Unable to open Internet Options in IE

Issue - You may have issues opening Internet Options, or you were not able to view some of the tabs.

Cause – This  issue happens when the registry entries are corrupted, or by a third party IE tweaking tool.

Resolution – To resolve the issue, change the DWORD value to 0 for the following registry keys under the following path:

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftInternet ExplorerControl Panel

GeneralTab
SecurityTab
PrivacyTab
ContentTab
ConnectionsTab
ProgramsTab
AdvancedTab

If you are a newbie and don’t want to play with the registry, you can download and run the Raghu’s Registry Tweaks:

To Enable All the tabs – Download

To Disable the Days in History option – Download

Simply download, unzip the .zip files, and run the .reg file. Ensure to take backup of the registry before you run the .reg file.

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