Everyone must be familiar with Microsoft's IE browser. Although many users now have other browsers such as MYIE and GOSURF, the status of IE browser is still crucial in the entire Windows system, which can be seen from the many troubles that uninstalling IE will bring. Here, let's take a look at how to use registry modifications to make your IE6.0 performance fully at your fingertips, making the functions of IE so suitable for your own taste.
●Select background pattern for IE browser's toolbar:
Usually, the IE browser's toolbar has no background pattern. Through the modification of the Windows XP registry, you can add a background pattern to it, open the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft Internet ExplorerToolBar subkey branch, create a new string-type key-value item in the window on the right, name it "BackBitmap", and modify its key value to the path of a certain BMP file you like. After restarting the IE browser, there is a background pattern on the toolbar.
●Maximize IE window:
Sometimes this happens, that is, the window of IE will become smaller, and each time I restart IE is a small window, even if you use the "maximization" button, it will be useless. In fact, this is a "memory" effect of the IE window, which we can modify in the registry. Open the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft Internet ExplorerMain subkey branch and delete the "Windows_Placement" key-value item data key in the right window.
Also, delete the OldWorkAreaRects key value item in the right window of the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft Internet ExplorerDesktopOld WorkAreas subkey branch. Restart the computer, open the IE browser, maximize, then minimize, and then maximize, and close the IE browser. Use IE browser in the future and the window will be maximized.
●Automatically fill in the custom URL:
You can automatically remember the URLs you have visited in IE. For example, when entering a web page address, you only need to type the first few letters, and there is no need to continue input, and IE will automatically display the remaining part. However, this function is only valid for URLs with extensions such as .com, .org, .edu, etc. Through the modification of the registry, it can also be applied to URLs ending with .gov and .net, and can also be expanded to our customized forms, such as supporting the Chinese domain name form www.%, etc.
Open HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft Internet ExplorerMainUrl Template, and you can see that in the window on the right is:
1. www.%
2. www.%
3. www.%
4. %
5. %
The %s character represents this position and can be replaced by other strings. You can add some URL form you want to add in the right window yourself, and use the key value name to increase in numbers, such as .% .% etc. Restarting the computer will take effect.
●Change the path of IE download:
Open HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTSoftwareMicrosoftInternet Explorer subkey branch, create a new double-byte key-value item in the window on the right, name it "DownloadDirectory", and set its value to the download path you want, such as D:download, etc.
●Set the default HTML page:
Whenever the URL fails to load, IE will display the default HTML page (it is set as a web page when installed). You can set your own default page through the registry modification. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain subkey branch, find the key-value item LocalPage in the window on the right, and modify its value to the complete path of HTML you want.
●Prevent background music in HTML playback:
Some networks can be affected by many users browsing sound-intensive web pages. If you don't feel it's necessary to play background music, you can modify the registry to prohibit it. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerMain subkey branch, locate the key value item Play_Background_Sounds in the window on the right, and change its key value to No.
●Clear the entered URL address:
If many people share the same computer, users do not like the URLs that others know they have visited with IE browser. If you want to delete these URLs, you can open the HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft Internet ExplorerTypedURLs subkey branch in the registry and delete all the addresses stored in the window on the right.
●Change the default searcher for the browser:
On the IE toolbar, if you click the Search icon, IE will call the default search engine Excite to search. If you want to change the default search engine, you must change the registry. Open HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoft Internet ExplorerSearch subkey branch, modify the key value contents of the key values CustomizeSearch and SearchAssistant in the window on the right, and enter the URL of the desired default search engine.
●Add multiple HTML editors to IE:
Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft Internet ExplorerDefault MHTML Editorshelleditcommand subkey branch, and change its default value to "C:Program FilesMacromediaDreamweaver %1". In this way, after restarting IE, open an HTML file, click the drop-down menu next to the edit button, and you can see the options for Dreamweaver.
