Tweak Library – Disable the display of fully qualified URL in Internet Explorer.

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Disable the display of fully qualified URL in Internet Explorer.

This setting enables you to control the display of fully qualified URL when you hover the mouse over a link in Internet Explorer.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000

Description:

The fully qualified URL means that all the required rules and regulations have been taken care of and the complete path has been provided. The path means that you have given the exact address where you want to reach and along with that you have also mentioned the way through which you will go. The example to show fully qualified URL is “http://tweaklibrary.com/mytweaklib/EditSettings.asp?SettingId=10309”.

When mouse is hovered over a link in Internet Explorer it displays fully qualified URL on the status bar. To avoid showing fully qualified URLs, you can change the behavior of the tweak to show “Shortcut to ” on the Status Bar.

For this, go to Start > Run, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a DWORD value “Show_FullURL”, if this value does not exist.

Now, right-click and modify the value to “1” which can disable the display of fully qualified URL in Internet Explorer. However, if you want to show the item back, change the value data to “0” or delete the value.

The changes take effect after a restart or logoff.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

Show_FullURL

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

The display of "Fully Qualified URL" is disabled after the changes have been made in the registry.

The display of "Fully Qualified URL" is enabled.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Second, go to the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\] key, right-click on the blank area in the right pane and click on "New > DWORD Value" to create a new DWORD value with the name "Show_FullURL".

Third, right-click on the 'Show_FullURL' DWORD value and click on "Modify".

Finally, enter the value "1" in the text box and click on 'OK'.