How Do You Edit The Registry For A Home Page?
When you create settings in a software application, one of the ways the software saves the settings is by creating an entry in the Windows registry. Web browsers like Firefox save the profile settings in a file in the installation directory, but Microsoft Internet Explorer saves the default home page in the Windows registry. You can edit the registry to change the home page in Internet Explorer. After this setting is changed, the web browser will default to the new value created. Click the Windows Start button and select “Run.” In the text box, enter “regedit” and press the “OK” button. This opens the Windows registry. Navigate to the “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main” key in the registry. This holds the settings for Internet Explorer, including the home page. Right-click the “StartPage” registry key and select “Modify.” This opens a new window and displays the current home page for the browser. Enter a new value and press the “OK” button. Reboot the machine.
