How to Turn Browser Add-Ons On or Off in Internet Explorer 7
- Go to the Tools menu, select the Manage Add-ons option, and then click the Enable or Disable Add-ons option.
(In case the menu is not showing, press the Alt key first.) - Select an add-on name on the list and then click the Enable or Disable options under the Settings section.
- Click the OK button.
Note: By default only the currently loaded add-ons are listed, if you want to see all add-ons, select Add-ons that have been used by Internet Explorer in the top selection.
Unfortunately you can only select one add-on at the time to enable or disable. If you want to run Internet Explorer 7 without any add-ons, you can use a command line switch. Open a command prompt and change the directory to “C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer“.
Then type: iexplore.exe -extoff and press Enter.
Internet Explorer will now start with all add-ons disabled.
I get a pop up message saying IE has stopped working as soon as the IE window is opened. How can I turn the add-ons off when I can’t get to the IE window?
my bf some way have disabled the add-ons no help and it say IE is currently running with no add-ons i need 2 know how to turn it back on HELP ME PLZS
Thanks Jules, used the info on here to get a friend’s IE up and running in no time.
i was having hard time going back to normal explorer with add ons. tried enabling, disabling , nothing worked. finally went to start menu-internet explorer icon(add on disabled)- right clicked it- properties-deleted extension “ext” at the end of text mentioned in target section. closed browser, went to ie icon again, renamed it by right clicking it. it worked!!! Now i m back to normal ie 7. yeah!!!!!!!!
Thanks Jules Your a life saver!
I Love You!
thank u
I erased something yesterday and now im getting the running with add ons disabled message. I tried disabling them and enabling them again and thats not helping. Any suggestions?
@Jason – Did you try uninstalling Chrome to see if that fixes it? You can always reinstall Chrome, but first see if that is the cause at all.
I downloaded google chrome and when I still try and use IE it will say all add ons are disabled. I’ve done everything here and nothing has worked for me at all. Please help me be able to use IE again without problems
@Roxanne – The website seems to be valid as it has an IP address, but I can also not load it, not in IE, nor in FireFox. This is not related to your IE add-ons. Seems the site hosting has some problems, which is not something you can fix on your end.
Have you ever been able to access the site, or can you still access it on a different computer?
Umm, hi, I’m having problems with only one certain website.
http://www.pokecharms.com/ won’t work…it keeps displaying IE cannot display webpage. And when I try to click the Diagnose Connection Problems button, nothing happens. Would starting IE without add-ons fix it? And if I did turn it off, how would I turn it back on without restarting the comp?
Jules I have to say you impress me with your patience, especially when you dealt with the 14 year old that in my opinion was pretty rude (and used that insanely annoying text spelling if “U no wt i meen”
@shayne – Did you try running “ieplore.exe” from the Start menu directly?
Otherwise reinstalling IE7 might be an option to fix it.
You can download it from the Microsoft site.
i tried what u said jules and i got to the enable or disable what do i do from there because it says everything is enabled but when i go to internet explorer it still says there are all disabled
@Grace – If the tips in the article don’t help, you can try to reinstall IE, which might help.
@ron – great it worked for you!
Jules
thanks for your advice.
i also found troubles to turn on the add-ons as it was grey and therefor not accessible.
but thanks to your help i am able to manage them again.
thanks again
Hey Jules. You probably get bored from answering this question over a million times. But my computer is acting grumpy and wont turn on the add ons. I tried all the suggestions above (even the restart and enable one) and it does seem to work. Please help me as soon as possible, I can live for a while without add ons but it is gettting very fraustrating. Thanks
@AnnaMayted – If you start your internet explorer from the quick start menu or from the desktop, it will start like it used to, with the add-ons enabled.
The fact that the menus are not available has nothing to do with add-ons being disabled, that indicates a different problem. I’d suggest you at least run a virus check.
Jules
I have a big issue with my internet explorer. I have tried going to the start menu and programs and system tools and internet explorer no add-ons. that will come up but everything is not available. not file, not edit, not tools, nothing. my add-ons were disabled and i dont see a thing to try to turn them back on. I have no idea what happened our how to reverse it. I even tried system restore on my comp and it still does not work. Please help me asap if possible.
I hate this problem with the Add-onn being disable I thought I was the only one does microsoft knows about this? Thank you Jules I owed you one I will take you out for dinner just to make it up to you.
@Robert Fisher – I am not quite sure what tools icon you are referring to. You should be able to manage your add-ons from within Internet Explorer itself.
Simply press the Alt key to bring up the menu, then select Manage Add-ons in the Tools menu.
The you can select Enable or Disable Add-ons.
Jules
I downloaded IE8 off windows messenger, the download did not work correctly and messed up my add ons. My tools icon in the top right corner of the screen disappeared. How do I restore my add ons when I can’t use the tools icon to get to the manage add ons? How do I install my tools icon on the top right of the screen so I can use the manage add ons to turn on my add ons?
My IE7 shuts down accessing following two URL: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&promoid=BUIGP and http://jdl.sun.com/webapps/getjava/BrowserRedirect?locale=en&host=java.com:80
What else IE7 ‘Start without add-ons’ does that disabling all add-ons do not?
If I start IE7 without add-ons, it solves the problem my IE7 ‘bombing out’. If in turn I disable all add-ons, I still have the problem. There must be something else that ‘Start without add-ons’ does. Does anybody knows what actually happens when IE7 ‘Start without add-ons’? What is exactly ‘disabled’? Can it be simulated step by step? Thank you.
Hey @Debbie, thanks for your recommendation. I’ve tried once and really worked.
@Jules : Thanks you so much. My browser works normally again