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Although the MSN toolbar search facility is good there
is no quick and easy way of deleting all those search criteria's that you have
typed in over a period of time. One way of removing these search entries is to
edit the registry.
NOTE
Before making any changes to the registry it is
recommended that you make a backup copy of your registry either from within the
registry Editor (see
How do I
backup the Registry in Windows XP )
or by using the freeware registry backup utility called ERUNT (available
from
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt
)
1/ Click Start button
2/ From the Start menu click Run
3/ In the Run dialog type: Regedit
4/ When the Windows registry opens navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER/software/microsoft/msn toolbar
5/ Look down the list of items on the right of the pane
until you come to Search String
6/ Right click on Search String and select
Modify from the drop down menu
7/ The Modify Multi String window will now open
8/ All the search criteria in this window should be
highlighted
9/ To Delete the contents press the Delete
button on your keyboard
10/ Next press OK to Exit the Window
11/ Finally Exit Windows registry
12/ The next time you open Internet explorer the MSN
Toolbar Search dialog box will be empty
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