The registry keys should look like the below image now: Again, make sure to add the curly bracket to the front and end of the GUID. Step 3: Right-click on the SearchScopes key in the left hand navigation pane and choose New – Key.Īgain, paste the value of the new GUID as the name of the key. Now that we configured which search scope is the default one, we actually have to go create the new search scope. Note that you have to add an opening curly brace and a closing curly brace around the GUID that we generated.Ĭlick OK and the value should get updated. Double-click on that and paste in the new scope ID that we just created. The main one we are interested in is DefaultScope. If you click on SearchScopes, you’ll see a few keys on the right hand side. Now navigate to the following key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes Step 2: Now let’s open up the registry editor by clicking on Start and typing in regedit. The easiest way to do this is to open Word, paste the text, select it and then choose UPPERCASE. Now we have to convert this to uppercase because the registry is finicky about the case when creating keys. Select the GUID and then press CTRL + C to copy it to the clipboard. This will generate a long number with letters and dashes like shown below. Step 1: Open PowerShell by clicking on Start and typing powershell.Īt the prompt, just copy and paste the following command: ::NewGuid() Sounds scary, but just follow the instructions below. First, before we get into the registry we have to create a new GUID that we will use as a key. In IE, each search engine you add to the browser is called a search scope in the registry.
MAKE GOOGLE DEFAULT SEARCH ENGINE WINDOWS 10 IE 11 WINDOWS 8
I tested this on Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 10 and it worked on all three operating systems. The procedure is a bit technical, but if you follow along slowly, it’s not too hard. However, just in case, make sure to read my post on backing up and restoring the registry first.
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