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noshum - 26 Oct 2006 14:23 GMT

I've just installed IE7 Final Release (7.0.5370.11) and every time I fire it
up, I get a 'IE is currently running with add-ons disabled.' message. The
'Manage add-ons' menu in the 'Tools' dropdown is greyed out and I can't find
out how to turn them on.

Can anyone help?

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Tom Porterfield - 26 Oct 2006 14:27 GMT

> I've just installed IE7 Final Release (7.0.5370.11) and every time I fire
> it up, I get a 'IE is currently running with add-ons disabled.' message.
> The 'Manage add-ons' menu in the 'Tools' dropdown is greyed out and I
> can't find out how to turn them on.
>
> Can anyone help?

Check your shortcut to IE. Does it have -extoff at the end of the Target
box? If so, that tells IE to not use any addons. Create a shortcut that
matches that one, but remove the -extoff from the end of the Target, so it
should just read as follows:

"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"

Launch IE using the new shortcut you just created. Does that work
correctly?

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noshum - 26 Oct 2006 14:44 GMT

Nice one...thanks Tom. Do you know why it installed itself with the '-extoff'
addition?

> > I've just installed IE7 Final Release (7.0.5370.11) and every time I fire
> > it up, I get a 'IE is currently running with add-ons disabled.' message.
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> Launch IE using the new shortcut you just created. Does that work
> correctly?

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Sandi - Microsoft MVP - 26 Oct 2006 14:55 GMT

All depends on *where* the shortcut is located that you are using.

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> Nice one...thanks Tom. Do you know why it installed itself with the
> '-extoff'
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>> Launch IE using the new shortcut you just created. Does that work
>> correctly?

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Tom Porterfield - 26 Oct 2006 14:56 GMT

> Nice one...thanks Tom. Do you know why it installed itself with the
> '-extoff' addition?

It creates that but typically that shortcut gets put on the start menu under
All Programs->Accessories->System Tools. If yours was elsewhere, I can't
explain why that might have happened.

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Sandi - Microsoft MVP - 26 Oct 2006 15:02 GMT

Hi Tom!!!

I suppose its possible that a shortcut could be created with that switch if
a slew of bad add-ons were discovered, but my understanding was that the
add-ons themselves were disabled.

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>> Nice one...thanks Tom. Do you know why it installed itself with the
>> '-extoff' addition?
>
> It creates that but typically that shortcut gets put on the start menu
> under All Programs->Accessories->System Tools. If yours was elsewhere, I
> can't explain why that might have happened.

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Tom Porterfield - 26 Oct 2006 15:10 GMT

> Hi Tom!!!

Hi.

> I suppose its possible that a shortcut could be created with that switch
> if a slew of bad add-ons were discovered, but my understanding was that
> the add-ons themselves were disabled.

That is what happened here. I had an old version of the developer toolbar.
IE7 disabled that, and told me that it did, first time I ran it after
install. But that was the only bad add-on I had. I wonder if there is a
threshold past which it defaults to -extoff.

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Sandi - Microsoft MVP - 28 Oct 2006 08:55 GMT

Not as far as I've heard. More likely the guy is using the pre-set No
Add-Ons shortcut.

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>> Hi Tom!!!
>
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> after install. But that was the only bad add-on I had. I wonder if there
> is a threshold past which it defaults to -extoff.

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Tom Porterfield - 28 Oct 2006 15:12 GMT

> Not as far as I've heard. More likely the guy is using the pre-set No
> Add-Ons shortcut.

Makes sense. I've seen similarly posts, though not many, in xp.general.

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Hwy101 - 30 Mar 2008 00:55 GMT

Tom, I have (as in Own) RoboForm - I 'see' in Listed in the Toolbars or under
Tools drop down...

BUT, when I 'click' on to active the toolbar it does NOT ACTIVE?

(I found reference to a XP work around where you modify the Registry to
'try' to get the Add-ons to work -but, that didn't work either -wasn't clear
if typing name of add-on or the hexidecimal in box)<sigh>)

Would like to get RoboForm to work with I.E. - Can't use without. Thanks,
Tom2
(nice first name you got there - lol)

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