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Run dialog box shows ALL files/net shares/urls etc... why?!

#1 Curley_Boy

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Posted 05 November 2003 - 03:43 AM

Confusing one this

when I click start and then run and type a letter (say 'a') it shows all the files on my computers drives / network shares / typed web urls that being with 'a'.

For example:

file:///A:/BBC%20Boards.txt

or

http://www.autism-oasis.com/g.php?...

or

\Auto (the name of a folder on my 2nd HDD)

Is there a hidden feature in XP that I have unwittingly enabled? ;( Can anyone tell me how to turn this off?

#2 Four and Twenty

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Posted 06 November 2003 - 01:09 AM

i believe this is call autocomplete

the run box allows you to run programs, open files or load web pages
so it makes sense that they would have autocomplete there