:about blank

waddler_8

Does Internet Explorer open to google? It is set as the start page.

There's a lot more unnecessary stuff you can uninstall there if you'd like - let me know.

flossy_splodge

waddler_8 wrote: »

Does Internet Explorer open to google? It is set as the start page.

There's a lot more unnecessary stuff you can uninstall there if you'd like - let me know.

Reading this thread with interest... can you explain please what EXACTLY you mean by "Does Internet Explorer open to google?" Sorry, don't understand the meaning of 'open TO'.
Thanks.:o

waddler_8

It simply means when you open IE, does it open to this google search page: https://www.google.co.uk/

hostertlady

waddler_8 wrote: »

Does Internet Explorer open to google? It is set as the start page.

There's a lot more unnecessary stuff you can uninstall there if you'd like - let me know.

yes it does, takes a bit tho... but when I click on the tiny box that says new tab alongside whatever one I am on, I get a blank page and then :about blank is in the top search box( whereas before, instead of the blank page, all my tabs would be shown there..)

hostertlady

it has the internet explorer logo, then 'about:blank' by the side of it... so I have to type in manually whichever site I want to go on


about:blank

waddler_8

Follow these instructions to first ensure google is set as your home page and then set it as a new tab page.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/change-home-page#ie=ie-11

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/open-new-tab-homepage-internet-explorer#1TC=windows-7

hostertlady

waddler_8 wrote: »

Follow these instructions to first ensure google is set as your home page and then set it as a new tab page.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/internet-explorer/change-home-page#ie=ie-11
not done this one yet... trying to figure it out...
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows/open-new-tab-homepage-internet-explorer#1TC=windows-7

this one has stopped the about:blank page coming up, and everytime I click for a new tab google comes up.. I just need to figure out the top link so I can save my most used tabs to the google home page

waddler_8

hostertlady wrote: »

I just need to figure out the top link so I can save my most used tabs to the google home page

I think you can have one or the other, either home page or most visited, but not both.

hostertlady

waddler_8 wrote: »

I think you can have one or the other, either home page or most visited, but not both.

how do I get most visited up please?

waddler_8

You'd have to revert to "new tab page", reversing what you did when you set a new tab to open as your home page.

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-in/internet-explorer/use-tabs-ie#ie=ie-11-win-7