Google as the Default Provider

[petben]

I am trying to set Google as the default search provider in Win10 1803.

 

Ive set the HKCU reg keys as recommeded for Google in SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes

 

ive also set "Restrict search providers to a specific list of providers"

 

no change, always Bing.

 

anyone has an success with this?

 

Thanks

[rosslaing]

We have this set using the Edge GPO options.

User config->Policies->Admin Templates->Windows Components->Edge : Set Default Search Engine

 

Seems to work fine.

[petben]

sorry should have said we are using IE11.

 

fyi, we also set that GPO in case we use Edge:

 

https://www.google.com/searchdomaincheck?format=opensearch

 

that doesn't work either.

[Arthur]

fyi, we also set that GPO in case we use Edge:

 

https://www.google.com/searchdomaincheck?format=opensearch

 

that doesn't work either.

For Edge you need to do this...

 

https://www.edugeek.net/showthread.php?p=1567186

[petben]

How about for ie11?

Thanks

[Arthur]

How about for ie11?

For Internet Explorer, add the following registry values via a computer-based GPP and also set the "Restrict search providers to a specific list of providers" GPO back to "Not Configured".

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes]
"DefaultScope"="{78993B0B-5FA4-4B65-9D5A-FAA4CBA2666F}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\{78993B0B-5FA4-4B65-9D5A-FAA4CBA2666F}]
"DisplayName"="Google"
"OSDFileURL"="https://www.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RWilsM"
"FaviconPath"="%USERPROFILE%\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Services\\Search_{78993B0B-5FA4-4B65-9D5A-FAA4CBA2666F}.ico"
"FaviconURL"="https://www.google.com/favicon.ico"
"ShowSearchSuggestions"=dword:00000001
"URL"="https://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:{language}:{referrer:source}&ie={inputEncoding?}&oe={outputEncoding?}"
"SuggestionsURL"="https://www.google.com/complete/search?q={searchTerms}&client=ie8&mw={ie:maxWidth}&sh={ie:sectionHeight}&rh={ie:rowHeight}&inputencoding={inputEncoding}&outputencoding={outputEncoding}"

[petben]

Thanks, I currently have that reg file for HKCU, Is the Local machine setting important here?

[Arthur]

Is the Local machine setting important here?

It shouldn't matter whether you choose HKCU or HKLM, but if all users are going to have Google set as their default SearchScope it would make more sense to do it in HKLM.

 

Regarding the "Restrict search providers to a specific list of providers" GPO...

 

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/askie/2016/12/30/how-to-set-my-default-search-provider-via-gpo/#comment-13906

 

 

Btw, the other way to configure the default SearchScope is via an unattend.xml at deployment time. e.g.

 

   
       
           
               
                   true
                   Search1
                   Google
                   true
                   https://www.google.com/favicon.ico
                   https://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:{language}:{referrer:source}&ie={inputEncoding?}&oe={outputEncoding?}
                   https://www.google.com/complete/search?q={searchTerms}&client=ie8&mw={ie:maxWidth}&sh={ie:sectionHeight}&rh={ie:rowHeight}&inputencoding={inputEncoding}&outputencoding={outputEncoding}
               
               
                   Search2
                   DuckDuckGo
                   https://duckduckgo.com/favicon.ico
                   https://safe.duckduckgo.com/?q={searchTerms}&atb=v89-4_f
                   true
                   https://safe.duckduckgo.com/ac/?q={searchTerms}&type=list
               
           
           yes
           true
           true
           true
           true
           https://www.google.co.uk
           false
       
   

[petben]

Trying the Reg key, still not working..

 

What’s the relevance of the scope ID 7899.....

 

If I manually add google as provider a different ID is created.

 

Thamks

[petben]

working now! thanks for your help.

[Arthur]

working now! thanks for your help.

Excellent!

 

Did you have to do anything different to get it working?

 

What’s the relevance of the scope ID 7899.....

I don't think the actual GUID matters as long as the DefaultScope GUID is the same as the GUID for the Google SearchScope. i.e.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes]
"DefaultScope"="[color="#FF0000"]{78993B0B-5FA4-4B65-9D5A-FAA4CBA2666F}[/color]"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchScopes\[color="#FF0000"]{78993B0B-5FA4-4B65-9D5A-FAA4CBA2666F}[/color]]
"DisplayName"="Google"
"OSDFileURL"="https://www.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RWilsM"
"FaviconPath"="%USERPROFILE%\\AppData\\LocalLow\\Microsoft\\Internet Explorer\\Services\\Search_{78993B0B-5FA4-4B65-9D5A-FAA4CBA2666F}.ico"
"FaviconURL"="https://www.google.com/favicon.ico"
"ShowSearchSuggestions"=dword:00000001
"URL"="https://www.google.com/search?q={searchTerms}&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:{language}:{referrer:source}&ie={inputEncoding?}&oe={outputEncoding?}"
"SuggestionsURL"="https://www.google.com/complete/search?q={searchTerms}&client=ie8&mw={ie:maxWidth}&sh={ie:sectionHeight}&rh={ie:rowHeight}&inputencoding={inputEncoding}&outputencoding={outputEncoding}"

[petben]

a bit of tidying from an old attempt and incorrect reg keys.

 

thanks again