Help! I seem to have 'lost' IE!

martin2345uk

If you click the Start button and type in "Internet" (but without the speech marks) does Internet Explorer show up in the list of search results?

jenniewb

martin2345uk wrote: »

If you click the Start button and type in "Internet" (but without the speech marks) does Internet Explorer show up in the list of search results?

Yup, it shoes up, I even have the icon on my desktop, it just doesn't show up on the programmes list so I can't locate it on there to uninstall or delete it. I can select the Internet to open but all I get is a blank page with all the (dead) icons.

martin2345uk

jenniewb wrote: »

Yup, it shoes up, I even have the icon on my desktop, it just doesn't show up on the programmes list so I can't locate it on there to uninstall or delete it. I can select the Internet to open but all I get is a blank page with all the (dead) icons.

IE doesn't show up in the list of programs like other ones... you need to click "view installed updates" on the left as mentioned in this link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-vista/uninstall-internet-explorer

boo2410

Try a system restore, it's easy to do and if you roll the computer back to an earlier date with a bit of luck it should come back. I'm in no way computer literate and I managed to sort out my son's like this.

debitcardmayhem

Try alt(key) and v see if you can get the toolbar back, then then select Internet Options and reset them or control panel and internet options

danthemoneysavingman

can you open ie from the icon you have? then hold Control key and press 0 (zero), may be a zoom problem.


From what you described you cant possibly have destroyed it.


Amazing ppl find the need to clean the keyboard when the computer is on! lesson learned I hope ;-)


your favourites should still be located in c:\windows\users\<your name>\favorites folder, if that helps ease the pain.


you can also import those favorites into chrome;
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96816?hl=en-GB

jenniewb

martin2345uk wrote: »

IE doesn't show up in the list of programs like other ones... you need to click "view installed updates" on the left as mentioned in this link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-vista/uninstall-internet-explorer

OK, I've got the page open but can only see a long list of Microsoft updates (among a few other things eg Adobe). I can't see anything called Internet Explorer at all, what else would they have called IE?

jenniewb

debitcardmayhem wrote: »

Try alt(key) and v see if you can get the toolbar back, then then select Internet Options and reset them or control panel and internet options

When I select Alt and v nothing happens...

closed

F11 or control panel, internet options, advanced, reset internet explorer, ok

backup

jenniewb

danthemoneysavingman wrote: »

can you open ie from the icon you have? then hold Control key and press 0 (zero), may be a zoom problem.


From what you described you cant possibly have destroyed it.


Amazing ppl find the need to clean the keyboard when the computer is on! lesson learned I hope ;-)


your favourites should still be located in c:\windows\users\<your name>\favorites folder, if that helps ease the pain.


you can also import those favorites into chrome;
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/96816?hl=en-GB

Sadly the Control O doesn't seem to have any effect

The thing is, I wasn't even cleaning the keys- it was the outside/rim of the keyboard! I've assumed it was me because there is nothing else which would have touched the computer or been downloaded to mess things up, thus it must be me. But I was so sure I hadn't clicked on any keys, obviously I must have done

I tried the search instructions you've added, an error message appears telling me it does not exist. It was saved in the Google toolbar which isn't available on the IE page when opened.