Internet Explorer 8 running with add-ons disabled
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November 5th, 2009
Issue - After upgrading to Internet Explorer 8, you may experience the “Internet Explorer is currently running with add-ons disabled. Click here to manage” message as shown in the below screen shot:
Cause - This issue happens because of one of the following:
- Upgrading to Internet Explorer 8 from Internet Explorer 7 when some of the tool bars are enabled.
- IE is running under a normal user account which doesn’t have administrative rights.
Resolution - To resolve this issue, perform the steps mentioned below:
Step # 1:
- Open Internet Explorer
- Click Tools, Internet Options
- Click Advanced tab, and then click Reset.
- Follow the on-screen directions.
- Close and re-open Internet Explorer.
Step # 2:
- Click Start, Right-click the IE icon
- Click “Properties”
- Click Shortcut tab
- Click “Advanced” button
- Check the box that says “Run as administrator”
- Click OK.
Step # 3:
- Click Start
- Right-click Internet Explorer icon
- Click Properties
- Ensure that -extoff switch is not added. Incase, if you find the -extoff, simply select and remove
- Click OK.
Step # 4:
Goto Add or Remove programs and uninstall any Toolbars installed such as Developer Toolbar, Yahoo! or google toolbar.
Restart the Internet Explorer and you may browse with Add-ons enabled.
Fantastic. No one on the Internet could tell me how to fix this. I’m IE8 and had downloaded Google Chrome and then all my add-ons were disbaled. Google Toolbar is not compatible with IE8 (so I’ve read).
And all though many told me the problem and their solutions — only this solution worked, and it worked the first time. Print out these instructions, follow it line by line, and you’re ready to go.
Thanks a million.
Excellent. As Steve has mentioned, I also could not find a solution to this problem and I was lucky I came across your site and got it fixed.
I had IE 7 and was updated automatically to IE 8.
Keep up the good work and THANK YOU VERY MUCH.