using RUN

[nhghd]

hope i explain my problem well-i have win7 Pro on my laptop,no problems except-using run from the start menu,if i enter a site-like- Google
i get an error msg. Google -application not found-any www site i enter i get the same error msg. On my desktop i try and it always works,it has win7 ,premium---both are 64bit OS'S
any ideas ?

[nhghd]

WHEN I TYPED the question out i had Google typed in but i see when i submitted it left out the www. and com parts.

[nhghd]

I see my post had an error in it- i-DO enter google in run as Google when i get the error msg.Just wanted to clarify that before i get ? back.

thankyou to any answers.

[Iamjosh]

Your post(s) are hard to understand???

Are you having an issue connecting to Google page or connecting to internet?

[strollin]

You shouldn't be able to type "google" (no quotes) in the Run prompt to access a web site, you should need to enter something like "firefox google" to be able to bring up google in a browser session. You must have some 3rd party app installed on your other machine that allows you to do that.

[nhghd]

To clarify- using run, if i type in www with google.com it will not go to the site using win7 pro---when using win7 Home premium i can enter the www
before google.com and it goes to the site
thankyou and sorry to confuse anyone

[Panama Red]

Guess I don't understand why you want to use the Run command to access web sites. Just open a browser and type the name of the site in the address bar (without www and .com). Then press Ctrl + Enter. That automatically adds the www and .com.

[Iamjosh]

have you ever used a browser for such a task?

Would you be driving a car, while sitting on top of an engine?

[nhghd]

thats a dumb answer-using run cmd u do not have to open a browser,besides i was asking for a REASON it would work in one win7 but not the other.

[glc]

The reason your links left off the www and com is we have "Automatically retrieve titles from external links" enabled. If you don't want this to happen when you post here, you can disable that in the advanced editing screen.

Now, an administrative note - please show a bit more respect for our members. There is no such thing here as a "dumb answer". Thank you.

- Admin -

[Nuclear Krusader]

It works fine in Windows 7 Pro. Something must be wrong with your machine. Some browsers need that you type in the http:// portion as well, such as Safari. But IE and FF work just fine. Point in fact, FF will accept just "google.com" and automatically add the http://www .

[nhghd]

where or how do i get to advanced editing to allow external links ? thankyou

[glc]

In any editing screen, choose "go advanced" then look in "additional options".