Missing Internet Explorer icon
My internet explorer is missing. I can’t see it on the Start, Programs list.
First of all, we recommend using Firefox or Opera for day to day web surfing, as today’s Facebook bug shows.
That said, there are some sites you need to run Internet Explorer. If you need to start it quickly, then you can open it by clicking Start, then Run and typing iexplore. In Vista, click on Search and type iexplore.
To get the icon back, right click the desktop, choose properties and in the desktop properties click on the Desktop tab.
In the Desktop tab, click Customize Desktop and tick the Internet Explorer box under Desktop icons.
This will bring up Internet Explorer on the desktop, you can then copy the shortcut to your taskbar and into the Programs list.
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February 17th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
I have the same problem. I lost my IE icon and had to go through MSN (came with my Dell 5-6 yrs ago) to get onto the internet. Using Start, then Run and typing iexplore works, my favorites are even still there, Thanks! But when I followed the rest of the instructions, “To get the icon back, right click the desktop, choose properties and in the desktop properties click on the Desktop tab.
In the Desktop tab, click Customize Desktop and tick the Internet Explorer box under Desktop icons.”
There was no Internet Explorer box to tick. Any ideas?