How to Add Domain Types to Autoscan List in Internet Explorer

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When the Autoscan Common Root Domains option is enabled, you can type only the domain root in the Address box and Internet Explorer attempts to locate the correct Web site by searching different domain types. For example, if you type "microsoft" in the Address box, Internet Explorer searches the domain types in the Autoscan list until a domain name match is found (in this case, www.microsoft.com).

By default, Internet Explorer searches the following domain types when the Autoscan Common Root Domains option is enabled:

• .com
• .org
• .edu

To add a domain type to the Autoscan search list, add the string value "<n>" with a value of "%s.<domain>" and a string value "<n>" with a value of "www.%s.<domain>" (without quotation marks), where <n> is the next available number and <domain> is the domain type, under the following registry key: For example, if you want to add the .gov domain type and there are already 7 domain types listed, add a string value "8" with a value of "%s.gov" and a string value "9" with a value of www.%s.gov.

NOTE: The order in which Internet Explorer searches domains is based on the string value. For example, the domain type associated with string value 1 is searched before the domain type associated with string value 2.

NOTE: For Internet Explorer 6, the .net domain has been added by default and the search order has been changed.