●IE right-click menu customization skills:
Because IE6 inherits to Windows XP, all the customization methods for right-click color TVs in Windows Explorer are also applicable to IE6, let's take a look. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft Internet ExplorerMenuExt subkey branch, create a new subkey under it, name it the name of the right-click operation you want. The default value of the subkey will be the URL to be executed, and it will point to a local file, which is written by JavaScript, mainly defines the actions that will be performed. For example, if you want to add a "Open New Window" function to the right click, create a new subkey under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft Internet ExplorerMenuExt, name it "Open New Window", edit the default value of the reconstruction on the right is "C:", which means that the modified operation instructions are stored in the C: file. Now, create a new text file (txt file) under the C drive, with the following content:
After saving, change the file to, which is the statement to be executed. You can write its content in txt later. The method of opening it has been explained in the previous articles. Now add a double-byte value to the window to the right of the subkey of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft Internet ExplorerMenuExt Open New Window, named "contexts", which defines the situation in which the context menu is displayed. There are 7 situations when right-clicking in IE:
The first one is the default, that is, right-click the blank area, and its key value contexts correspond to hexadecimal 1.
The second type is to right-click on the graph, and its key value contexts correspond to hexadecimal 2.
The third type is to right-click the control, and its key value contexts correspond to hexadecimal 4.
The fourth type is to right-click on the table, and its key value contexts correspond to hexadecimal 8.
The fifth type is to right-click on the selected area, and its key value contexts correspond to hexadecimal 10.
The sixth type is right-clicking on the hyperlink, and its key value contexts correspond to hexadecimal 20.
The seventh type is to right-click in an uncertain part, and its key value contexts correspond to hexadecimal 40.
These seven situations can be combined with each other, that is, the representative numbers of the required single terms are added together. If all seven hexadecimal numbers are added to hexadecimal 7F, then the key value contexts correspond to hexadecimal 7F means that all seven situations are applicable to IE browser. At this time, right-click anywhere in the window, and the pop-up menu will contain the button.
Create a new double-byte value under this subkey, named "Flags", which defines whether the URL is executed in the form of a schema dialog box. If 1, it means that it is executed in the form of a mode dialog box. At this time, the window for executing the URL file will be executed in a display manner and will not be closed automatically after the URL file is executed. If set to 0, that is, the default value means that the background mode will be executed.
●Disable IE display status bar:
By default, IE will display a status bar containing various information, but this will cause security vulnerabilities (showing information that the system administrator wants to hide, such as URLs, etc.), and can modify the registry to prohibit a user from displaying the status bar. Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft Internet ExplorerMain subkey branch and change the value of the key value item "Show_StatusBar" in the window on the right to No.
●Prohibit IE to display URLs in the status bar:
Similarly, we can prohibit the URL of the web page being displayed in the status bar. Change the value of the key value item "Show_URLinStatusBar" in the right window of Microsoft Internet ExplorerMain to No. In addition, modifying the key-value item characteristic of Show_URLinStatusBar will not affect the display of the URL address bar. If you want to prohibit the display of URLs in the address bar, change the value of Show_URLToolBar in the right window of Microsoft Internet ExplorerMain to No.
● Customization technology of IE activity desktop:
IE6 introduced the function of using html, jpg, and gif files as their wallpaper when applicable to active desktops. You can customize this feature for yourself in the registry: Open the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft Internet ExplorerDesktopGeneral subkey branch, and change the value of the Wallpaper key value item in the right window to the full path and file name of the html, jpg or gif file you want to use as the active desktop wallpaper.
●Set the IE security warning level:
Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft Internet ExplorerSecurity subkey branch, change the key value of SafetyWarningLevel in the window to its right to Query, and open IE's security check, so that any unsafe content will generate a warning message.
●Show channel bar in IE:
Open HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoft Internet ExplorerMain subkey branch and change the value of Show_ChannelBand on the right to yes.
●Customize various IE display colors:
We can customize the default color settings used when browsing web pages in IE browser, open the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWARE Microsoft Internet ExplorerSettings sub-key branch, and formulate the color you want in the window on the right. Among them, Anchorcolor means "unvisible key", Anchorcolor visited means "visible link", Backgroundcolor means "background color", and Textcolor means "text color".