Ron Binmore
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Secondly, if I open Google via IE, I cannot get the Google tool bar. Can someone please put me on the right track??
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The thread discusses difficulties in creating a desktop shortcut for Google without using Google Chrome and issues with accessing the Google toolbar in Internet Explorer. The first poster seeks guidance on obtaining an active Google shortcut and toolbar access. Respondents suggest using IE's search settings to set Google as the default and warn against creating direct desktop shortcuts due to potential issues, emphasizing caution with such configurations. Overall, the advice focuses on configuring browser settings rather than creating external shortcuts, with a cautious stance on direct desktop shortcuts for Google.
The thread discusses difficulties in creating a desktop shortcut for Google without using Google Chrome and issues with accessing the Google toolbar in Internet Explorer. The first poster seeks guidance on obtaining an active Google shortcut and toolbar access. Respondents suggest using IE's search settings to set Google as the default and warn against creating direct desktop shortcuts due to potential issues, emphasizing caution with such configurations. Overall, the advice focuses on configuring browser settings rather than creating external shortcuts, with a cautious stance on direct desktop shortcuts for Google.
Secondly, if I open Google via IE, I cannot get the Google tool bar. Can someone please put me on the right track??
Please see the attached screen shots
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Try this http://www.pcworld.com/article/249158/how_to_change_your_browsers_default_search_engine.html Having done this, close IE, and restart it. Left click the "magnifier glass" = "search" in the address bar, you should see Google as an option.
To have an exclusive Google Search shortcut would probably need some coding or something, perhaps a bat. file, don't know, goes beyond me.
To have direct Internet shortcuts on Desktop isn't really advisable. They may cause many troubles. I wouldn't recommend it. And besides, a Google Search shortcut won't help you, unless you have a browser running; connecting the shortcut to, say, IE would mean IE starts... we go towards reverse engineering which is a very bad thing, and illegal. Not sure about it all, but safer to stay within IE, if that's your choice for a Browser.
To have an exclusive Google Search shortcut would probably need some coding or something, perhaps a bat. file, don't know, goes beyond me.
To have direct Internet shortcuts on Desktop isn't really advisable. They may cause many troubles. I wouldn't recommend it. And besides, a Google Search shortcut won't help you, unless you have a browser running; connecting the shortcut to, say, IE would mean IE starts... we go towards reverse engineering which is a very bad thing, and illegal. Not sure about it all, but safer to stay within IE, if that's your choice for a Browser.
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