Hi Milos. Thanks for your response. This behavior occurs for typos in the address bar, not search:

By design, Windows Explorer opens typos in the default browser. For example, if I type "c;\" instead of "c:\" in windows explorer, my browser opens and automatically loads "http://www.c;.com/". How can I disable this behavior? It's never been useful for me and I worry every time that the sites I'm taken to might be malicious. Thanks.

Would you specify "if I type c;\", is it in Search? I have different behaviour in my installation. Rgds Milos

Hi Milos. Thanks for your response. This behavior occurs for typos in the address bar, not search:

I get the different behavior too. Have a try to reset folder settings. Ivan-Liu TechNet Community Support

Hello, Ivan-Liu. Thanks for your reply. I don't understand your response, though. It looks as though you're system is exhibiting the same behavior as mine (by design). I'd like to disable this feature. (I'd prefer "no results found".) Suppose I enter the following typo into Windows Explorer: By design, Windows launches my browser and attempts to load: Does anyone know how to disable this? Does anyone use it? Thanks.