IE8 Add On's Disabled Bar Upon Opening Pages

[Gregg Fowler]

Running Windows 7 64bit and am unable to get the bar saying add on's

disabled from opening. I have reset the browser and re-enabled or tried, but

I get no functionality. I am unable to open any "extra" toolbars. If I check

the tool bar nothing happens. None of the other extensions appear to be

working either even if I enable them in the add-ons menu. I haven't used IE8

much lately so can't pin down anything I did on the system that may have

caused this. I did add Norton 360 to replace Microsoft Security Essentials,

but not sure if the behaviour was a result. Even when I disable Norton

Browser proctect and other functions I still get this behavior. Any ideas of

what may be occuring. Any problems I have had previously have been fixed by

resetting the browser and enabling add ons one at a time till I found the

problem, but this doesn't seem to help currently.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Did a Norton or McAfee free trial come preinstalled on the computer when you

bought it?



Did you uninstall MSE prior to installing N360?



Do you see this behavior in IE8 32-bit and IE8 64-bit?



Internet Explorer 8 starts in "No Add-ons" mode when you use the desktop

icon to start Internet Explorer:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/976915/en-us



Gregg Fowler wrote:

> Running Windows 7 64bit and am unable to get the bar saying add on's

> disabled from opening. I have reset the browser and re-enabled or tried,

> but

> I get no functionality. I am unable to open any "extra" toolbars. If I

> check

> the tool bar nothing happens. None of the other extensions appear to be

> working either even if I enable them in the add-ons menu. I haven't used

> IE8

> much lately so can't pin down anything I did on the system that may have

> caused this. I did add Norton 360 to replace Microsoft Security

> Essentials,

> but not sure if the behaviour was a result. Even when I disable Norton

> Browser proctect and other functions I still get this behavior. Any ideas

> of

> what may be occuring. Any problems I have had previously have been fixed

> by

> resetting the browser and enabling add ons one at a time till I found the

> problem, but this doesn't seem to help currently.