JeffBeall
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ie8 windows 7
at my work, they only allow IE8, which is fine, I'm not that picky. however sometimes people have problems with IE, so to troubleshoot I made a shortcut for IE to start with add-ons disabled, so in the shortcut properties, for target I have
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -extof
and the shortcut works because IE starts and has this message
but when I look at tools, internet options, go to the programs tab and click on the manage add-ons button I see this
"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -extof
and the shortcut works because IE starts and has this message
but when I look at tools, internet options, go to the programs tab and click on the manage add-ons button I see this
There is a 32-bit and a 64-bit version of IE. Can you confirm which one you are using?
Not sure whats your question, if you don't want the message then simply delete "-extof" from the shortcut and it will work just fine else please rephrase your question, what exactly you want ?
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sorry, when I was writing this question, I didn't get to finish typing
I meant to finish by saying
"you can't see it in the list, but even flash player is enabled!? why would these add-ons be
enabled when IE starts by saying IE is currently running without add-ons?"
I'm pretty sure it is 32bit explorer - and I don't mind the message, I just don't get why it is saying that add-ons are disabled, but when I look, they are enabled
I meant to finish by saying
"you can't see it in the list, but even flash player is enabled!? why would these add-ons be
enabled when IE starts by saying IE is currently running without add-ons?"
I'm pretty sure it is 32bit explorer - and I don't mind the message, I just don't get why it is saying that add-ons are disabled, but when I look, they are enabled
It seems like some setting in IE is preventing that -extof switch to kick in.
Try resetting your IE8 and then try the IE8 open with switch off and then on
There is a tool from microsoft to reset your IE8 settings
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
Try it and report back
Try resetting your IE8 and then try the IE8 open with switch off and then on
There is a tool from microsoft to reset your IE8 settings
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737
Try it and report back
ASKER
I ran the Microsoft fixit thing and it reset IE. I think it did a better job than when I manually went to tools, internet options, advanced tab, then click the reset button. when I did this manually, IE didn't ask to setup preferences, but when I did the fixit thing, IE asked to setup preferences.
Also, when I did manually, I had all the add-ons that I had before resetting. but when I ran the fixit thing, I had only the default add-ons. However, I noticed that there where still some add-ons that are still enabled.
I'm starting to thing it could possibly be a group policy thing, because flash player was still in the list of add-ons, but I'm pretty sure that isn't a default add-on
Also, when I did manually, I had all the add-ons that I had before resetting. but when I ran the fixit thing, I had only the default add-ons. However, I noticed that there where still some add-ons that are still enabled.
I'm starting to thing it could possibly be a group policy thing, because flash player was still in the list of add-ons, but I'm pretty sure that isn't a default add-on
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thank you