The Internet Explorer icon does not appear on your desktop. When you try to use the Desktop Items dialog box in Windows XP or the Desktop Icon Settings dialog box in Windows Vista to add the Internet Explorer icon, there is no Internet Explorer check box.

To add an Internet Explorer icon to your desktop, you can use the following method:

For Windows 7 users:

Important Windows 7 no longer supports the ability to modify the registry to get the special Internet Explorer icon to appear on your desktop. This change was made to ensure Internet Explorer could be removed easily for compliance reasons. The only way to add the Internet Explorer icon to the desktop in Windows 7 is to create a shortcut. To create a shortcut to Internet Explorer on your desktop, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then locate the Internet Explorer icon on the Start menu. If you do not see the Internet Explorer icon on the Start menu, look in the Programs or the All Programs folders on the Start menu.

2. Right-click and drag the Internet Explorer icon from the Start menu to your desktop, and then click Create Shortcuts Here, or click Copy Here.

A shortcut to Internet Explorer is created on your desktop. You can double-click this icon to open your home page in Internet Explorer.


Note To create a desktop shortcut to Internet Explorer for other users, log on to your computer as another user, and then repeat this method for each user.

Note If you cannot locate the Internet Explorer icon on the Start menu, follow these alternative steps:

1. Carefully select and then copy the following command:

Important Make sure that you select the quotation marks (“) at the beginning and end of this command.

2. Right-click a blank space on your desktop, point to New, and then click Shortcut.

3. In the Create Shortcut Wizard, right-click the Type the location of the item box, and then click Paste to paste the command that you copied in step 1.

4. Click Next.

5. In the Type a name for this shortcut box, type Internet Explorer.

6. Click Finish.

A shortcut to Internet Explorer is created on your desktop. You can double-click this icon to open your home page in Internet Explorer.

For non-Windows 7 users:

Important Windows 7 no longer supports the ability to modify the registry to get the special Internet Explorer icon to appear on your desktop. This change was made to ensure Internet Explorer could be removed easily for compliance reasons. The only way to add the Internet Explorer icon to the desktop in Windows 7 is to create a shortcut as shown in 'For Windows 7 users' section.

To create a shortcut to Internet Explorer on your desktop, follow these steps:

1. Click Start, and then locate the Internet Explorer icon on the Start menu. If you do not see the Internet Explorer icon on the Start menu, look in the Programs or the All Programs folders on the Start menu.

2. Right-click and drag the Internet Explorer icon from the Start menu to your desktop, and then click Create Shortcuts Here, or click Copy Here.

A shortcut to Internet Explorer is created on your desktop. You can double-click this icon to open your home page in Internet Explorer.

Note If you cannot locate the Internet Explorer icon on the Start menu or if you want to add a special Internet explorer icon on your desktop, follow these alternative steps:

1. Click Start, and then click Run. Or, click Start Search if it is available.

2. In the Open box or in the Start Search box, type Notepad, and then press ENTER.

3. Carefully copy and paste the following text into Notepad.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\NewStartPanel]
"{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000
 
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\HideDesktopIcons\ClassicStartMenu]
"{871C5380-42A0-1069-A2EA-08002B30309D}"=dword:00000000

4. On the File menu, click Save As.

5. In the File name box, type Ie.reg, and then save the file to your desktop.

6. Exit Notepad.

7. Double-click the Ie.reg file on the desktop.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Allow.

8. In the Registry Editor dialog box that appears, click Yes, and then click OK.

The special Internet Explorer icon is added to your desktop. You can double-click this icon to open your home page in Internet Explorer.

To open Internet Options, right-click this icon, and then click Properties. To start Internet Explorer without add-ons, right-click this icon, and then click Start Without Add-ons.

Internet Explorer 8  can be less than stable sometimes. Many websites load terribly slow in IE 8 and sometimes the browser will simply crash for no reason at all. It doesn't have any built-in plugins like Java or Flash Player. Eventually, you may get fed up with this applicationand wish to remove it from your system. There are different ways to perform this decision depending on which operating system you use. Here is how to uninstall Internet Explorer 8 on Windows XP and Windows Vista

Click the "Start" button on the toolbar at the bottom of your desktop if you have Windows XP on your computer.

