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Killo - 09 Jun 2008 21:41 GMT

Why is it that my local drives show up in Internet Explorer? Is there any
way to stop this from happening? It clutters up the urls that I use often.
Any help appreciated. Thanks.

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Gordon - 09 Jun 2008 21:57 GMT

> Why is it that my local drives show up in Internet Explorer? Is there any
> way to stop this from happening? It clutters up the urls that I use
> often.
> Any help appreciated. Thanks.

Because IE is closely linked in with WE.....and has been since IE6.....

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Gaurav Pandey - 09 Jun 2008 22:07 GMT

I noticed a little different behavior

1. Open IE.
2. In Address bar, type in C:\ and hit enter

Expected (As per older versions of IE on XP)
IE becomes WE.
The Folder and files of c drive are displayed

Actual: (IE on Vista on my machine)
A window of WE launches and displays C Drive contents.
IEwindow still remains

Is there a setting/Registry tweak to change this Behavior?

>> Why is it that my local drives show up in Internet Explorer? Is there
>> any
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>
> Because IE is closely linked in with WE.....and has been since IE6.....

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Killo - 09 Jun 2008 23:32 GMT

Very true. I am aware of this. However, this didn't happen with XP.
There's got to be a way to make it stop. Maybe Firefox is the answer. Hey
Microsoft! Anybody listening?

> > Why is it that my local drives show up in Internet Explorer? Is there any
> > way to stop this from happening? It clutters up the urls that I use
> > often.
> > Any help appreciated. Thanks.
>
> Because IE is closely linked in with WE.....and has been since IE6.....

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PA Bear [MS MVP] - 09 Jun 2008 23:57 GMT

Open Windows Explorer and click on any link in Favorites drop-down menu to
illustrate how closely entwined Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer are,
Killo.

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> Why is it that my local drives show up in Internet Explorer? Is there any
> way to stop this from happening? It clutters up the urls that I use
> often.
> Any help appreciated. Thanks.

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Killo - 10 Jun 2008 00:31 GMT

I KNOW that they are closely related. They have been that way since Windows
Millenium Edition. That is NOT the question. The question IS: "Is it
possible to NOT display my local drives in Internet Explorer running Vista,
IE7?". A simple "Yes" or "No" is what I'm looking for. If "Yes", how?
Thanks.

> Open Windows Explorer and click on any link in Favorites drop-down menu to
> illustrate how closely entwined Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer are,
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> > often.
> > Any help appreciated. Thanks.

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PA Bear [MS MVP] - 10 Jun 2008 01:02 GMT

WYSIWYG.

> I KNOW that they are closely related. They have been that way since
> Windows
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>>> often.
>>> Any help appreciated. Thanks.

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Killo - 10 Jun 2008 02:02 GMT

PA Bear, are you allowed to answer "No" to a question?

> WYSIWYG.
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> >>> often.
> >>> Any help appreciated. Thanks.

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PA Bear [MS MVP] - 10 Jun 2008 16:19 GMT

I like to have wiggle room! <eg>

> PA Bear, are you allowed to answer "No" to a question?
>
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>>>>> often.
>>>>> Any help appreciated. Thanks.

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