Description: I myself like the new IE8 feature, InPrivate Browsing. However, InPrivate browsing doesn’t inherit the properties of the default browsing and doesn’t open my default home page. I am baffled to see About:InPrivate page when I open a new session.

The following tweak helped me to set a default home page for InPrivate browsing too

Procedure:

1. Click Start, Run.
2. Type regedit.
3. Navigate to the below registry key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\AboutURLs

4. Double-click InPrivate option and set your favorite URL.

5. Exit the registry.

For those who are not good at registry modification, I’ve created a .reg file. You may download and run the .reg file [Download Link]. However, this defaults to www.ietips.net website. If you wish to change it, right-click the .reg file and change the URL with the URL you wish to change.

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Issue:

When you try to open a link in a new Window or Tab, you might not see any response from Internet Explorer 8. This may mostly happens after upgrading to Internet Explorer 8

Cause:

This issue happens due to one of the following:

1. Insupportive Add-ons.
2. Corrupted IE files.

Resolution:

To resolve this issue, perform the following:

Disabling the Add-ons:

1. click Tools, Manage Add-ons
2. Select Enable or Disable Add-ons option
3. Disable all the add-ons that are under “currently being used by Internet Explorer” option.

To disable the add-on, click each add-on and click disable radio button at the bottom.

4. click OK and restart Internet Explorer when prompted

This should resolve the issue.

If the issue still persists, you may proceed with the below solution:

Re-registering the actxprxy.dll  file:

actxprxy.dll file is a module that contains functions used for Marshaling of ActiveX COM interfaces and is used by Internet Explorer.

Follow the Instructions below to re register the actxprxy.dll :

1. Click Start, Run and type cmd and press enter.

In the command Prompt window type Regsvr32 actxprxy.dll and press Enter key.

If the command was successfully executed, You will receive the message DllRegisterServer in actxprxy.dll succeeded window.

Restart your IE window and it should now be able to open Hyperlinks in either new Window or new tab.

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Issue

New tab doesn’t open the homepage that was set.

Cause

This is not an issue and is by design. When you open a new tab, IE will not open the home page that was set. However, this can be achieved by changing the a small option.

Resolution

To set a homepage for all the tabs that you open, perform the following:

1. Click Tools, Internet Options.
2. Click Settings button, under Tabs option.

3. Under “When a new tab is opened, open:” option, select “Your first home page”.

4. Click OK.
5. Click OK.

This will resolve the issue.

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Description - You may want to create a shortcut key to open your favorite website with a shortcut key.  This is possible by assigning a short cut key to the saved favorite.

Applies to - Tested on IE 6.x and later versions.

Procedure:

1. Open Internet Explorer

2. Right-click on the saved Favorite.

3. Select Properties.

4. Click in the Shortcut key text box (Where it shows none) and press the key that you want to use as shortcut:

Once the shortcut key is assigned, the Shortcut key area should look like as follows:

Click Apply, Ok.

Now you will be able to open the website using the shortcut key that was assigned.

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