- May 11, 2013
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I seem to have mangled IE11 simply by turning off some add-ons. How do I fix it?
I've been having some problems with the way IE11 is displaying a website I am building. I finally determined that one of my add-ons was modifying the HTML. I don't have many add-ons and some were already disabled so I disabled all of the remaining ones except for the four Avast add-ons. (I was then going to turn them back on one at a time until one of them caused the HTML problem to reappear: then I'd know which add-on was the culprit.) After restarting the browser, it is almost unrecognizable: the toolbars are gone; almost everything in the Tools menu is greyed out, including Manage Add-ons and Internet Options; and the browser itself ignores any URL I type in the address bar.
I don't understand how disabling a few add-ons crippled the whole browser and disabled virtually every feature. I need to get the browser back to the way it was before I disabled those add-ons. Then I can disable add-ons one at a time until I find the one that was messing up my HTML.
I know that IE11 itself can be turned off in Windows Features but I don't see how that helps me unless turning it back on again results in a fresh reinstall with all the old features. But if it simply comes back the way it is now, it isn't worth the effort. I can't find anything that actually tells you what happens if you turn off IE11 and then turn it back on (presumably with a reboot after turning off and then again after turning it back on.)
As far as I can tell from Googling, it isn't possible to uninstall/reinstall IE11. Is that right? If not, how do I do a full uninstall/reinstall of IE11?
Or is there some way to fix IE11 in place and get my browser working again?
I've been having some problems with the way IE11 is displaying a website I am building. I finally determined that one of my add-ons was modifying the HTML. I don't have many add-ons and some were already disabled so I disabled all of the remaining ones except for the four Avast add-ons. (I was then going to turn them back on one at a time until one of them caused the HTML problem to reappear: then I'd know which add-on was the culprit.) After restarting the browser, it is almost unrecognizable: the toolbars are gone; almost everything in the Tools menu is greyed out, including Manage Add-ons and Internet Options; and the browser itself ignores any URL I type in the address bar.
I don't understand how disabling a few add-ons crippled the whole browser and disabled virtually every feature. I need to get the browser back to the way it was before I disabled those add-ons. Then I can disable add-ons one at a time until I find the one that was messing up my HTML.
I know that IE11 itself can be turned off in Windows Features but I don't see how that helps me unless turning it back on again results in a fresh reinstall with all the old features. But if it simply comes back the way it is now, it isn't worth the effort. I can't find anything that actually tells you what happens if you turn off IE11 and then turn it back on (presumably with a reboot after turning off and then again after turning it back on.)
As far as I can tell from Googling, it isn't possible to uninstall/reinstall IE11. Is that right? If not, how do I do a full uninstall/reinstall of IE11?
Or is there some way to fix IE11 in place and get my browser working again?
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