?

Something like the one found in Firefox?

Thanks.

[ranjikvp]

thanks a lot some good tweaks

[MGadAllah]

Why not to try Mozilla Fire Fox!?

What can not be done using firefox!?

Nothing

OR you just used to IE

[Delprat]

Why not to try Mozilla Fire Fox!?

What can not be done using firefox!?

Nothing

OR you just used to IE

many things can't be... i use mainly FF, but it starts in tenth of seconds when IE appears in less than 2.

FF uses a lot more memory (now : 85 megs with one single tab and one single window !!! there are whole OSes of the tenth of this size that include browsers !!!)

FF doesn't support embedding of HTML applications (HTA) nor OLE (ex: word inside IE)

some websites works bettter in IE

FF bookmarks are not shown in start menu

FF can't create MHT (which are very handy... there's an extension that allow similar thing, but IIRC that's still not MHT readable by 99% of windowes)

and lots more...

++

[dard_thesorrow]

ThanX a lot Guys.........

but how can i apply this settings..

if i want to do it manually than how can i do this...

or should i paste the Cantents in Notepad and save it with .reg extention

i m confused...

i learn a lot

Edited November 25, 2006 by dard_thesorrow

[Sgt_Strider]

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/ie7/default.mspx

Yes I like it but will take some getting used to since I have used IE off and on from 3.0. Love/Hate thing

What I have so far, feel free to add

REGEDIT4

;Set ConTEXT as HTML editor in Firefox

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\FirefoxHTML\shell\edit\command]

@="C:\\Program Files\\ConTEXT\\ConTEXT.exe \"%1\""

;Set ConTEXT as HTML editor in Firefox

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\FirefoxHTML\shell\edit\command]

@="C:\\Program Files\\ConTEXT\\ConTEXT.exe \"%1\""

;Set ConTEXT as HTML Default Editor

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared\HTML\Default Editor\shell\edit\command]

@="C:\\Program Files\\ConTEXT\\ConTEXT.exe \"%1\""

;Set ConTEXT as HTML editor in Internet Explorer

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor]

"Description"="ConTEXT Programmers Editor"

;Set ConTEXT as HTML editor in Internet Explorer

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Default HTML Editor\shell\edit\command]

@="C:\\Program Files\\ConTEXT\\ConTEXT.exe \"%1\""

;Turn On Popup Blocker

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\New Windows]

"PopupMgr"="yes"

;Add Google as a Search Engine

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{A5816146-54D7-4DEF-B045-53B0E67878FD}]

"DisplayName"="Google"

;Add Google as a Search Engine

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{A5816146-54D7-4DEF-B045-53B0E67878FD}]

"URL"="http://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}&rls=com.microsoft:{language}&ie={inputEncoding}&oe={outputEncoding}&startIndex={startIndex?}&startPage={startPage}"

;Add Google as a Search Engine

; Export your own Key here as it may be different

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]

"SavedLegacySettings"=hex:3c,00,00,00,c1,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,

00,00,a0,7b,ae,ef,9e,48,c6,01,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,c0,a8,01,66,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,6f,00,6f,0

0,74,00,25,00,5c,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,50,00,00,00,44,00,3b,00,2e,00,56,00,42,00,53,00,3b,00,2e,00,56

,00,42,00,45,00,3b,00,2e,00,4a,00,53,00,3b,00,2e,00,4a,00,53,00,45,00,3b,00,2e,00,57,00,53,00,46,00,

3b,00,2e,00,57,00,53,00,48,00,00,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,57,00,62,00,65,0

0,6d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,

;Make Google DEfault Search Engine

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes]

"DefaultScope"="{A5816146-54D7-4DEF-B045-53B0E67878FD}"

;Phishing Filter Automatic

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\PhishingFilter]

"Enabled"=dword:00000002

; Export your own Key here as it may be different

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections]

"SavedLegacySettings"=hex:3c,00,00,00,c4,00,00,00,01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,04,00,00,00,00,00,

00,00,a0,7b,ae,ef,9e,48,c6,01,01,00,00,00,02,00,00,00,c0,a8,01,66,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,6f,00,6f,0

0,74,00,25,00,5c,00,54,00,45,00,4d,00,50,00,00,00,44,00,3b,00,2e,00,56,00,42,00,53,00,3b,00,2e,00,56

,00,42,00,45,00,3b,00,2e,00,4a,00,53,00,3b,00,2e,00,4a,00,53,00,45,00,3b,00,2e,00,57,00,53,00,46,00,

3b,00,2e,00,57,00,53,00,48,00,00,00,79,00,73,00,74,00,65,00,6d,00,33,00,32,00,5c,00,57,00,62,00,65,0

0,6d,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,

;Add MSFN Forums as a Secondary Home Page

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]

"Secondary Start Pages"=hex(7):68,74,74,70,3a,2f,2f,77,77,77,2e,6d,73,66,6e,2e,6f,72,67,2f,62,6f,61,72,64,2f,69,6e,64,

65,78,2e,70,68,70,3f,00,00,

Do you really need to add all of those settings to make Google the default search engine?

[maxXPsoft]

No Sgt_Strider

only the ones intended for the search engine. look em over

thanks Delprat

Exactly, I mainly use Firefox and only a crazy would say only use that. You need versatility and the things that only IE can give then duhhhh, you need IE. Like my retirement money, that website don't work with FF. and the mht's gotta love that for sure, what else does it

Edited December 28, 2006 by maxXPsoft

[Sgt_Strider]

Is it just me or none of these registry tweaks work for IE7?