Choose "Control Panel" from the listed options.

Select "Add or Remove Programs."

Scroll down the list of programs in the "Add or Remove Programs" until you find "Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1."

Click on the program. A "Remove" box will appear at the right of the listed program. Click on this box and the Removal Wizard will appear on your screen. Click "Next" to begin the removal of Internet Explorer 8 from your computer.

Go to the Control Panel in the same manner if you are using Windows Vista Select the Uninstall Programs link.

Choose "View installed updates" on the Tasks pane found on the left.

Scroll to "Windows Internet Explorer 8" in the list of updates and select it.

Click the "Uninstall" button and then choose "Yes" in the box that appears to remove Internet Explorer 8 from your computer.

1. Login on the computer where you want to import your favorites.

2. Start the web browser (Internet Explorer).

3. Select 'Import and Export' on the 'File' menu:

4. The 'Import and Export' Wizard starts.

1. Select 'Next' on the first screen of the 'Import/Export Wizard'.
2. Select 'Import Favorites' on the second screen.

5. Browse to the saved bookmark file:

1. Browse > Browse to the bookmark file and highlight it > Save
2. Select 'Next'.

6. Now you can select the folder you want to import the bookmark to:

• You import relative to the folder you select
• To import your favorites into the root, select the folder 'Favorites'

Highlight the desired folder and select 'Next'.

7. Select 'Finish' to complete the Wizard.

Initial Problem:

Over time the internet changes, and sometimes it is just good to go back to basics, often pop ups come up that you make selections on. These changes save, if you want to go back to the default here is how.

Solution:

First you need a computer and internet explorer as your default browser. This is the browser that comes with Microsoft.

Open up the internet window by clicking on the icon on your desktop, or by going to the Start Menu, All programs, Internet Explorer

Once the internet Explorer is opened, you will then want to go to the "Tools" Menu, in the internet window. If you are using internet explorer 7 the tools menu is on what is called the Menu bar, and this menu bar generally is in the upper left hand corner.

Once you click the Tools Menu, then select, internet options. Image below attached, then click on internet options to go into the internet options dialog box.

Once you have selected the internet options click on the advanced tab all the way to the right, picture attached. Once you have selected, advanced at the bottom right there is an option there to RESET, this will restore the default settings, of your internet explorer Browser. Reboot your PC after

Initial Problem:

Internet Explorer caches web pages you visit and cookies coming from those pages. While designed to speed up browsing, if left unchecked the burgeoning folders can sometimes slow IE to a crawl or cause other unexpected behavior. In general, the less is more principal works well here - keep the Internet Explorer cache small and clear it often. Here's how.


 Solution:

1) From the Internet Explorer menu, click Tools | Internet Options. For Internet Explorer v7, follow steps 2-5 below. For Internet Explorer v6, follow steps 6-7.  For     both versions, follow the steps outlined in steps 8 and below.

2) If using IE7, under Browsing history select Delete.

3) From the Delete Browsing History window select Delete all... from the bottom of the dialog and click Yes when prompted.

4) To delete individual categories, select Delete files... for the desired category and select Yes when promoted.

5) When finished, click Close to close the Delete Browsing History window.

6) If using Internet Explorer v6, under Temporary Internet files select Delete Cookies and select OK when prompted.

7) Next, select Delete Files and select OK when prompted.

8) Now that the files and cookies have been cleared, take steps to minimize their impact going forward. While still in the Internet Options menu, select Settings (for IE7, under Browsing History;for    IE6 under Temporary Internet files).

9) Under "...disk space to use...", change the setting to 5Mb or less. (For optimal performance, no less than 3Mb and no more than 5Mb is recommended)

10) Click OK to exit the Settings menu and then click OK again to exit the Internet Options menu.

11) Close Internet Explorer and restart it for changes to take effect.