How can I add or modify Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) command shortcuts?

A. IE 5.5 lets you search the Microsoft Knowledge Base for a specific Microsoft article by typing the article number at the IE address bar. For example, to display the contents of the Microsoft article "BUG: MSCDEX May Not Detect Disk Change", you'd type

MSKB Q123456

In the address bar. Microsoft removed this functionality in IE 6.0, but you can reenable this feature as well as add your own shortcuts by performing the following steps:

The change will take effect immediately. The table below presents other popular shortcuts.

After you create a shortcut, you simply type the shortcut, followed by your search terms, in IE's address bar. For example, type

WINFAQ active directory

to search the Windows 2000 FAQ for the term "active directory." To save time, you can paste the following information into a reg file to automate the addition of the shortcuts I've mentioned:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearchUrlAV]
@="http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/web?q=%s"[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearchUrlGgl]
@="http://www.google.com/search?q=%s"[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearchUrlMSKB]
@="http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=%s"[HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftInternet ExplorerSearchUrlWINFAQ]
@="http://search.winnetmag.com/query.html?col=faq&qt=%s"