While most of the web is free to access through any browser you'd like, there are occasionally websites (particularly older ones) that need you to use browsers like Internet Explorer, or worse yet, would like you to be on a Windows PC. If you don't see that, WHAM, you have an extra toolbar installed that can't be easily removed.Whether you develop for the web and need to see how your site or web app displays itself in multiple browsers, or you just want to visit a site that requires a particular browser that you don't want to use, you may eventually need to use a browser other than Safari.
You have to deselect the option on the update page. For example, Adobe Flash Player tries to get you to installĮxtra tools when you update the player. And there was a toolbar that got installed despite my diligent efforts to avoid that. But there are a few sites, like some MS sites, that are coded to only work with IE. For those tools I want, I disable the loading in msconfig, or delete the 'run' entry from the registry or Start menu folder. Slows down the boot process for no real benefit. Many of these 'useful' tools load on startup and that just I still have several things installed of questionable value that I should remove. I know, I could just ignore it or disable it, but I try to remove things from my system that I don't want there. Wants to use a browser that makes you work for it instead of it working for you? Hey DocBrown: Why are you going to such lengths to try to delete parts of internet explorer? Are they giving you problems even when you aren't using IE? Or are you still using IE at all? If so, I would just ignore IE and use Firefox instead. Nodes ("Extensions" and "Browser Helper Objects"). I can find both paths, except for the last
One more thing: I can't find "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions" or "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects" in my RegEdit. To self-install without the user knowing, and it should NOT allow add-ons to prevent users from removing them. The Registry Editor is not supposed to be a tool for end users to deal with. er, garbage like Montera Technologies Ltd or Funmoods add-ons. Hi, N-Y-M, thank you so much for your help!Īnyway, I can't believe Microsoft keeps making it so hard for users to get rid of sh. Find the Class ID you copied in "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID" and delete it too. Copy the Class ID of the Add-ons that you wish to remove, eg: then delete itĤ.
"Browser Helper Object" in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Browser Helper Objects"ģ. "Browser Extension" in "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Extensions" Goto the following paths which contain all your IE Add-ons: This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread. Please remember to click “Mark as Answer” on the post that helps you, and to click “Unmark as Answer” if a marked post does not actually answer your question. Repeat steps 4 and 5 for every control you want to delete.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.Ħ. More Information dialog box, click Remove. Click the ActiveX control you want to delete, and then click Show, click Downloaded controls to display all ActiveX controls.Ĥ. Tools button, and then click Manage Add-ons. You may take the following steps to remove Internet Explorer 8 and Internet Explorer 8 add-ons:ġ.