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Windows Forum / Internet Explorer / General Topics / July 2007Cannot open internet options from tools, desktop or anywhere help
 Signaturebob logsdon Please see this page http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm then post back to this thread with the information we'd need to be able to assist you properly. Signature~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User) AumHa VSOP & Admin; DTS-L.org Windows Operating System? If Vista and it worked before, do a system restore If Windows XP, uninstall which will roll you back to IE6 and reinstall IE7 SignatureGistcheckin I have the same problem in Windows Server 2003 - when I try to view internet options I get an error message that the operation has been cancelled due to restrictions on the computer. Does anyone know what those restrictions might be or how I can remove them? Thank you, Edward. > Windows Operating System? > > If Vista and it worked before, do a system restore > If Windows XP, uninstall which will roll you back to IE6 and reinstall IE7 Close IE. Open Regedit. Find the value NoBrowserOptions and remove every instance of it. It is most likely (but not necessarily) to be here: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Restrictions You might try this from Mike Burgess first if you use SpyBot: 'Did you by chance run SpyBot's Immunize feature? If so, you can unlock by unchecking the option to "Protect IE Control Panel". See http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=6748 AdAware, MS Anti-Spyware and other anti-spyware and anti-virus programs may have similar options. SignatureFrank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM http://www.fjsmjs.com Frank: I did not see Internet Explorer under Microsoft (just Office and System Certificates were under Software\Policies|Microsoft). However, now nothing happens at all when I try to open Internet Explorer - the browser fails to even open. The mouse icon changes briefly as if registering the click then goes back to normal. When I turn on the computer I receive a message that Internet Explorer needed to close giving me a chance to send an error report to Microsoft, so I sent the report and that is when Internet Explorer failed to open when I clicked on its icon. Could there be some other registry problem preventing the browser from opening? Thank you, Edward. SignatureHave a great day. > Close IE. > Open Regedit. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > AdAware, MS Anti-Spyware and other anti-spyware and anti-virus programs may > have similar options. Did you do anything while you were there? Did you search for the value NoBrowserOptions? SignatureFrank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM http://www.fjsmjs.com > Frank: > I did not see Internet Explorer under Microsoft (just Office and System [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> may >> have similar options. Frank: I searched for NoBrowserOptions but could not find it. I did find Internet Explorer under HKCurrentUser\Software\Microsoft but could not locate NoBrowserOptions. Maybe I can get an IE 7 CD from a computer store and use it to install IE 7 over again. I currently see IE 7 in Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel but when I select IE 7 in Add or Remove Programs there is no remove button on it. Would I have to remove the current IE 7 before trying to install it from a new CD. If so, I'm not sure how to remove the current installation. I have a dual operating system and IE 7 works on XP (C drive) but not on Server 2003 (D drive). I would thus be attempting to install IE 7 from a CD into the D drive. Thank you for any advice, Edward. SignatureHave a great day. > Did you do anything while you were there? > Did you search for the value NoBrowserOptions? [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > >> may > >> have similar options. |
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