InPrivate Browsing in Internet Explorer 8 helps prevent your browsing history, temporary Internet files, form data, cookies, and usernames and passwords from being retained by the browser, leaving no evidence of your browsing or search history. We covered InPrivate browsing in our previous articles which our readers found useful. Here is an utility which adds Internet Explorer (InPrivate) entry to the Default Programs applet in Windows Vista and Windows 7. (more…)
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Register Internet Explorer (InPrivate) With Default Programs in Windows 7 and Vista
Add Google Search Option to the Right-Click Menu in Internet Explorer
Want to search Google for selected text in Internet Explorer via the right-click menu? Here is how to add Google Search option to the context menu in Internet Explorer. (more…)
Fix: “Find on This Page” Does Not Work in Internet Explorer 8
When you use the Find on this Page… option in the Edit menu, or use the CTRL + F shortcut in Internet Explorer 8, the Find bar may not display. The space where the Find bar is to appear may be expanded correctly, but the Find bar does not show up and the toggle does not work. (more…)
How to Disable the “Reopen Last Browsing Session” Feature in Internet Explorer 8
Earlier we saw how to clear the last browsing session history in Internet Explorer 8 using CCleaner. There is a new GPO added which lets you disable the Reopen Last Browsing Session option. If you enable this policy setting, users will not be able to use the Reopen Last Browsing Session option from the Tools menu. (more…)
Add “Open in InPrivate Window” Option to the Right-Click Menu for Internet Shortcuts (.URL Files)
We saw how to open hyperlinks from an existing Internet Explorer 8 window in a separate InPrivate Browsing window. Here is another hack which adds "Open in InPrivate Window" to the context menu for Internet Shortcuts (.URLs). This tip applies only to Internet Explorer 8. (more…)
Add “Open in InPrivate Window” Option to the Right-Click Menu in Internet Explorer 8
InPrivate Browsing mode in Internet Explorer 8 helps prevent your browsing history, cache, form data, cookies, and usernames and passwords from being retained by the browser. Here is a menu extension for Internet Explorer 8, which adds the "Open in InPrivate Window" option to the context menu. This can be useful in situations where you want to open specific hyperlinks in InPrivate browsing window from the existing Internet Explorer window. This extension works in Windows XP, Windows Vista & Windows 7. (more…)
Add “Explore Here” To the Right-Click Menu in Internet Explorer
We saw how to add the Go To Registry Key Internet Explorer extension which is used to open the selected registry key directly using the Registry Editor. Likewise, here is a Menu Extension for Internet Explorer that opens the target folder (text selection in Internet Explorer) using Windows Explorer. This extension works fine in Windows XP as well as in Windows Vista. (more…)
How to Clear IE8 Last Browsing Session History Using CCleaner
Internet Explorer 8 introduces the Reopen Last Browsing Session option in the Tools menu, which reopens the last browsing session from the most recently closed instance of Internet Explorer. Clearing the browsing history using Internet Options removes the last browsing session history as well. If you like to use CCleaner to clear the last browsing session history, here is how. (more…)
How to Restore the “You’ve Opened a New Tab” Window When Opening a New Tab in IE
When you open a new tab in Internet Explorer 7, the about:Tabs page opens which contains information about tabbed browsing and lists available tab shortcuts in Internet Explorer. If you had enabled the Don’t show this page again checkbox and closed the tab window, every new tab opens with a blank page. Here is how to reverse the setting if you need to restore the about:Tabs page at a later stage. (more…)
