#RESET INTERNET EXPLORER TO DEFAULTS HOW TO#

The Internet Properties General tab inside of Windows 10 Once you have the Control Panel up, select Network and Internet then Internet Options ( if viewing by category) or just Internet Options ( if viewing by icons).

In Windows 10, use the search box next to the Start button, type Control Panel, and click on it from the results. The easiest and fastest way in Windows 8 is to use the Power Users menu ( Windows logo key + X) and then select Control Panel. The easiest way to do it with Windows Vista and Windows 7 is to type Control Panel into the search box above the Start button and select Control Panel from the search results.

When it comes to resetting the IE, you have to first get into the Control Panel. If you use Outlook or Windows Mail, you will need to close these programs too before attempting to clean up IE, as they use IE to rendered HTML formatted e-mails. The best way is to go through the Control Panel because that is when IE is not technically running. All of IE's settings are accessible from either inside of IE or the Control Panel. Microsoft has made cleaning IE reasonably straightforward, but there can be some tricky items. Internet Explorer ( IE) has been included in every version of Windows since Windows 98.

#RESET INTERNET EXPLORER TO DEFAULTS HOW TO#

So here is how to clean up and reset the Internet Explorer. Removing adware, malware and viruses can screw up the Internet Explorer. In repairing computers for a living, the one thing I find myself doing continually is cleaning up and resetting web browsers.

Reset internet explorer to defaults