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ScopeKey

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Applies To: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Vista

ScopeKey specifies a unique string for a search provider.

Values

Scope_key

Specifies a unique string for a search provider.

This string type does not support empty elements. Do not create an empty value for this setting.

Valid Configuration Passes

specialize

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer | SearchScopes | Scope | ScopeKey

Applies To

For a list of the supported Windows® editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-IE-InternetExplorer.

XML Example

The following XML output shows how to set search providers.

<SearchScopes>
   <Scope wcm:action="add">
      <ScopeDefault>true</ScopeDefault>
      <ScopeDisplayName>MyFirstSearchProvider</ScopeDisplayName>
      <ScopeKey>SearchProvider1</ScopeKey>
      <ScopeUrl>https://www.contoso.com/search?q={searchTerms}</ScopeUrl>
   </Scope>
   <Scope wcm:action="add">
      <ScopeDisplayName>MySecondSearchProvider</ScopeDisplayName>
      <ScopeKey>SearchProvider2</ScopeKey>
      <ScopeUrl>http://search.fabrikam.com/results.aspx?q=&quot;{searchTerms}&quot;</ScopeUrl>
   </Scope>
</SearchScopes>

See Also

Concepts

Scope