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Close all IE open windows
Here's a useful tool: a Windows process killer
http://www.beyondlogic.org/consulting/processutil/processutil.htm
The download link is towards the bottom of the page.
The clever thing about it is that as well as killing specific processes, it can also gracefully shutdown the process as well by sending a WM_CLOSE message to it. If a user prompt is issued (eg for an unsaved file), you still get to see that and respond to it.
For example, to close all Internet Explorer windows, issue the command:
process -q iexplore.exe
I have it set up as a shortcut on my Start menu. A handy way to close a whole stack of browser windows at once. [19-Jan-05]
Reinstalling IE 6
From WinXPNews. If you're having serious problems with IE, one way to repair it is to run the Windows XP installation CD to repair Windows. Another way is to edit the Registry so Windows thinks IE isn't installed. Here's how:
- Open your favorite Registry Editor.
- Navigate to the following registry key:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{89820200-ECBD-11cf-8B85-00AA005B4383}
- Right click the value labeled IsInstalled and click Modify.
- Change the data value setting from 1 to 0.
- Close the Registry Editor.
Now you can download and install IE 6 (with SP1) from the following link:
http://www.winxpnews.com/rd/rd.cfm?id=041026HT-Download_IE6
You may need to reapply Windows XP Service Pack 2 to regain the SP2 changes to IE (such as the popup blocker). [29-Oct-04]
Clever IE browser link buttons
Drag these to your Links toolbar in IE:
Some IBM ones I created. If you highlight some text in the browser before clicking the button, it will use that as the search parameter. Otherwise, it will prompt you to enter something to search on.
[31-Aug-04]
Always open a new browser window
If you want Windows to always open IE window when a URL is clicked in an application, do the following. Launch IE and click Tools > Internet Options > Advanced. Uncheck Reuse windows for launching shortcuts. [20-Apr-04]
View Source won't work
If you click View > Source, but nothing happens, try these:
- Delete the Temporary Internet Files, via Tools > Internet Options > General > Delete Files. It seems "view source" is affected when the cache gets too large in size. Internet Explorer takes the source from the Temporary Internet Files folder to the folder specified by the TMP environment variable. To do this automatically, turn on the setting Empty Temporary Internet Files folder when browser is closed in the Advanced tab under Security.
- Internet Explorer can be set to automatically detect the charset encoding, but this may cause View Source to stop working for certain pages. A workaround is to turn off Auto-Select. Click View > Encoding and uncheck Auto-Select.
From http://www.mredkj.com/tutorials/tips_ie.html
[5-Feb-04]
Removing the OEM branding
ISP branding includes Toolbar images, Default Page URL, Window Title, Search Bar, customized Search URL, customized Support URL in the Help menu, customized menu option for Windows Update [Tools menu].
To remove all ISP branding open a command prompt and issue one of the following commands:
Rundll32 IedkCS32.dll, BrandCleanInstallStubs
Rundll32 IedkCS32.dll, Clear
To selectively remove the browser window title alone, see "How to Change the Internet Explorer Window Title", http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=176497
To selectively remove the animated logo, see "How to Restore the Animated Internet Explorer Logo", http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=176713 [5-Feb-04]
favicon.ico
This is how you set up your Web site so that an icon appears next to the URL in the browser and when you save the URL as a shortcut on the desktop. The instructions say that the image must be 16x16, but I've gotten 32x32 to work and I've also seen 48x48 on other Web sites too. [30-Dec-03]
Smooth scrolling
To turn off smooth scrolling in IE, click Tools > Internet Options, then in the Advanced tab, uncheck Smooth Scrolling. [6-Sep-03]
Stop animated GIFs
Once a Web page has loaded, you can press Esc and that will stop all animated GIFs from "playing". Doesn't affect Flash advertisements. [6-Sep-03]
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