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IE AutoComplete

Internet Explorer ' s AutoComplete

Frequently people are confused by the various dropdown, quick-complete in IE.  Most people lump them all under the term "autocomplete." There are actually several features in play, and I'll describe them all.

Typed Urls
Typed Urls appear when you click the down arrow in the right (or left, depending on locale) end to the Address bar ' s edit  Box.  The keyboard shortcut is F4.  These items are all have a icon to the left.  This is a list of the ' last ' (or so) URLs for you have actually typed to the address bar.  Only items This is physically type into the address bar are listed.  The list is stored in a registry key.  The key is hkey_current_user\software\microsoft\internet Explorer\TypedURLs.  Each value in the Key being an URL. If you click the "Clear History button in the" Internet Control Panel (tools->options) This entire key is deleted.

AutoComplete
When your start typing in the Address bar's edit box and a dropdown appears with suggestions that match what your type, you  Have discovered autocomplete.  AutoComplete is actually a shell feature. Any application can enable AutoComplete to any edit box by simply callingShautocomplete (). AutoComplete in IE would aggregate all URL in yourHistory, as OK as various items in the shell namespace, such as "desktop", "My Documents", etc. AutoComplete also aggregates the items in the current user ' s Favorites folder (csidl_favorites).  When you add a favorite, a. url file was created in the Favorites folder.   The filename is the title of the website site (with non-ntfs friendly characters removed) or the URL if the page has no title.  The user is also given a opportunity to specify their own title, though I suspect people does this.  If you did specifiy your own title, it makes it very easy to visit frequently the visited. For example, I test Manager adds Amazon.com as a favorite and sets the Name:field toAMZN. Then, when he was wants to go there and he just typesAMZNInto the "Address bar" and AutoComplete does the work for him.  It is important to this subfolders of the Favorites folder are not included in the enumeration. This is for performance reasons, I suspect.

A Side note about favorites:  There are another shortcut you can-quickly access Web sites that are Favorites .  Right-click on a favorite (either into the Menu or the Explorer Bar) and chose properties.  you'll-just B Elow The Url:field is the shortcut key:field.  Click into the box and press any key.  If you type 1 the N ctrl+alt+1 would appear in the box.  Click ok.  now whenever your press ctrl+alt+1 Internet Explorer WI ll navigate to that site.