Create a InPrivate Shortcut for Secure Browsing
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Description:
InPrivate Browsing is a new feature added in Internet Explorer 8. This is a great feature and helps the people who are not very good at Internet. This feature removes all the traces of your browsing, including history, temporary files and log-in data.
However, the InPrivate option will be Off by default. Instead of switching the option On every time, you may create create a shortcut to launch just a specific website with InPrivate mode activated.
Below steps will help you to create a shortcut:
Procedure:
1. Right-click on the Desktop area, and select New, Shortcut
2. Cut and paste the following line in the Shortcut window:
“%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore” -private www.ietips.net
NOTE - If you Need only the IE shortcut without a site, use the below:
“%ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer\iexplore” -private
3. Click Next.
4. Add a name (If you include a Site, best is to give the site name) for the new shortcut, e.g. InPrivate - IETIPS
5. Click Finish.
Now you can launch your favorite site/blank IE window in InPrivate mode easily with out switching on the InPrivate mode option every time.





